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Pervasive Mobile Games --- A New Mindset for Players and Developers

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Hannu Korhonen,

Hannamari Saarenpää,

Janne PaavilainenAuthors Info & Claims

Proceedings of the 2nd International Conference on Fun and Games

Pages 21 - 32

https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-88322-7_3

Published: 20 October 2008 Publication History

Abstract

Pervasive games are an emerging new game genre, which includes context information as an integral part of the game. These games differ from traditional games in that they expand spatio-temporal and social aspects of gaming. Mobile devices support this by enabling players to choose when and where a game is played. Designing pervasive games can be a challenging task, since it is not only limited to the virtual game world, but designers must consider information flow from the real world into the game world and vice versa. In this paper, we describe a user study with an experimental pervasive multiplayer mobile game. The objective was to understand how the players perceive pervasiveness in the game and what the crucial factors are in the design. Based on the results, we propose initial design guidelines and compare them to other design guidelines for the pervasive games.

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Proceedings of the 2nd International Conference on Fun and Games

October 2008

202 pages

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Editors:
Panos Markopoulos
Eindhoven University of Technology, Eindhoven, The Netherlands 5600MB
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Boris Ruyter
Philips Research, Media Interaction, Prof. Holstlaan 4, Eindhoven, The Netherlands 5656 AE
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Wijnand Ijsselsteijn
Eindhoven University of Technology, Eindhoven, The Netherlands 5600MB
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Duncan Rowland
Mixed Reality Laboratory, The University of Nottingham, Nottingham, UK NG8 1BB

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Paavilainen JKorhonen HAlha KStenros JKoskinen EMayra FMark GFussell SLampe Cschraefel mHourcade JAppert CWigdor D(2017)The Pokémon GO ExperienceProceedings of the 2017 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems10.1145/3025453.3025871(2493-2498)Online publication date: 2-May-2017
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Lovászová GPalmárová V(2013)Location-Based games in informatics educationProceedings of the 6th international conference on Informatics in Schools: Situation, Evolution, and Perspectives10.1007/978-3-642-36617-8_7(80-90)Online publication date: 26-Feb-2013
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Akribopoulos OLogaras MVasilakis NKokkinos PMylonas GChatzigiannakis ISpirakis P(2009)Developing multiplayer pervasive games and networked interactive installations using ad hoc mobile sensor netsProceedings of the International Conference on Advances in Computer Entertainment Technology10.1145/1690388.1690418(174-181)Online publication date: 29-Oct-2009
https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/1690388.1690418
Saarenpää HKorhonen HPaavilainen JOlsen DHinckley KMorris MHudson SGreenberg S(2009)Asynchronous gameplay in pervasive multiplayer mobile gamesCHI '09 Extended Abstracts on Human Factors in Computing Systems10.1145/1520340.1520642(4213-4218)Online publication date: 4-Apr-2009
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