Matthew Lakier, L. Nacke, T. Igarashi, Daniel Vogel
{"title":"Cross-Car, Multiplayer Games for Semi-Autonomous Driving","authors":"Matthew Lakier, L. Nacke, T. Igarashi, Daniel Vogel","doi":"10.1145/3311350.3347166","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1145/3311350.3347166","url":null,"abstract":"We investigate and characterize a design space for in-car games based on a survey of previous work, and identify an opportunity for \"cross-car\" multiplayer games played among occupants in nearby cars. This is supported by innovations in automotive technology like autonomous driving, full-window heads-up displays, and ad hoc communication between vehicles. In a custom virtual reality driving simulator, we created three games to illustrate design dimensions: Killerball, a competitive free-for-all game; Billiards, a player versus player, massively multiplayer online game with player assists; and Decoration, an idle-style game with multiplayer resource management. A 12-participant evaluation with a semi-structured interview revealed a positive response to input controls and HUDs, and suggests game genres have a similar effect on time for an emergency driving takeover task. We used insights from our process and evaluation to formulate design considerations for future cross-car games.","PeriodicalId":92838,"journal":{"name":"Proceedings of the ... Annual Symposium on Computer-Human Interaction in Play. ACM SIGCHI Annual Symposium on Computer-Human Interaction in Play","volume":"30 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-10-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"79957195","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The Role of Uncertainty in Moment-to-Moment Player Motivation: A Grounded Theory","authors":"Shringi Kumari, Sebastian Deterding, J. Freeman","doi":"10.1145/3311350.3347148","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1145/3311350.3347148","url":null,"abstract":"Uncertainty is widely acknowledged as an engaging characteristic of games. Practice and research have proposed various types and factors of game uncertainty, yet there is little work explaining when and why different kinds of uncertainty motivate, especially with respect to 'micro-level', moment-to-moment gameplay. We therefore conducted a qualitative interview study of players tracing links between uncertainty experiences, specific game features, and player motives. Data supports that uncertainty is indeed a key element in keeping players motivated moment-to-moment. We present a grounded theory of seven types of engaging gameplay uncertainty emerging from three sources - game, player, and outcome - and document links to likely underlying motives, chief among them curiosity and competence. Comparing our empirically grounded taxonomy with existing ones shows partial fits as well as identifies novel uncertainty types insufficiently captured in previous models.","PeriodicalId":92838,"journal":{"name":"Proceedings of the ... Annual Symposium on Computer-Human Interaction in Play. ACM SIGCHI Annual Symposium on Computer-Human Interaction in Play","volume":"116 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-10-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"89386981","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Chris Madge, R. Bartle, Jon Chamberlain, Udo Kruschwitz, Massimo Poesio
{"title":"Incremental Game Mechanics Applied to Text Annotation","authors":"Chris Madge, R. Bartle, Jon Chamberlain, Udo Kruschwitz, Massimo Poesio","doi":"10.1145/3311350.3347184","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1145/3311350.3347184","url":null,"abstract":"We argue that the mechanics of 'Ville type Free-To-Play (F2P) games in general, and incremental games in particular, is especially suited for Games-With-A-Purpose. We demonstrate this through WordClicker, an incremental game whose mechanics is designed for text labelling. We believe the design and mechanics used are highly transferable to other games featuring annotation where game design is a challenge, such as serious games and language resourcing GWAPs. The game was tested with audiences from three popular indie gaming portals, achieving promising results both for entertainment value and learning.","PeriodicalId":92838,"journal":{"name":"Proceedings of the ... Annual Symposium on Computer-Human Interaction in Play. ACM SIGCHI Annual Symposium on Computer-Human Interaction in Play","volume":"30 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-10-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"79859628","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Rufat Rzayev, Sven Mayer, Christian Krauter, N. Henze
{"title":"Notification in VR: The Effect of Notification Placement, Task and Environment","authors":"Rufat Rzayev, Sven Mayer, Christian Krauter, N. Henze","doi":"10.1145/3311350.3347190","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1145/3311350.3347190","url":null,"abstract":"Virtual reality (VR) is commonly used for entertainment applications but is also increasingly employed for a large number of use cases such as digital prototyping or training workers. Here, VR is key to present an immersive secondary world. VR enables experiences that are close to reality, regardless of time and place. However, highly immersive VR can result in missing digital information from the real world, such as important notifications. For efficient notification presentation in VR, it is necessary to understand how notifications should be integrated in VR