Criando uma história feminina: a utilização de contos de fadas no desenvolvimento de jogos digitais (estudo de caso do jogo Child of Light)

Abstract

In this essay, through analyzing fairytales considered “classics” and their narratives, and media elements present in the audiovisual medium, we have tried to understand how the game Child of Light released by the company Ubisoft was developed and how it was inserted in a recent change in consumption patterns that has privileged and brought voice to female characters, players and developers. We walk through a study on fairytales characterization, narratives and key elements in videogames to understand how the game portrays the heroine’s journey described by the researcher Maria Tatar, and how it opposes to other games where it’s female characters incorporate (or incorporated) stereotypes who are dangerous to true representativity, reinforcing patterns like the damsel in distress or the perfect mary sue. Besides, we also did a transmedia study analyzing how the insertion of other narrative media in the virtual world, like literature and illustration, help to amplify that feeling of immersion, which is also important when we talk about representativity.