A Study On The "World View" Of Online Games

Online games have shaped a virtual world.In this world,due to the power of the author,online games have gathered various players from across time and space,without time and place.Through the game,the author and the player create a world full of miracles and changeable fate.The bridge of meaning between the virtual world and the real world is the game "worldview".This article mainly explores the "Game World View" from three aspects:"World Picture Setting","Plot Story Setting",and "Running Rule Setting",in order to understand how the "Game World View" constructs a virtual world with a whole,how Provide meaning to people in the real world.The "world picture setting" of online games is "a field of the game's virtual world",that is,"what does this world have".The game "worldview" uses settings as a means to show the origin of the world,a geographic map,and lay out the background history and political pattern.In these settings,the origin of the world is the rational basis for the existence of the game's virtual world and the source of order for all things in the world;geographic map It shows the whole picture of the world and sounds the horn that calls the players to explore.Characters are the soul of the entire virtual world.Players enter the"virtual world" through role-playing to talk about secret pursuits and desires.The "story setting" of online games presents "what happened in this world".In online games,stories create a living world for us."Telling a story" is a very important part of"Virtual World Setting"."World view" resorts to "story telling" to make players build Connect with the virtual world.In European and American fantasy role-playing online games,the story tells "what happened in this world",which mainly includes two types of settings:background story settings and main storyline story settings."Backstory setting" is based on the real world,creating a rigorous and unique system and forming a certain logic,which makes the world created by the game complete and unified,increasing the authenticity and texture of the game world."Main storyline story setting" uses the "task"mode for narrative.Players participate in it personally,promote the mainline narrative process through a series of actions,and obtain secret satisfaction in the process of reaching the end of the narrative.The "rules" of online games define "how the world works." For players,the rules of the game are guidelines for guiding themselves in the virtual world,but under the rules,players always have the freedom to "make choices in the virtual world" This freedom gives the player meaning.More importantly,online games are a huge system constructed by rules.In this system,the secrets of this era are hidden behind the rules,and they really interact with the player's spiritual world.Players fulfill their desires in the virtual world of the game-and these desires themselves are set and produced by rules.