Research On Personality Shaping Of Characters In Game Design

Game roles are almost indispensable in games with plots.As an important composition of games,game roles are not only avatars in the game world but also performers of the plot.As core contents of role modeling,character features of game roles need to be intensively depicted and shaped,only distinct role characters can support different roles.Vivid character modeling can not only strengthen the extension of the game plots,but also can increase market share and gain commercial profits of the game.The paper take a deeper analysis and studies on factors affecting role characters and shaping methods,concluding some common methods on shaping game roles’ characters,hoping to provide some new understandings and references for game role design.The paper is divided into three parts to discuss:The first part is to define the study range of the paper,that is,the game roles in electronic games.This part mainly introduces the study background of the topic,study states at home and abroad,study target and contents and so on.Then it describes relevant concepts on games,game roles,game character features and so on.The second part analyzes the effects and influential factors of character features shaping of game roles,clarifying the impetus that role character shaping bring about,such as the extension of the plots,the attraction of players as well as the development of peripheral products.Meanwhile,this part analyzes the impacts of preferences of different audience groups and the original settings of the game on roles’ character shaping.The third part is the exploration on specific methods on role characters shaping.It will be described from three aspects to clarify the expressive approaches on game character features,that is,previous planning,role modeling and game performance.At the stage of previous planning,it should draw a outline of role characters based on the background of the story.At the stage of role modeling,character features of roles would be presented via appearance.At the stage of game performance,the specific features of role would be demonstrated through facial expression,body language and the way of saying so as to make it much more completed and easier to accept by players.The innovative points of the topic are as follows:In many references and documents of game design,game planning and role design have been key projects in studies.Although character features of roles is acknowledged by many scholars,there still exists no further study on its modeling and shaping methods,which has made character shaping of roles the most familiar but also the most neglected part in game works.However,that character features is the key to be individually independent and it is an important part in role design are specifically addressed in this topic,which stands in a unique perspective.At the same time,the paper concludes some shaping methods of character features,by which can fulfill the images in games,letting the game be more attractive to players and promoting the development of game works and relevant industries.