Does it make you shiver under your skin? Stating the importance of psychophysiological measures of well-being in player's experience

Resumo


Aspectos do bem-estar eudaimônico já são considerados componentes relevantes da avaliação da Player Experience em Games User Research. Para compreender como o bem-estar de um jogador pode ser afetado pela sua experiência em um jogo, é importante avaliá-lo não apenas através de instrumentos de autoreportados, que dependem de como os próprios jogadores conseguem recordar e descrever aspectos subjetivos das suas experiências, mas também por medidas psicofisiológicas, que podem fornecer dados mais confiáveis e ricos. Apesar de mais pesquisas serem necessárias para entender precisamente como as medidas fisiológicas refletem aspectos do bem-estar eudaimônico na PX, neste artigo de opinião argumentamos que esse entendimento é crucial para ir além da avaliação da PX no nível superficial e avaliar como os jogos repercutem no jogador em um nível mais profundo.
Palavras-chave: Player Experience, Games User Research, Well-being, SDT, Psychophysiological Measures, PX Evaluation Instruments

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Publicado
07/10/2024
BORGES, Bosco; DARIN, Ticianne. Does it make you shiver under your skin? Stating the importance of psychophysiological measures of well-being in player's experience. In: WORKSHOP SOBRE INTERAÇÃO E PESQUISA DE USUÁRIOS NO DESENVOLVIMENTO DE JOGOS (WIPLAY), 3. , 2024, Brasília/DF. Anais [...]. Porto Alegre: Sociedade Brasileira de Computação, 2024 . p. 1-11. DOI: https://doi.org/10.5753/wiplay.2024.245484.