without breaking the immersion. Thus, we conducted a study with 24 participants to investigate notification placement in VR while playing games, learning, and solving problems. We compared placing notifications using a Head-Up Display, On-Body, Floating, and In-Situ in open, semi-open, and closed VR environments. We found significant effects of notification placement and task on how notifications are perceived in VR. Insights from our study inform the design of VR applications that support digital notifications.","PeriodicalId":92838,"journal":{"name":"Proceedings of the ... Annual Symposium on Computer-Human Interaction in Play. ACM SIGCHI Annual Symposium on Computer-Human Interaction in Play","volume":"39 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-10-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"80805735","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Juicy Game Design: Understanding the Impact of Visual Embellishments on Player Experience","authors":"Kieran Hicks, K. Gerling, P. Dickinson, V. Abeele","doi":"10.1145/3311350.3347171","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1145/3311350.3347171","url":null,"abstract":"Visual embellishments (VEs) are design elements that support information already conveyed by other means. In games, this concept is known as juiciness, and refers to the provision of redundant feedback in situations where a single player action triggers multiple non-functional reactions. Academia and industry both view the concept as a means of improving player experience; however, empirical evidence to back the assumption is lacking. Here, we present findings from two studies: one initial study with 40 participants comparing the effects of visual embellishments in two research games, the Frogger-clone Cuber, and the FPS game Dungeon Descent, and a second study with 32 participants using the commercially available game Quake 3 Arena. Results show that visual embellishments contribute to the visual appeal of all games, but only affects aspects such as competence under specific circumstances. We discuss implications of our findings for the integration of visual embellishments and juiciness, and their relevance for game development.","PeriodicalId":92838,"journal":{"name":"Proceedings of the ... Annual Symposium on Computer-Human Interaction in Play. ACM SIGCHI Annual Symposium on Computer-Human Interaction in Play","volume":"3 2 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-10-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"88064283","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
C. Sylla, Elena Márquez Segura, Akeiylah Dewitt, A. Arif, E. Brooks
{"title":"Fiddling, Pointing, Hovering, and Sliding: Embodied Actions with Three Evaluation Tools for Children","authors":"C. Sylla, Elena Márquez Segura, Akeiylah Dewitt, A. Arif, E. Brooks","doi":"10.1145/3311350.3347170","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1145/3311350.3347170","url":null,"abstract":"In user studies with children, it is important to use age appropriate evaluation tools to better understand their preferences, opinions, and thoughts. Here, we studied two accepted evaluation tools: The Five Degrees of Happiness, and the Sticky Ladder rating scale; together with the Paper Ladder, a paper version of the latter. Thirty-six preschoolers rated two creative and play activities (\"Painting\" and \"Construction Blocks\") and a game (\"Musical Chairs\") in terms of difficulty, enjoyment, and preference. Drawing from theories of embodied and distributed cognition, we performed a video analysis of the children's interactions with these tools, focusing on how each tool supported the children's cognitive processes and communication with the researcher. Here, we first describe children's embodied behavior and discuss how these were supported by design features and affordances of the tools. Then, we discuss strengths and shortcomings of each evaluation method. Last, we provide recommendations for their design, appropriation, and usage by researchers developing and evaluating playful solutions and games for children.","PeriodicalId":92838,"journal":{"name":"Proceedings of the ... Annual Symposium on Computer-Human Interaction in Play. ACM SIGCHI Annual Symposium on Computer-Human Interaction in Play","volume":"52 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-10-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"91358833","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pascal Lessel, Maximilian Altmeyer, Nicolas Brauner
{"title":"Crowdjump: Investigating a Player-Driven Platform Game","authors":"Pascal Lessel, Maximilian Altmeyer, Nicolas Brauner","doi":"10.1145/3311350.3347168","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1145/3311350.3347168","url":null,"abstract":"We present Crowdjump, a player-driven online platform game: players could post ideas on how to improve the game, the platform, or any related aspect. Continuously, all players could then choose ideas which were implemented and released on a daily basis. We conducted an exploratory study with 25 players over the course of 23 days and aimed at releasing two features per day. We analyzed idea types and could show that players did not change an idea voting scheme based on up- and down-votes and were more focused on changing the game than any other component. In contrast, features that would improve the community feeling or would help to improve ideas of others were not often suggested or selected. Nonetheless, the experience was rated as quite enjoyable by players, showing the appeal of such a player-driven game design approach and the relevancy for further research in this context.","PeriodicalId":92838,"journal":{"name":"Proceedings of the ... Annual Symposium on Computer-Human Interaction in Play. ACM SIGCHI Annual Symposium on Computer-Human Interaction in Play","volume":"32 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-10-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"81461272","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Blake Williford, Matthew Runyon, Josh Cherian, Wayne Li, J. Linsey, T. Hammond
