Permanência de padrões de level design em jogos digitais de plataforma 2D

Abstract

This work aimed to evaluate the permanence of Level Design Patterns identified in digital games published before the year 2000 in the 2D-platform game - Celeste. The research used the Formal Analysis of Gameplay as a methodological basis, so that the data collection was carried out after the researcher played the game for a certain period of time. The methodology was chosen in order to identify and analyze both the essential elements that make up the Celeste game, as well as the patterns resulting from the use of these elements. The collected data were related to six Level Design Patterns adopted as a reference and which had their presence successfully identified at the end of the research, confirming the permanence of old patterns in the game Celeste. Thus, it was possible to conclude that it is necessary to confirm the existence of these patterns in other contemporaneous 2D-platform games to assess the extent of the impact of using these patterns in the creation of new games. This research intends to provide practical and theoretical contributions to the area of digital game development, especially for platform games.