A Framework Used for Analysis of User Experience in Games
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https://doi.org/10.5753/jis.2020.759Keywords:
User Experience, Games, Games User Research, Conceptual Framework, EvaluationAbstract
The gaming industry has grown considerably in the last decades, designing experiences and interactive platforms through games, a popular culture entertainment medium. With the advancement of technologies and user experience design methods, a challenge is faced for the constant improvement of game characteristics aiming to improve pleasurability and immersion perceived by its users. To face this challenge, we designed a conceptual framework named GLIMPSE based on constructs used to evaluate user experiences with games. Its applicability was tested through a questionnaire that collected 241 valid responses from users of gaming forums and communities. An analysis was drawn to identify correlations between the data collected from the questionnaire, and its results revealed significant statistical data highlighting age and gender-wise differences from participants’ opinions.
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Nacke L. (2015) Games User Research and Physiological Game Evaluation. In: Bernhaupt R. (eds) Game User Experience Evaluation. Human–Computer Interaction Series. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-15985-0_4
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Oulasvirta A. (2009) Social Inference Through Technology. In: Markopoulos P., De Ruyter B., Mackay W. (eds) Awareness Systems. Human-Computer Interaction Series. Springer, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-84882-477-5_5
Sirani, J. (2019). Where Switch, PS4 Rank Among the Best-Selling Video Game Consoles of All Time. Retrieved March 30, 2020, from IGN website: https://www.ign.com/articles/2019/10/30/top-15-best-selling-video-game-consoles-of-all-time
Takatalo J., Häkkinen J., Nyman G. (2015) Understanding Presence, Involvement, and Flow in Digital Games. In: Bernhaupt R. (eds) Game User Experience Evaluation. Human–Computer Interaction Series. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-15985-0_5
Tamassia, M., Raffe, W., Sifa, R., Drachen, A., Zambetta, F., & Hitchens, M. (2016). Predicting player churn in destiny: A Hidden Markov models approach to predicting player departure in a major online game. IEEE Conference on Computational Intelligence and Games, CIG, 0. https://doi.org/10.1109/CIG.2016.7860431
Thomas, P., Moffat, A., Bailey, P., & Scholer, F. (2014). Modeling decision points in user search behavior. Proceedings of the 5th Information Interaction in Context Symposium, IIiX 2014, 239–242. https://doi.org/10.1145/2637002.2637032
Vanderhoef, J. (2015). Gaming at the Edge: Sexuality and Gender at the Margins of Gamer Culture. Communication, Culture and Critique, 8(4), 632–634. https://doi.org/10.1111/cccr.12115
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2020-12-09
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CARVALHO, V. M.; FURTADO, E. S. A Framework Used for Analysis of User Experience in Games. Journal on Interactive Systems, Porto Alegre, RS, v. 11, n. 1, p. 66–73, 2020. DOI: 10.5753/jis.2020.759. Disponível em: https://sol.sbc.org.br/journals/index.php/jis/article/view/759. Acesso em: 26 apr. 2024.
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