2. Why?
Are we already surviving?
Why would we survive in video games?
3. Start of my research
Review of dayz
Questioning why
survival is the
most enticing
part of the game
4. Change in survival
No longer using survival instincts on daily basis
Modern life doesn’t use it adequately
5. How to make survival games fun
Article about what makes a good survival game
Things like multiple ways of gathering food, and recourses
not just a single way to play
6. Important parts for revision process
Each from different perspectives
Different topics
Both helped fuel thesis
Both important
7. Production of thesis
Ignites old, unused instinct
Fuels that urge of survival
Millions of others experience same kind of interest
in survival games
8. Solving the Mystery
In other genres of games, you could simply
point out features that made it fun
Survival genre games also had features
but primarily were fun for the survival
aspect
10. Bringing back the instinct
We live in a world where most
people don’t have to worry about growing or
finding their own food
We have long since annulled our survival instinct
Games have brought them back
11. Through my research
This is why the article by Dr. Jim Taylor is
important and interesting