The Next Level of Horror Entertainment: Facing Fear in Cooperative Interactive Drama Survival Horror Games

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dc.contributor.authorMarak, Katarzyna
dc.contributor.authorMarkocki, Miłosz
dc.contributor.authorSiuda, Piotr
dc.date.accessioned2023-12-26T18:38:58Z
dc.date.available2023-12-26T18:38:58Z
dc.date.issued2024-01-03
dc.identifier.doi10.24251/HICSS.2024.323
dc.identifier.isbn978-0-9981331-7-1
dc.identifier.other0f11cf32-5f19-4692-8c18-fb3d3575757c
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10125/106706
dc.language.isoeng
dc.relation.ispartofProceedings of the 57th Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences
dc.rightsAttribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International
dc.rights.urihttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/
dc.subjectGames and Gaming
dc.subjectcooperation
dc.subjecthorror games
dc.subjecthorror genre
dc.subjectlet’s plays
dc.subjectplayers
dc.titleThe Next Level of Horror Entertainment: Facing Fear in Cooperative Interactive Drama Survival Horror Games
dc.typeConference Paper
dc.type.dcmiText
dcterms.abstractHorror entertainment continues to change, with horror games being another step in this evolution after literature and movies. The paper characterizes how the cooperative mode of Dark Pictures Anthology games influences the horror experience of players. The Anthology has been analyzed via a close reading of selected Let’s Play videos, with 42 complete playthroughs analyzed and 18 playlists sampled. The article demonstrates how scare tactics deployed by developers cause players to feel more discomfort compared to a single-player mode. The split perspective of co-op exacerbates stress, tension, and fear as these are being experienced regarding not only oneself but also the other player. Additionally, players’ meta-genre knowledge combines with cooperation, thus influencing decisions and, ultimately, the game experiences. All this means that the cooperative way of playing may be seen as yet another step in the horror entertainment evolution.
dcterms.extent10 pages
prism.startingpage2674

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