PERANCANGAN MOBILE GAME BERDASARKAN PERMAINAN RAKYAT “DODOMBAAN” UNTUK MEMBANGUN INTERAKSI SOSIAL ANTAR PEMAIN

Abstract

ABSTRACT“Dodombaan” is an old and popular folk-game amongst children in West Java, although nowadays it becomes rarely played as many children are in favor of playing digital games. Scholars believe that this folk-game actually provides an opportunity for children to develop a sense of social-sensitiveness, as children interactively play with each other. Having exposed to children interests on digital games and the social benefit of Sundanese folk-game, the study sets to design and develop a digital-game based on Sundanese folk-game of dodombaan. This design-study started by collecting and analyzing data of users and plays of dodombaan, which iteratively done in support of the process of designing a digital game. The formal elements of game are composed according to the original game-play of dodombaan. This is to assure that users will have similar game-experiences and social-benefit of the play. The digital game of dodombaan is developed as a mobile multi-player game on android platform and visualized according to the traditional art of sheep’s battle (seni ketangkasan domba) of Garut West Java. It is expected that the developed game of dodombaan can serve as an alternative product of digital game with cultural contents. Keywords: cultural content game; multiplayer mobile games; Sundanese folk-game