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Artes Digitais em Jogo Sério: Conceção de jogo sério em Unity para consciencialização sobre questões políticas e sociais
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Com a expansão da web e a sua popularização, alargou-se o acesso à informação e a possibilidade de envolvimento e participação em questões e movimentos à distância, nomeadamente por parte de ativistas que expõem nos seus trabalhos questões políticas e sociais e que utilizam a web, em especial as redes sociais, para fazer chegar aos públicos os trabalhos e, assim, abrir um canal para apresentar as suas mensagens.
Os jogos sérios podem também tirar partido da informação obtida através da web, das redes sociais e de artefactos artísticos digitais aí divulgados, convertê-la num contexto específico, conducente à consciencialização do jogador sobre essas questões. Os jogos sérios baseados em questões políticas e sociais são o foco desta tese, com uma análise de jogos digitais com conteúdo político e/ou ativista existentes, de forma a compreender de que forma as tecnologias contribuem para a criação, divulgação e utilização de artefactos de artes digitais.
A componente prática da tese contempla a conceção, desenvolvimento e implementação de um jogo sério em Unity, com o intuito de consciencializar as pessoas para as questões políticas e sociais em torno do movimento da Primavera Árabe no Egito. Com o recurso ao conteúdo web, este jogo utiliza artefactos digitais obtidos do artista-ativista Carlos Latuff. Este conceito procura simular o ambiente da cidade do Cairo e as adversidades vividas pela população e pelos ativistas através de um jogo sério, como forma de promover o alargamento do conhecimento e a consciencialização do jogador sobre a Primavera Árabe no Egito.
Os testes deste jogo realizados junto a um conjunto de pessoas conduziram a resultados positivos nas opções tomadas durante a conceção do jogo, na contextualização do tema da Primavera Árabe no Egito e na consciencialização sobre o tema. Logo, é possível afirmar que a utilização de um jogo sério para a consciencialização de questões políticas e sociais pode ser encarado como uma solução viável.
With the web expansion, the access to information grew and so did the possibility of involvement and participation in issues and movements abroad, especially for activists that expose in their work the social and political issues that they like to aware about and that use the web, more accurately the social networks, to reach to the society and to present na activism message. The serious games can also take advantage of the information obtained from the web, social networks and digital artistic artefacts, convert it in a specific context, and guide the player to become aware about the context presented. The serious games based on political and social themes are the focus of this thesis, with an analysis of existing digital games surrounding those contexts, to understand how can this type of technology contribute to the creation, disclosure and usage in the field of digital art artefacts. The practical component of this thesis includes the conception, development and implementation of a serious game in Unity, to aware people for political and social causes based on the Arab Spring movement in Egypt. With the aid of web content, this game uses digital artefacts obtained from the activist artist Carlos Latuff. This concept aims to simulate Cairo’s city environment and the adversities experienced by the population and the activists through a serious game, as a way of promoting the knowledge growth and the awareness of the players to the problems behind the Arab Spring in Egypt. The game tests realized in a test group have shown positive results in the options taken during the conception of the game, in the context taken about the Arab Spring in Egypt and in the awareness about the theme. So, it is possible to affirm that the usage of a serious game to aware about political and social causes can be assumed as a viable solution.
With the web expansion, the access to information grew and so did the possibility of involvement and participation in issues and movements abroad, especially for activists that expose in their work the social and political issues that they like to aware about and that use the web, more accurately the social networks, to reach to the society and to present na activism message. The serious games can also take advantage of the information obtained from the web, social networks and digital artistic artefacts, convert it in a specific context, and guide the player to become aware about the context presented. The serious games based on political and social themes are the focus of this thesis, with an analysis of existing digital games surrounding those contexts, to understand how can this type of technology contribute to the creation, disclosure and usage in the field of digital art artefacts. The practical component of this thesis includes the conception, development and implementation of a serious game in Unity, to aware people for political and social causes based on the Arab Spring movement in Egypt. With the aid of web content, this game uses digital artefacts obtained from the activist artist Carlos Latuff. This concept aims to simulate Cairo’s city environment and the adversities experienced by the population and the activists through a serious game, as a way of promoting the knowledge growth and the awareness of the players to the problems behind the Arab Spring in Egypt. The game tests realized in a test group have shown positive results in the options taken during the conception of the game, in the context taken about the Arab Spring in Egypt and in the awareness about the theme. So, it is possible to affirm that the usage of a serious game to aware about political and social causes can be assumed as a viable solution.
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Jogos sérios Simulação Ativismo Primavera Árabe Egito Unity Serious games Simulation Activism Arab Spring Egypt Unity