Do You Choose Him or Does He Choose You? - Analyzing Character Archetypes in Otome Games
Resumo
The relationship between fiction and humanity is long-established and can create strong affective bonds. This connection can also be seen in digital games, especially otome games. In this sense, this research was developed in order to obtain a richer understanding of players’ bonds with character tropes from otome games through the archetypal typology developed by Margareth Mark and Carol Pearson, and was able to identify that the analyzed tropes are connected to at least one of the archetypes defined by the authors. This study’s findings can contribute to the understanding of parasocial relationships between fictional characters and humans, and, additionally, aid game developers in creating more intricate characters infused with the power of archetypes.
Palavras-chave:
otome games, parasocial relationships, archetypes, collective unconscious
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Feng, J. (2018). Love and producer, the chinese mobile game that has millions of women hooked, [link].
Horton, D. and Wohl, R. R. (1956). Mass communication and para-social interaction; observations on intimacy at a distance. Psychiatry, pages 215–229.
Kim, H. (2009). Women’s games in japan: Gendered identity and narrative construction. Theory Culture Society-THEOR CULT SOC, pages 165–188.
Liang, M. (2020). Love and producer: Otome games history and future in the east asia, [link].
Mark, M. and Pearson, C. (2001). The Hero and the Outlaw: Building Extraordinary Brands Through the Power of Archetypes. New York: McGraw-Hill.
Paula, C. P. A., Araújo, E. P. O., and Silva, A. M. Metodologia em pesquisas infocomunicacionais: uso de estratégias interdisciplinares simbólicas de investigação na Ciência da Informação. Unpublished.
Shamdasani, S. (2011). Jung e a Construção da Psicologia Moderna. Idéias e Letras.
Song, W. and Fox, J. (2016). Playing for love in a romantic video game: Avatar identification, parasocial relationships, and chinese women’s romantic beliefs. Mass Communication Society, 19.
Taguchi, M. S. and Miyake, L. H. (2019). Estudo dos arquétipos da obra “o herói e o fora-da-lei” no jogo de cartas say bye to the villains. SBC-Proceedings of SBGames 2019.
Publicado
24/10/2022
Como Citar
PAWLOWSKI, Camila; MOTA, Rosilane Ribeiro da.
Do You Choose Him or Does He Choose You? - Analyzing Character Archetypes in Otome Games. In: TRILHA DE CULTURA – ARTIGOS COMPLETOS - SIMPÓSIO BRASILEIRO DE JOGOS E ENTRETENIMENTO DIGITAL (SBGAMES), 21. , 2022, Natal/RN.
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Porto Alegre: Sociedade Brasileira de Computação,
2022
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p. 351-360.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.5753/sbgames_estendido.2022.224865.
