TITLE:
Storytelling through Art: Teaching the History of Indonesia with Video Games
AUTHORS:
Josua Ng
KEYWORDS:
History, Indonesia, Video Game, Educational, Storytelling, Game Art, Art Style, Literature Study, Data Analysis
JOURNAL NAME:
Art and Design Review,
Vol.7 No.1,
February
2,
2019
ABSTRACT: Games nowadays have been associated with the decline
of a child’s academic performance. Whether this is true or not, it remains to
be seen, as there’s no link that has been found between the two after several
researchers conducted their own research. This paper’s aim is to discuss
whether the game art motivates the user to find out more about the topic that
are brought up in the said game, which in this case is the history of
Indonesia, specifically from the periods of just before and during the Japanese
Occupation to the Declaration of Indonesia’s Independence in 1945. Aside from
accurate depiction of objects, buildings or events, another question posed is
whether the chosen art style conveys the atmosphere of the situation depicted,
and if it helps with the storytelling of the game.