Narrative, Interaction, Visual, Emotion - Research on Chinese Indie Game Design

Although Chinese indie games started late, they have developed rapidly, and many works have been successful globally. Through case analysis, this paper selects three representative indie games in China, conducts in-depth analysis from the perspectives of narrative, visual scene of game-play, emotion, etc and summarizes the characteristics of indie games that distinguish from the general commercial games. It is hoped that game users will be able to use it as a design reference for indie game development by analyzing what makes users more immersed in the game experience and what discriminatory artistic characteristics are.