Serious snacking: A survival analysis of how snacking mechanics afect atrition in a mobile serious game

Dmitry Alexandrovsky, Maximilian Achim Friehs, Jendrik Grittner, Susanne Putze, Max V. Birk, Rainer Malaka, Regan Lee Mandryk

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Samenvatting

Many serious games are most effective when played regularly; however, little is known about how individual game elements support player adherence over time. This work draws on evidence from existing frameworks and game design theories as well as from the design of casual games to investigate how individual game mechanics affect player attrition in a serious game. We implemented a math-learning game in which we could individually layer various game mechanics, and over the course of 3 weeks, 99 participants played one of six versions: Baseline, Rewards, Novelty, Completion, Waiting, or Blocking. We compared the game versions by analyzing the players' performance as well as behaviour. Using survival analysis, we identified that the addition of Completion and Blocking mechanics facilitated the strongest sustained engagement. These findings are congruent with existing theories of player experience and promote the development of guidelines on designing for sustained engagement in serious games.
Originele taal-2Engels
TitelCHI '21: Proceedings of the 2021 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems
SubtitelMaking Waves, Combining Strengths
UitgeverijAssociation for Computing Machinery, Inc
Aantal pagina's18
ISBN van elektronische versie978-1-4503-8096-6
DOI's
StatusGepubliceerd - 8 mei 2021
Evenement2021 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, CHI 2021 - Virtual, Online, Yokohama, Japan
Duur: 8 mei 202113 mei 2021
https://chi2021.acm.org/

Congres

Congres2021 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, CHI 2021
Verkorte titelCHI 2021
Land/RegioJapan
StadYokohama
Periode8/05/2113/05/21
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