The Power of Social Features in Online Gaming

Book chapter (2018)

Authors

F.A. Kuipers Embedded Systems -

M. Märtens Network Architectures and Services -

Ernst van der Hoeven Student

A. Iosup Data-Intensive Systems -

Research Group

Embedded Systems () (TU Delft)

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781316422823.013

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Published Date

2018

Language

English

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Faculty

Electrical Engineering, Mathematics and Computer Science

Department

Software Technology

Research Group

Embedded Systems

Abstract

Within the vast and rich field of online gaming, a new generation of Online Social Games (OSGs) is emerging that have in common a core of social interaction, sometimes explicit, other times implicit. This common core of social experience promises to become at least as important as the experience derived from the game-‐world itself. In this chapter, we consider the social side of OSGs and provide the following contributions: 1.We motivate the importance of taking social features into account to improve the quality of experience in online gaming. 2.We discuss the various dimensions of (player experience in) OSGs.
3.We describe a social network analysis methodology for identifying relations in OSGs and indicate how this methodology could be used to improve the game-‐play experience. 4.We also consider and illustrate how certain “social” behaviour, like toxicity, is negative and may harm the game-‐play experience, if not adequately addressed. 5.We mention several directions for future research to put the power of social features in OSGs to good use.

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