A análise cromática do jogo Gris sob a perspectiva da semiótica discursiva.

Abstract

This paper analyzes the mechanisms of signification in the digital game GRIS (Nomada Studio, 2018) in light of Greimasian discursive semiotics. Based on the theoretical contributions of Algirdas Julien Greimas and José Luiz Fiorin, the research examines how visual, chromatic, and interactive elements interact in the production of meaning, conceiving the game as a sensitive and multimodal discourse. The methodological approach is quali tative, descriptive, and interpretative, suited to the analysis of cultural objects that operate through nonverbal forms of language. The study mobilizes categories of discursive semiotics, such as the generative path of meaning (fundamental, narrative and discursive levels), the notion of chromatic isotopy — understood as the recurrence of colors and contrasts that ensure the interpretative coherence of the visual statement (Greimas, 1966; Greimas; Courtés, 2008), based on Floch’s (2001) reflections on values and plastic categories —, figurativization (Greimas, 1966; Greimas; Courtés, 2008), regimes of valorization (Floch, 2001), the veridiction contract (Greimas; Courtés, 2008) and the regimes of presence and affectivity (Fontanille, 2007). The corpus comprises the five chromatic phases of GRIS—gray, red, green, blue, and yellow—delimited by moments of symbolic inflection that update the values of the statement. The analysis shows that the chromatic progression structures the char- acter’s narrative and subjective journey, establishing specific regimes of presence, agency, and affectivity. In GRIS, colors not only compose the setting but also operate as modal and symbolic elements, guiding the protagonist’s actions, qualifying her affective states, and updating fundamental values. The relationship between chromaticism and sensitive narrative reveals a discursive organization of high aesthetic and semiotic density, in which visual resources configure processes such as mourning, overcoming, and resignification.