Meaning of mascot horror | Babel Free

Definitions

A subgenre of survival horror, popularized in the mid-2010s, based around children's toys, or characters from children's media ("mascots").

uncountable

Examples

“[masteroftrolls1; chat message:] why do games like granny and baldie's^([sic]) basics get popular [YuB; spoken:] Uh, me and my friend John have a theory that it's mascot horror, basically all the games that do well right now—with kids anyways—are the ones that have a mascot: Bendy and the Ink Machine, Baldi's [Basics]—they have a mascot enemy—Five Nights at Freddy's. It's a... They need to have a main character villain that people like and relate to.”

“본 연구의 목적은‘마스코트 호러’ 장르와 기존 공포 게임과의 차별성을 캐릭터 디자인의 매력, 공포 요소를 통해 알아내는 것에 있다.”

“The most famous example, and the one that lit the match of the mascot horrror explosion, is undoubtedly Five Nights at Freddy's (or FNaF).”

“Through this analysis, we will identify the transmedia storytelling techniques that mascot horror game developers use to appeal to children and widen their audience, in which YouTube plays a pivotal role.”

“Created by Qwelver, the game [Dandy's World] blends stylized mascot horror survival with team-based social gameplay.”

“If Twitch and YouTube Live also hit their strides during the past decade, ‘mascot horror’ has become the perfect streamer game, simple enough that you can easily talk and perform to the camera while playing, and with plenty of conjecture, lore and ‘theorycrafting’ to discuss with your viewers.”

CEFR level