《Origami Fiction： Psychological Horror in Interactive Narrative.》.pdf

PhilosophyStudy,ISSN 2159-5313 March2O14，Vo1．4，No．3，210-215 … … 毯 OrigamiFiction：PsychologicalHorrorinInteractiveNarrative BlancaEstelaL6pezP6rez UniversidadAut6nomaMetropolitana Oneofthemostrelevantelementsincontemporarynarrativesystemsistheatmospherecreation．Evenwhentalking aboutnew digitalmedia，interactivenarrativescan stillbesupportedby strategiesusedbyformermedialike cinemaandtelevision；namely,characterdesignaswellasthesettingbondedtoarchitecturalspacedesign．These elementsareofferedtotheplayersthroughgraphicrepresentationsthatraeintendedtoconveynotonlyanuncanny atmospherebutalsoan aestheticexperienceforpsychologicalhorrornarrativesinvideogames．W ith nrarative proposalsclosetointeractivemovies，titleslikeHeavyRainmanagetocreateagloomy moodby usingbasic elementsofstylesuchasofrm，composition，andlight，andalsoopentheopportuniyt togetemotionallyinvolved with thecharactersthrough everyday life choices．Even though Heavy Rain isnotconsidered asan action videogame，itsnarrativeaudiovisualsystem isfullyabletocreateenoughtensionandsuspenseinordertooffera quiteintenseaestheticexperience．However,mostofitsnarrativeresourcesaretakenfrom cinemaandtelevision audiovisualstrategiestotellstoriesnadtohooktheaudience．Therefore，thestudyoffomr ernarrativesystemsboth aslanguageandhumanthoughtandpsyche，couldallow designerstocreatemoreeffectiveinteractivenarrativesofr contemporary audiences． Keywords：narrative，videogames，space，graphicrepresentation 1．Intr0ductiOn Interactivemedia．such asvideogamesand interactivemovies．hasnotonly achievedan outstanding degreeoftechnicalgrowthbutalso，andmostimportant，hashadprogressinstorytellingproposals．Though stor