• International Journal of Advanced Culture Technology
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• v.11 no.2
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• pp.415-420
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• 2023

Since 2017, the application of VR technology in the game field has become more and more extensive, and more and more scholars have conducted research on VR games, especially VR horror games. This article will conduct research on VR horror games and scrolling scroll games through comparative analysis, and believes that VR horror games are much stronger than side scrolling scrolling games in terms of immersion. However, due to its unique flat third-person perspective, completely different operation methods and the existence of 'the fourth wall in side-scrolling horror games, Players can clearly realize that they are in an absolutely safe environment, and that they are just manipulators of game characters, not experiencers of terrorist events, so players will not receive excessive fright. Therefore, this article believes that the number of players who like side-scrolling horror games with certain horror elements is greater than the number of players who like pure VR horror games.Many traditional games in this paper have their own advantages in many aspects. For example, many traditional games such as horizontal games also have good development prospects in the future. We should promote the research on games in the academic community from multiple angles, not limited to popular VR games.

• The Journal of the Korea Contents Association
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• v.11 no.6
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• pp.116-126
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• 2011

In this paper, the horror game is defined as a game that is aimed at causing fear reactions to user. And this paper analyzed narrative elements for studying what causes fear reactions beyond the existing experimental study. This analysis is significant at the point of determining narrative principles in the horror game. So this paper has extracted horror elements from gothic horror novels that established as the 'horror' genre and has considered how these horror elements would be transformed actually in the horror game. So it analyzes how the space and narrative elements as the distinctive characteristics of game are transformed centrally in the case of the 'Silent hill' series(published by Konami Corporation). Furthermore this study will be expected to be a help for clarifying not only the horror game as a peculiar genre but also the relationship between the space and narrative elements in the game.

• International journal of advanced smart convergence
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• v.11 no.2
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• pp.77-82
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• 2022

The third-person side view game perspective of side-scrolling games makes playing such games a completely different gaming experience from other traditional games. Nowadays, many game elements are combined with each other, and horror and puzzle elements are often combined to appear in side-scrolling games, bringing players a unique gaming experience. In such games, players seem to be watching their own manipulation of characters. The performance is the same as a stage play, so how to let players better experience such a horror and puzzle-solving stage play through the design of the characters is a key point. However, it is often difficult to accurately classify only from game elements, so first of all, the author will explain the game division of the side scrolling horror puzzle game. After that, this article will analyze the character designs in the three works with high sales and good reputation on Steam, and then draw conclusions.

• Journal of Korea Entertainment Industry Association
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• v.14 no.5
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• pp.49-57
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• 2020

This paper analyzed maximized the tension not by functional restriction but by psychological response inducement to form the tension of the horror game from the point of space time view. In order that, We arranged three major situations inducing the tension in the horror game and prepared space time analysis base. Pure fiction time of game itself is applied on game time excluding the time creating the cut-scene and the game space is organized with various combination of three space types. This analysis result can help horror game design by discovering the relationship between space time structure and tension forming of the horror game. These analysis results allow us to find guidelines for the time and space design of horror games that can be flexibly linked to game events and contexts by controlling the player's dynamic/static tension and temporary/continuous tension.

• Journal of Korea Game Society
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• v.12 no.3
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• pp.37-48
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• 2012

"White Day", a horror adventure game that has gone down in the history of the Korean gaming industry, is not a cruel horror game with hideous monsters and spooky mood, but a Korean-style horror game with auditory effects of ghastly sound. This paper aims at identifying the positive story-telling structure through the components of the game. This study found that the game is based on a well-organized scenario by the background, events and characters. In addition, its design and story-telling structure turned out to reinforce the positive effects of the game, by not imitating the western-style splatter games. As it provides players with playful components that bear mimicry and ilinx to maximize interactive fun, White Day is a prime example of positive games that are strongly needed in this era.

• Journal of Digital Contents Society
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• v.19 no.2
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• pp.221-228
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• 2018

This study mainly focused on horror movies and horror games. Camera angles of horror movies and compositions of horror games are main factors that can cause fear in people's minds. Through analyzing four kinds of factors, including sensual, expectant, restrictive and executive fear elements, in horror games, and combining with the patterns of camera angles and film techniques that Alfred Hitchcock applied in his horror movies, this research investigated certain types of compositions and concluded ones that were more effective on growing fear in players' minds and enhancing their involvement. In conclusion, only the combination of factors in horror-game compositions, like diagonal composition, dual-diagonal composition and inverse triangle-line composition, with visual elements enables player's growing sense of fear and the increase in involvement. Therefore, future works should apply more of these fear-inducing compositions.

• Proceedings of the Korean Society of Computer Information Conference
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• 2014.07a
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• pp.485-487
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• 2014

여러 종류의 공포를 통해 플레이어들이 가장 공포를 느끼는 효과적인 연출 방법을 사용하여 개발한 게임인 '사이코메트리 psychometry'를 연구 재료로 20대 여성 FGT(Focus Group Test)를 통해 나타난 설문을 바탕으로 어떤 요소들이 플레이어들에게 두렵게 다가왔는지를 파악하고 그 이유에 대해 작성, 또 문제의 더 나은 해결 방법을 제시하였다.

• Proceedings of the Korean Society of Computer Information Conference
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• 2018.07a
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• pp.97-98
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• 2018

본 논문은 PC 플랫폼에서 공포 어드벤처 게임을 구현한 논문이다. 여름이 오면서 다양한 호러 콘텐츠들이 출시되고 있으며, 본 게임은 시간과 장소의 구애를 받지 않으면서 호러 체험을 할 수 있는 체험 기반 게임이다.

• Proceedings of the Korean Society of Computer Information Conference
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• 2014.07a
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• pp.279-280
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• 2014

현재 게임제작을 위해 많이 사용하고 있는 Unity 3D 엔진을 이용하여, 특수한 장르인 공포 게임을 제작해 본다. 이러한 공포 장르에 맞는 게임을 개발하기 위해서는 그에 맞는 함수와 Unity 3D의 기능들을 습득할 필요가 있다. 본 논문에서는 Unity 3D 게임 엔진이 제공하는 안개 효과, 사운드 효과 및 애니메이션 효과를 사용하여 공포 게임에 어울리는 시각적, 청각적 효과를 쉽게 구현하고, 그에 따르는 적절한 구현 방법에 대해 설명한다.

• Journal of Korea Game Society
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• v.15 no.6
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• pp.7-16
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• 2015

To improve the sense of unity between game players and game world avatars, we propose a method to measure game player's physical status and manipulate game character appearances and behavior using the measurements. To measure the status, we implemented a hardware module that perceive the body temperature. We implemented a 3D horror game whose game space is a common subway space ordinarily encountered in daily life so that ordinary people can easily get used to the game environment. The experiments of applying the measurement data from the game player to the game world avatar shows that the player's physical status can be effectively utilized to improve the sense of reality in gameplay.