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The Impact of Agency and Familiarity in Cooperative Multiplayer Games

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Christopher James Koren,

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CHI PLAY '17: Proceedings of the Annual Symposium on Computer-Human Interaction in Play

Pages 423 - 434

https://doi.org/10.1145/3116595.3116622

Published: 15 October 2017 Publication History

Abstract

Many online videogames make use of characters controlled by both humans (avatar) and computers (agent) to facilitate game play. However, the level of agency a teammate shows potentially produces differing levels of social presence during play, which in turn may impact on the player experience. To better understand these effects, two experimental studies were conducted utilising cooperative multiplayer games (Left 4 Dead 2 and Rocket League). In addition, the effect of familiarity between players was considered. The trend across the two studies show that playing with another human is more enjoyable, and facilitates greater connection, cooperation, presence and positive mood than play with a computer agent. The implications for multiplayer game design is discussed.

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The Impact of Agency and Familiarity in Cooperative Multiplayer Games
1. Applied computing
  1. Computers in other domains
    1. Personal computers and PC applications
2. Information systems
  1. Information systems applications
    1. Decision support systems
      1. Expert systems

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CHI PLAY '17: Proceedings of the Annual Symposium on Computer-Human Interaction in Play

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DOI:10.1145/3116595

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New Mexico State University, USA
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