Game user research

Magy Seif El-Nasr; Heather Desurvire; Lennart Nacke; Anders Drachen; Licia Calvi; Katherine Isbister; Regina Bernhaupt

doi:10.1145/2212776.2212694

Game user research

Magy Seif El-Nasr, Heather Desurvire, Lennart Nacke, Anders Drachen, Licia Calvi, Katherine Isbister, Regina Bernhaupt

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution › Academic › peer-review

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Abstract

Game User Research is an emerging field that ties together Human Computer Interaction, Game Development, and Experimental Psychology, specifically investigating the interaction between players and games. The community of Game User Research has been rapidly evolving for the past few years, extending and modifying existing methodologies used by the HCI community to the environment of digital games. In this workshop, we plan to investigate the different methodologies currently in practice within the field as well as their utilities and drawbacks in measuring game design issues or gaining insight about the players' experience. The outcome of the workshop will be a collection of lessons from the trenches and commonly used techniques published in a public online forum. This will extend the discussion of topics beyond the workshop, and serve as a platform for future work. The workshop will be the first of its kind at CHI, tying together HCI research and Game User Research.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Extended Abstracts - The 30th ACM Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, CHI 2012
Pages	2679-2682
Number of pages	4
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1145/2212776.2212694
Publication status	Published - 27 Jun 2012
Externally published	Yes
Event	30th Annual ACM Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, CHI 2012 - Austin, United States Duration: 5 May 2012 → 10 May 2012 Conference number: 30 https://chi2012.acm.org/

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Name	Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems - Proceedings

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Conference	30th Annual ACM Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, CHI 2012
Abbreviated title	CHI 2012
Country/Territory	United States
City	Austin
Period	5/05/12 → 10/05/12
Internet address	https://chi2012.acm.org/

Keywords

experimental psychology
game design
game user research
playability
usability
user experience

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Seif El-Nasr, M, Desurvire, H, Nacke, L, Drachen, A, Calvi, L, Isbister, K & Bernhaupt, R 2012, Game user research. in Extended Abstracts - The 30th ACM Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, CHI 2012. Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems - Proceedings, pp. 2679-2682, 30th Annual ACM Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, CHI 2012, Austin, Texas, United States, 5/05/12. https://doi.org/10.1145/2212776.2212694

Game user research. / Seif El-Nasr, Magy; Desurvire, Heather; Nacke, Lennart et al.
Extended Abstracts - The 30th ACM Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, CHI 2012. 2012. p. 2679-2682 (Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems - Proceedings).

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