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Zenosyne: A Game Design Concept Assimilating Dispassion In Young Artists Through The Use Of Storytelling And Game Design Principles, Edelaiza Julienne M. Aggabao

DLSU Senior High School Research Congress

As young artists reach the milestone of choosing the career path, they assess their passions to decide if they will continue art professionally. Extrinsic factors like lack of income or parental disapproval attribute to the dispassion among students. This study aims to compact discussions of young artists’ dispassion into a story-driven video game. As gaming trends increase throughout the years with role playing games tackling heavy issues, presenting the findings in this study through the use of game development effectively explores the perspective of dispassionate artists. For artists, passion is the focal point of their end product. Cognitive dissonance theory …