Friday, October 05, 2007

Poll analysis - games and art

Ok, so I asked:

"Which kinds of game-related art do you think are more interesting?"

Results so far:

  • Art created within the game, for in-game use (think Spore) (3 votes)
  • Art created within the game, for external use (think The Movies, The Sims albuns) (1 votes)
  • Art created trhough hacking the game (think super mario cloud, nullpoint, etc) (1 votes)
  • Art created using the game engine (Machinima, etc.) (2 votes)
  • Art created using external tools (think all kinds of mods) (2 votes)
  • Art about games (fan fiction, paintings about games) (1 votes)
    Games are the work of art themselves (6 votes)
  • Other = "Stories created by players inside game worlds" (Corvus vote? :))

    Ok, 7 voters are not that much, but there is a point becoming clear to me (specially when I take out my own biased votes): players may want a game to serve as a creative tool, but they will always want it to be a game - not only a tool.
    Corvus makes a good point: it´s all about the world that is given to the player. If the atmosphere is right, there will be a good reason for players to join in the creative process. They usually want the setting, the look and feel, the plot, etc., so they can build something on top.
  • 2 comments:

    Chris said...

    I can see why you'd think the "other" vote was Corvus, but it was me. ;)

    Chris.

    Chico Queiroz said...

    Wow, you really got me on that one, Chris!

    Did you have any particular game in mind when voting for that?

    Cheers!

    Copyright, Chico Queiroz