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Gameplay experience evaluation centered on participation: the fátima game design case

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Luís Lucas Pereira,

Licinio RoqueAuthors Info & Claims

CHI EA '13: CHI '13 Extended Abstracts on Human Factors in Computing Systems

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https://doi.org/10.1145/2468356.2468558

Published: 27 April 2013 Publication History

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In this paper we demonstrate the use of a model that supports gameplay experience evaluation through gameplay metrics of player's participation in the game context. This model aims to have a guiding role in the identification and interpretation of the metrics that are best suited to the character of a given videogame, so as to close the gap between game experience evaluation and the game design domain. In order to illustrate the use of this participation model as support for game experience evaluation, we describe the analysis of "Fátima", a videogame which places the sightings of Our Lady of Fátima, in a playful context. As a result, by characterizing players' participation, it was possible to objectively measure the game design's success in accomplishing its originally established design intentions.

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Balli F(2018)Developing Digital Games to Address Airway Clearance Therapy in Children With Cystic Fibrosis: Participatory Design ProcessJMIR Serious Games10.2196/games.89646:4(e18)Online publication date: 21-Nov-2018
https://doi.org/10.2196/games.8964
Pereira LRoque L(2013)A Preliminary Evaluation of a Participation-Centered Gameplay Experience Design ModelHuman Factors in Computing and Informatics10.1007/978-3-642-39062-3_21(332-348)Online publication date: 2013
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-39062-3_21

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Gameplay experience evaluation centered on participation: the fátima game design case
1. Applied computing
  1. Computers in other domains
    1. Personal computers and PC applications

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CHI EA '13: CHI '13 Extended Abstracts on Human Factors in Computing Systems

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DOI:10.1145/2468356

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Balli F(2018)Developing Digital Games to Address Airway Clearance Therapy in Children With Cystic Fibrosis: Participatory Design ProcessJMIR Serious Games10.2196/games.89646:4(e18)Online publication date: 21-Nov-2018
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Pereira LRoque L(2013)A Preliminary Evaluation of a Participation-Centered Gameplay Experience Design ModelHuman Factors in Computing and Informatics10.1007/978-3-642-39062-3_21(332-348)Online publication date: 2013
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