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The GameFlow model strives to be a general model of player enjoyment, applicable to all game genres and platforms. Derived from a general set of heuristics for creating enjoyable player experiences, the GameFlow model has been widely used in evaluating ...

This paper is concerned with answering the following question: "Is Vladimir Propp's Model (31 Functions and 8 Broad Character Types) a valid model with which to analyse games from a variety of gaming genres?" More specifically what genres of games can ...

We report and reflect upon the early stages of a research project that endeavours to establish a culture of critical design thinking in a tertiary game design course. We first discuss the current state of the Australian game industry and consider some ...

This article focuses on personalised games, which we define as games that utilise player models for the purpose of tailoring the game experience to the individual player. The main contribution of the article is a motivation for personalised gaming, ...

Current quantitative methods of measuring player experience in games are mostly intrusive to play and less suited to natural, non-laboratory play environments. This paper presents an initial study to validate the feasibility of using facial expressions ...

Using gameplay metrics to articulate player interaction within game systems has received increased interest in game studies. The value of gameplay metrics comes from a desire to empirically validate over a decade of theorization of player experience and ...

So far, the main focus of AI research around RTS games has been towards creating autonomous, virtual opponents to compete against human beings or other autonomous players. At the same time, popular commercial titles are increasing their emphasis on ...

Whilst capacitive touch screen phones and tablets, such as the iPhone and iPad, are increasingly becoming one of the main forms of gaming platform, the nature of the touch interface and the lack of physical feedback are seen as limitations. In this ...

The emphasis of many studies investigating Virtual Learning Environments (VLEs), including our own, has been on evaluating whether learning has occurred and in determining what factors might have influenced learning. Participants are typically asked to ...

Digital games receive an age restriction classification rating based on their depiction of harmful content and its presumed impact on players. While classification processes serve as predictors of the subsequent interactions between player and game text ...

The player character is an important feature of many games, where it is through the character that the player interacts with game world. There has been considerable interest in the relationship between the player and the player character. Much of this ...

Simulations of social situations have great potential to be applied to many of the social problems that we find in society and organisations. Social simulations can do more than provide experience and transfer current best practice; they may be used to ...

Safety in the construction industry is important because people continue to be injured on construction sites. To address this, the Australian construction industry and its regulator, the Office of the Australian Building and Construction Commissioner, ...

This article discusses the application of an Alexandrian pattern language to the design of interactive systems. It grew out of an University course titled A Pattern Approach to Action Game Design, which was offered as an elective in the Creative ...

Agent-based architectures and Intelligent Virtual Agents have been used to support education and exploration of objects and places of interest such as exhibitions, museums and historical or cultural sites. We present a number of issues from this body of ...

In a University course on phenomenology, embodiment and tangible interaction, students were asked to design and build installations that can be played. This article describes some of their works and the concept of the course. The results are critically ...

This paper examines the varieties of digital play practices among students in two high schools in Victoria, Australia, in order to get a situated understanding of the patterns of youths' out-of-school gaming practices, and the role the respondents ...

New types of control devices for videogames have emerged and expanded the demographics of the game playing public, yet little is known about which populations of gamers prefer which style of interaction and why. This paper presents data from a study ...

Studies dedicated to understanding the relationship between gaming and mental health, have traditionally focused on the effects of depression, anxiety, obsessive usage, aggression, obesity, and faltering 'real life' relationships. The complexity of game ...

This research has been conducted to ascertain whether people with certain personality types exhibit preferences for particular game genres. Four hundred and sixty-six participants completed an online survey in which they described their preference for ...

In this article, the Box Me Dumb Human installation is described. In this installation, a large leather bunny puppet with red glowing eyes is boxed by the player, while insulting/motivating him/her with arguments taken from the AI debate. The player is ...

NOP is a French collective developing and questioning "New Orchestra Practices". The collective's first project, <u>NOP.nz</u>, has been taking place in New Zealand since May 2011 and uses a specific device; the Meta-Mallette. This paper introduces the ...

In this paper, we present a web implementation of a poker bot, called SARTRE, which uses case-based reasoning to play Texas Hold'em poker. SARTRE uses a memory-based approach to create a betting strategy for two-player, limit Texas Hold'em. Hand ...

In this paper, we present an agent which uses case-based reasoning to play the real-time strategy game StarCraft. Cases are gathered through observation of human actions in particular situations, which are extracted from game log files. Cases are then ...

A documentary film, US AND THE GAME INDUSTRY (2012) comes to you as curious field research into some works by touted international independent games developers. Three years in the making it focuses on 2D and 3D aesthetic. The games are at the more ...