Mecânicas de jogos digitais a partir da racionalidade inclusiva em relação às pessoas com deficiência

Abstract

Like literature, music, movies, among other cultural artefacts, digital games are present in several areas of human life, such as entertainment, education, politics, among others. As cultural artefacts, digital games are products and expressions of society and culture and, likewise that they receive influence by the context in which they are created, they also feature consequences in society. Thus, access, use and design of digital games, as well as other technologies, are a right for all people in society, including people with disabilities. Reflecting about the rights of people with disabilities, digital games and the production context of these artefacts, a question arises about how the process of developing digital games occurs, particularly when this is based on principles and practices that are based on principles and values of social inclusion of people with disabilities. In this context, this research aims to investigate how the principles and actions of inclusion can be associated with activities of digital game development processes, particularly when referring this process to one of the main game element, the mechanics. Thus, this research is based on the inclusion principles and the democratization of technology to propose a digital game mechanics concept based on an inclusive rationality. Considering this theme, this research investigate and discuss digital game development process; proposes the elaboration of an inclusive rationality concept; and finally, proposes reflections on a digital game mechanics concept based on an inclusive rationality through the analysis of mechanics of digital games already published.