Journal of Digital Convergence (디지털융복합연구)

The Society of Digital Policy and Management (한국디지털정책학회)
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A Study on the Visual Elements of the Mobile Game Focused on Female Gamers

모바일 게임 <왕자영요>의 여성 게이머 중심의 시각적 요소에 관한 연구

  • SHI, YU (Dept. of Multimedia, Graduta School of Digital Image and Contents, Dongguk Univ.) ;
  • Chung, Jean-Hun (Dept. of Multimedia, Graduta School of Digital Image and Contents, Dongguk Univ.)
  • 스위 (동국대학교 영상대학원 멀티미디어학과) ;
  • 정진헌 (동국대학교 영상대학원 멀티미디어학과)
  • Received : 2019.06.11
  • Accepted : 2019.09.20
  • Published : 2019.09.28
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Abstract

First quarter of 2019, 'Honour Of Kings' continued to be rank No.1 in mobile game sales. Although 'Honour Of Kings' is a game preferred by male players, it has more than 100 million female players. It can have such a large number of female players, in addition to its simplified game operation, social function, there are also included changeable characters for women's preferences. So that the 'Honour Of Kings' allows many female players to take part in. In this paper, the author chooses a skin with high preference for female players among many game consumer goods as the research object. Analysing the design elements of female player' preferences. Female players are more emotional, their favorite game characters just reflect women's longing for beautiful things. It is pointed out that the female orientation of female consumers should be taken into account in the mobile game market, which indicates the direction of visual factors for future mobile game design.

2019년 1월부터 3월까지 모바일 게임 수익 순위에 따르면 <왕자영요>게임이 지속적으로 가장 많은 매출을 올렸다. <왕자영요>는 남성 게이머의 선호도가 더 높은 게임이지만 다른 한편으로는 1억 이상의 여성 게이머들을 확보하고 있으므로 여성 또한 이 게임의 주 소비자라 할 수 있다. <왕자영요>는 간단한 조작성, 사교성 그리고 다양하게 제공되는 여성취향의 게임소품으로 인해 많은 여성 게이머들이 주류 모바일 게임에 능동적으로 참여할 수 있도록 하는 영향력 있는 모바일 게임이다. 본 논문은 여성 게이머들에게 호감도가 높은 스킨소품 중 하나를 선택하여 여성 게이머들의 취향을 분석하였다. 감성이 풍부한 여성 게이머들의 선호하는 게임에는 여성적 시각요소가 반영되어있으므로 향후 모바일 게임시장에서 여성 소비자를 고려한 여성취향의 시각적 요소의 방향을 제시하였다.

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