Interactivity and Fun of Characters

  • Hisao Shiizuka
  • Ayako Hashizume
Part of the Lecture Notes in Computer Science book series (LNCS, volume 6883)

Abstract

The purpose of this paper is to discuss an interactivity and fun of characters. It is also our problems that whence comes the ‘fun’ or ‘amiability’ of a ‘character’? In this paper, we describe some popular characters and their notable features, and then discuss their interactivity, arguing first that decisive elements of the interactivity of a character are related to the narrativity of the character, and second that the ‘fun’ principally results from that interactivity.

Keywords

character interactivity acceptability 

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Authors and Affiliations

  • Hisao Shiizuka
    • 1
  • Ayako Hashizume
    • 2
  1. 1.Department of Information DesignKogakuin UniversityShinjuku-kuJapan
  2. 2.Graduate School of Comprehensive Human ScienceUniversity of TsukubaTsukuba-shiJapan

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