Incorporating the Theory of Attention in Applied Game Design

Incorporating the Theory of Attention in Applied Game Design

Kniestedt, I. (TU Delft System Engineering)
Lukosch, Stephan (University of Canterbury)
van der Kuil, Milan (Trimbos-instituut)
Lefter, I. (TU Delft System Engineering)
Brazier, F.M. (TU Delft System Engineering)

Göbl, Barbara (editor)
van der Spek, Erik (editor)
Baalsrud Hauge, Jannicke (editor)
Baalsrud Hauge, Jannicke (editor)
McCall, Rod (editor)

2022

Whereas entertainment games are capable of creating deeply rewarding and emotional experiences, applied game projects often result in products that, while potentially effective, are lacking in many other aspects of the user experience. This may be due to the fact that the focus of most design approaches for applied games lies primarily on the use of game mechanics, neglecting other aspects of design that aim to shape and influence the player’s emotional journey. This article provides an exploratory effort in a different approach to creating applied games, namely through the design of user attention and by integrating the theory of attention into applied game design practice. This approach is tested in two ongoing applied game projects, from which preliminary guidelines for applied game researchers and practitioners are proposed.

Applied games
Attention
Game design
Serious games

http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:7d389093-6340-424c-a177-f2a11ca936c5

https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-20212-4_16

Springer

2023-07-01

9783031202117

Entertainment Computing – ICEC 2022 - 21st IFIP TC 14 International Conference, ICEC 2022, Proceedings

21st IFIP TC 14 International Conference on Entertainment Computing, ICEC 2022, 2022-11-01 → 2022-11-03, Bremen, Germany

Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics), 0302-9743, 13477 LNCS

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© 2022 I. Kniestedt, Stephan Lukosch, Milan van der Kuil, I. Lefter, F.M. Brazier