In conjunction with Mensch & Computer 2010 – Duisburg, Germany
September 12, 2010
Video games are highly complex software products with an increasing need for formal playtesting methods from user research and academia. Gaming is becoming a popular topic for HCI research including the establishment of novel interaction and evaluation methodologies and the formal assessment of existing practices.
Employing user research methods in game development, especially combined qualitative (e.g., questionnaires, interviews) and quantitative (e.g., EEG, EMG, game metrics) methods lead to a better understanding of the relationship and interactions between players and games.
Most knowledge of game design has been created during years of practice and is often based on personal experience of a game designer, which commonly comes from observing individual reactions to game mechanics. However, since such game design knowledge takes years to manufacture, faster insights into complex player behavior as a reaction to game mechanics are desirable.
The goals of this workshop are to provide (1) an overview of available methods and techniques of evaluating game design and (2) to foster a productive discussion on creating guidelines for studying users with affective evaluation methodologies.
Submission topics include, but are not limited to, the following:
If you are interested in participation, please submit a 2-4 page position paper or a 2-4 page industrial case study to the workshop organizers (email: lennart.nacke at acm.org) using the LNI format (Template available here [doc]: (German version), LaTEX). Authors of accepted papers are expected to present their work at the workshop by giving a 15 minute presentation. Submissions of papers covering the topics of the workshop should be submitted by 1st of July 2010. Notification of acceptance will be sent out 12th of July 2010. At least one author from each accepted submission is expected to attend the workshop and register for the conference. Accepted submission will be compiled in the common workshop proceedings (Tagungsband der M&C, DelFI und des Doktorandenkolloquiums). These proceedings will be published by the Logos Verlag (http://www.logos-verlag.de/). All proceedings will be additionally available in an electronic version (and online) at the conference date. Do not hesitate to email lennart.nacke at acm.org with questions.
July 1 July 9, 2010 – Submission Deadline
July 12, 2010 – Notification of Acceptance
July 15, 2010 – Camera Ready Deadline
September 12, 2010 – Workshop Date (currently pending)
Lennart Nacke, University of Saskatchewan, Canada
Jörg Niesenhaus, University of Duisburg-Essen, Germany
Stephan Engl, University of Regensburg, Germany
Alessandro Canossa, IT University of Copenhagen, Denmark
Kai Kuikkaniemi, Aalto University, Finland
Thomas Immich, Centigrade GmbH, Germany
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