Towards an Ontologocal Language for Game Analysis

1. "gameness" of games

ex) 'horror factor in game' -> Horror is one of gameness.


2. ontology
- philosophycal term : 존재론?
- computer science term : relationship of data, database, context, etc.

traditional view : similarity

prototype view : alternative

we must forget ontology as philosophical mean, so we can understand ontology of games in this paper.
Developing a game ontology that identify structure element of games, its relationships between them, and dorgarnize it.

3. Interactivity
How can we understand interactivity in games?

• Hardware : Player and Device
• Software : Player and Interface
  Player and Another Player

4. Space

Representation -> Space Invaders : 3D
Gameworld ----> Space Invaders has a 2D Gameworld
Gameplay -----> The space of movement for the player is only 1D

5. Regulation of Gameplay Over Time

"Level", "Wave", "Checkpoint"
a form of Segmentation of Gameplay regulation (by the software.)


※ This paper seems to just educational not practical.