{"title":"A Framework for Motivating Sketching Practice with Sketch-based Gameplay","authors":"Blake Williford, Matthew Runyon, Josh Cherian, Wayne Li, J. Linsey, T. Hammond","doi":"10.1145/3311350.3347175","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1145/3311350.3347175","url":null,"abstract":"Sketching is a valuable skill to learn but requires extensive motivation and practice to improve. We present a framework for motivating practice with sketch-based gameplay that is rooted in a grounded theory study of the motivations of various individuals with different skills levels. The individuals interviewed included a range from novice and intermediate industrial design students to established design professionals. Four categories emerged that explain the differences in motivation between individuals with different skill levels, including achievement, competition, communication, and creativity. We also present a case study of the implementation of two different gameplay approaches for encouraging line work practice in a high school art course and a university sketching course. The study revealed that both approaches were very engaging and motivating to students, with 72,842 lines practiced across the 150 students overall. We also gained insights about how the approaches differed in motivating students, and share principles we learned on motivating students with gameplay that may be useful to other researchers, educators, and technologists.","PeriodicalId":92838,"journal":{"name":"Proceedings of the ... Annual Symposium on Computer-Human Interaction in Play. ACM SIGCHI Annual Symposium on Computer-Human Interaction in Play","volume":"56 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-10-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"88510796","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
J. Bopp, L. Müller, L. Aeschbach, K. Opwis, Elisa D. Mekler
{"title":"Exploring Emotional Attachment to Game Characters","authors":"J. Bopp, L. Müller, L. Aeschbach, K. Opwis, Elisa D. Mekler","doi":"10.1145/3311350.3347169","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1145/3311350.3347169","url":null,"abstract":"Engaging game characters are often key to a positive and emotionally rich player experience. However, current research treats character attachment in a rather generic manner with little regard for the differing emotional qualities that may characterize this attachment. To address this gap we conducted a qualitative online survey with 213 players about the game characters they are particularly fond of. We identify seven distinct forms of emotional attachment, ranging from feeling excited about the characters' gameplay competency, admiring them as role models, to deep concern for characters' well-being. Our findings highlight the emotional range that players experience towards game characters, as well as provide implications for the research and design of emotional character experience in games.","PeriodicalId":92838,"journal":{"name":"Proceedings of the ... Annual Symposium on Computer-Human Interaction in Play. ACM SIGCHI Annual Symposium on Computer-Human Interaction in Play","volume":"37 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-10-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"81086738","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"A Canvas for Participation-Centered Game Design","authors":"L. Pereira, Rui Craveirinha, Licinio Gomes Roque","doi":"10.1145/3311350.3347154","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1145/3311350.3347154","url":null,"abstract":"The Game Design activity is often conditioned by pre-existing assumptions of what constitutes a game and its constituting elements, which can lead to repetitive designs and all too familiar experiences. In trying to support the education of a new generation of designers so as to leave the comfort zone of familiar objects, we proposed a design canvas with six perspectives for which to conceptualize player participation in the experience. For each perspective, we proposed a set of questions designed to prompt new lines of thought regarding design intent, game object, and player participation. The canvases were tested throughout three research iterations and improved based on qualitative evaluations of their influence in game design learning processes. The canvas was generally found to be effective at quickly pulling inexperienced game design participants to consider a variety of innovative play experiences, beyond what we would expect from derivative design from examples.","PeriodicalId":92838,"journal":{"name":"Proceedings of the ... Annual Symposium on Computer-Human Interaction in Play. ACM SIGCHI Annual Symposium on Computer-Human Interaction in Play","volume":"75 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-10-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"86385544","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}