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http://dx.doi.org/10.7583/JKGS.2016.16.6.111

A Study of the Effect of Character Perspectives on the Player's Moral Decision in Interactive Story  

Yang, Jung-Woo (School of Games, Hongik University)
Gang, Shin-Jin (School of Games, Hongik University)
Bae, Byung-Chull (School of Games, Hongik University)
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Journal of Korea Game Society / v.16, no.6, 2016 , pp. 111-120 More about this Journal
Abstract
This paper aims to study whether the perspective of the character controlled by a player can affect the player on her moral decision. To this end we designed and developed Castaway, an interactive story using Unity3D game engine. The main story plot of Castaway is based on the trial 'R v Dudley and Stephens (also known as mignonette 1884) which occurred at 1884 in U.K. In Castaway, the player can choose either the accused or the victim, and then play the interactive story with the perspective of the chosen character. To investigate the relationship between the player's empathy to the player character and player's moral decision, we conducted a small-scale (n=10) pilot study. Results of the pilot study have shown that different perspectives can influence the player on her empathy to player character and her moral decision. In near future we plan to conduct a main study with more participants.
Keywords
Moral Judgement; Character Perspectives; Point of View (POV); Interactive Story;
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