Study on the design of game horror character : focused on the graft design method of creatures

다국어 초록 (Multilingual Abstract)

Horror dwells in human’s life as a basic emotion, and has been gradually accepted by human along with the continuous development of civilization. In the meantime, kaleidoscopic works of horror, or the spine-chillers, have been drawing increasing concerns by virtue of artistic modes of expression. What counts the most in horror artistry shall be the horror analysis through a variety of creepy characters like monsters. This research firstly hasthe horror categorized and their respective characteristics analyzed, and then conducts studies on design approaches of horrific characters through three factors: first, center on bio-combination method and analyze the character pattern. second, analyze the color as a crucial factor of emotional conveyance in character design and uncover the relation between the sense of horror and the color. third, explore the relation among the horror, the reality and the daily life via analysis on horrific psychology. In the end, summarize the analysis results of the aforementioned three parts, utilize the content helpful to the design of horrific characters, and sum up corresponding design approaches. In the future, we would like to suggest a character design method that can enhance the fear to the players when making horror characters and to help them in designing horror game characters.

목차 (Table of Contents)

• 1. Introduction 1
• 1.1 Research Background and Objective 1
• 1.2 Research methods 2
• 2. Related Works 3
• 2.1 Definition of Horror and scientific analysis 3
• 2.2 Uncanny valley theory 4
• 2.3 Types of Horror Sense 6
• 2.4 The relationship between artistic horror and realistic horror 9
• 3. Research on the design of Horror character 10
• 3.1 Form 10
• 3.2 Color 13
• 3.3 Psychology of Mentality in horror 18
• 4. Analysis of Horror character 21
• 5. The personal composition 25
• 5.1 The process of composition 25
• 5.1.1 World setting 25
• 5.1.2 Attention of matrix design 26
• 6. The thinking process and Result 29
• 6.1 Bone snake 29
• 6.2 Humanoid monster(1) 34
• 6.3 Humanoid monster(2) 38
• 6.4 Dionaea muscipula monster 42
• 7. Conclusion 45
• Reference 46