Title Page
Contents
ABSTRACT 12
Ⅰ. Introduction 14
1. Research background 14
2. Research purposes 21
2.1. Research objects and research methods 21
Ⅱ. Theory 25
1. Dating simulation mobile games for women 25
1.1. Definition of dating simulation mobile games for women 25
1.2. User analysis of dating simulation games for women 27
2. Game character 37
2.1. Definition of a game character 37
2.2. Game character design 39
Ⅲ. Dating simulation mobile games for women and game characters 48
1. Development status 48
2. Dating simulation mobile games for women character 51
2.1. Game introduction 51
2.2. Game character 52
3. Summary game character analysis and design a questionnaire 66
Ⅳ. Analysis of questionnaire results 76
1. Player information (Questions 1~4) 76
2. Game motivation (Questions 5~6) 77
3. Female game character preferences (Questions 7~15) 79
1. Appearance 79
2. Character setting 81
3. Age 82
4. Respondents' proposal 84
4. Male game character preferences (Questions 16~24) 85
1. Appearance 85
2. Height 87
3. Occupation 88
4. Personality Features 88
5. Respondents' proposals 91
5. Satisfaction level (Question 25) 92
Ⅴ. Conclusion 93
1. female player perspective of the female game character 93
2. female player perspective of the male game character 95
Referenes 98
Appendix 1. Questionnaire 104
국문요약 111
〈Table 1〉 Game character design focus 39
〈Table 2〉 Occupational class classification 42
〈Table 3〉 Part of the Chinese market dating simulation mobile games for women 49
〈Table 4〉 App Store platform query results(Search results on November 11) 51
〈Table 5〉 Taptap platform query results (Search results on November 11) 51
〈Table 6〉 Introduction to the heroine of dating simulation mobile games for women 52
〈Table 7〉 〈Love & Producer〉Introduction of the male protagonist 55
〈Table 8〉 〈Light and Night〉Introduction of the male protagonist 56
〈Table 9〉 〈Tears of themis〉Introduction of the male protagonist 57
〈Table 10〉 〈For All Time〉Introduction of the male protagonist 58
〈Table 11〉 〈The throne of girl〉Introduction of the male protagonist 59
〈Table 12〉 〈Shenxian jishilu〉Introduction of the male protagonist 60
〈Table 13〉 The proportion of male game characters in each occupational class (except for modern non-existent occupations) 63
〈Table 14〉 The game character personality ratio 64
〈Table 15〉 female game character A and female game character B (painted by the author of this paper) 68
〈Table 16〉 male game character A and male game character B (painted by the author of this paper) 70
〈Table 17〉 The female game character of 〈Love & Producer〉 and 〈Light and Night〉 71
〈Table 18〉 The male game character of 〈Love & Producer〉 72
〈Table 19〉 The male game character of 〈Light and Night〉 74
〈Table 20〉 Question 'Among the following ten male game characters' occupations, please choose the one you like the most' 88
〈Table 21〉 Question 'Among the following ten male game characters' personalities, please choose the one you like the most.' 88
〈Table 22〉 Female players' proposals for female dating simulation mobile games 96
〈Fig 1〉 newzoo forecasts gaming market revenue in 2023 14
〈Fig 2〉 newzoo predicts gamer numbers in 2023 and 2024 15
〈Fig 3〉 Revenue share of each platform's game market 16
〈Fig 4〉 Acyual revenue and growth rate of China's female game market from 2015 to 2020 17
〈Fig 5〉 Nintendo's game character Mario 19
〈Fig 6〉 The game character Mario's model 19
〈Fig 7〉 January 13, 2018 Shenzhen Jingji 100 Building LED advertising 20
〈Fig 8〉 Time spent on each type of game per user per week 29
〈Fig 9〉 Male gamer motivation ratio 30
〈Fig 10〉 Female gamer motivation ratio 30
〈Fig 11〉 The first game console developed by Dr.William Higinbotham 38
〈Fig 12〉 The evolution of game characters (game screenshots) 39
〈Fig 13〉 'The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild' screenshots 44
〈Fig 14〉 The first 〈Angelique〉 48
〈Fig 15〉 Maslow's hierarchy of needs 62
〈Fig 16〉 Age of respondents to the questionnaire 77
〈Fig 17〉 Question 'What attracts you to dating simulation mobile games for women?' 78
〈Fig 18〉 Question 'Do you continue to play the game because you like a certain character?' 78
〈Fig 19〉 Question 'Do you care more about the appearance or character setting of female game characters?' 79
〈Fig 20〉 Question 'Please choose the heroine color that can make you immerse in the game.' 80
〈Fig 21〉 Question 'Would you wish you had chosen the face and body of the female game character?' 81
〈Fig 22〉 Question 'Among the six game characters, please choose a female protagonist that you like the most.' 81
〈Fig 23〉 Question 'Would you choose a female game character close to your own age?' 82
〈Fig 24〉 Question 'Do you think a female game character closer to your own age would be more immersive?' 83
〈Fig 25〉 Question 'Do you think the female characters in dating simulation mobile games for women on the market now have a... 83
〈Fig 26〉 Question'Do you care more about the appearance of male game characters or their character settings?' 85
〈Fig 27〉 Question 'Please choose your favorite male game character's appearance' 86
〈Fig 28〉 Question 'Are you satisfied with the appearance of male game characters in the dating simulation mobile games for women... 86
〈Fig 29〉 Question 'Please select the height of your favorite male game character' 87
〈Fig 30〉 Question 'What type of male character would you like to see more often in the game in the future?' 90
〈Fig 31〉 Question 'Are you satisfied with the male characters of the dating simulation mobile games for women on the market now?' 91