A Study On The Influencing Factors Of The Para-romantic Relationships Between Players And Characters In 《Mr.love: Queen’s Choice》

With the development of the Internet and continuous innovation of information technology,China’s digital economy is fully utilizing its advantages of massive data and diverse application scenarios,accelerating the deep integration of digital technology and the real economy,and constantly giving birth to new industries and models.“Mr.Love: Queen’s Choice”,as the hottest o-tome game,has naturally attracted a lot of attention.The game attracts female players by simulating love relationships with virtual male characters.O-tome Gamer players establish intimate“relationship” with virtual male characters through interaction.By further studying this intimate relationship,this paper defines it as a “para-romantic relationships”.Based on the theory of para-social relationships,the author of this paper conducted in-depth interviews with 17 female gamers to explore what factors influence the establishment of a “para-romantic relationship” between female gamers and game characters.After the research,we found that the factors affecting the construction of a “para-romantic relationship” between the game players and the game characters are mainly divided into two aspects.On the one hand,is the external game environment.It has a direct influence on game players through four parts: game music,game plot,game scene and game character,which attracts players to understand the game and develop favorable feelings for the game character.On the other hand,it’s the game player’s internal factors.It mainly includes the game player’s media demand and emotional defects.The double intertwined personal factors indirectly affect the players to actively seek online virtual love to meet their emotional needs.This paper is divided into four parts,the first part of which is the research origin,the significance of the study,the literature review and the research methods.The main purpose of this part is to clarify the research target is an object is the female players of“Mr.Love: Queen’s Choice”,and to explain the core issue of the study is the factors influencing the establishment of a “para-romantic relationship” between female players and game characters.The second part is that author of the paper conducts in-depth interviews with game players and codes the contents of the interviews.Through the deep analysis of the interview contents,the study determines that the factors influencing the establishment of a “para-romantic relationship” between players and characters come from the virtual game environment and the players’ own media demands and emotional defects.In the third part,the external influence is explained in more detail,and four external factors,namely game scenario,game plot,game music and game character attributes are identified as influencing the establishment of a “para-romantic relationship” between players and characters.The fourth part of the study explores what personal reasons motivate players to establish“para-romantic relationships” with game characters.The study found that players turn to establishing “para-romantic relationships” with virtual characters online to satisfy their personal emotional needs,either because of their general media demands or internal emotional deficits.