Historical Character Design for a Mobile Game

Sanni Mustonen; Siiri Paananen; Ashley Colley; Jonna Häkkilä

doi:10.1007/978-981-19-4472-7_52

Historical Character Design for a Mobile Game

Sanni Mustonen, Siiri Paananen, Ashley Colley, Jonna Häkkilä

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Abstract

We present the design process for historical characters in a video game based on the local cultural history of the town Kemijärvi, Finland. The characters represented real people living in the town during the time period. Through an expert evaluation with 4 history experts, challenges in, e.g. authenticity, ethics, and narrative creation, were identified. The work provides insights to researchers and practitioners working on the development of games based around the topic of local history.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	[ ] With Design - Reinventing Design Modes
Subtitle of host publication	Proceedings of the 9th congress of the International Association of Societies of Design Research of Societies of Design Research (IASDR 2021)
Editors	Gerhard Bruyns, Huaxin Wei
Place of Publication	Singapore
Publisher	Springer Singapore
Pages	783–790
Number of pages	8
ISBN (Electronic)	978-981-19-4472-7
ISBN (Print)	978-981-19-4471-0, 978-981-19-4474-1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-19-4472-7_52
Publication status	Published - 2022
MoEC publication type	A4 Article in a conference publication
Event	Congress of the International Association of Societies of Design Research - Duration: 5 Nov 2021 → 9 Nov 2021

Conference

Conference	Congress of the International Association of Societies of Design Research
Abbreviated title	IASDR
Period	05.11.2021 → 09.11.2021

Keywords

Cultural heritage
Game design
Character design
Animated characters
User experience
History

Field of science

Visual arts and design
History and archaeology

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10.1007/978-981-19-4472-7_52Licence: All Rights Reserved

Lapland Experience Technologies 2025
Häkkilä, J. (Principal Investigator), Hautala-Hirvioja, T. (Other) & Colley, A. (Other)
European Regional Development Fund
01.01.2018 → 31.01.2020
Project: Co-funded project

Citation for this output

Mustonen, S., Paananen, S., Colley, A., & Häkkilä, J. (2022). Historical Character Design for a Mobile Game. In G. Bruyns, & H. Wei (Eds.), [ ] With Design - Reinventing Design Modes: Proceedings of the 9th congress of the International Association of Societies of Design Research of Societies of Design Research (IASDR 2021) (pp. 783–790). Springer Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-19-4472-7_52

Mustonen, Sanni ; Paananen, Siiri ; Colley, Ashley et al. / Historical Character Design for a Mobile Game. [ ] With Design - Reinventing Design Modes: Proceedings of the 9th congress of the International Association of Societies of Design Research of Societies of Design Research (IASDR 2021). editor / Gerhard Bruyns ; Huaxin Wei. Singapore : Springer Singapore, 2022. pp. 783–790

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Historical Character Design for a Mobile Game. / Mustonen, Sanni; Paananen, Siiri ; Colley, Ashley et al.
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