Please biofeed the zombies: Enhancing the gameplay and display of a horror game using biofeedback

3rd Digital Games Research Association International Conference: "Situated Play", DiGRA 2007

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 550-558

  Dekker, Andrew ^a   Champion, Erik ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b Media Arts   (Australia)

Author keywords

Biofeedback; Cinematics; Gameplay; Horror; Shaders

Indexed keywords

AFFORDANCES; BIOMETRIC DATA; BIOMETRIC INFORMATIONS; CINEMATICS; COMPUTER GAME; CONTROL GROUPS; DESIGN ISSUES; DYNAMIC CHANGES; EVALUATION RESULTS; GAME ENGINE; GAMEPLAY; HORROR; SECOND GROUP; SENSOR DEVICE; SHADERS;

BIOFEEDBACK; BIOMETRICS; COMPUTER SOFTWARE; DIGITAL STORAGE; HUMAN COMPUTER INTERACTION; RESEARCH; SENSORS;

INTERACTIVE COMPUTER GRAPHICS;

EID: 52249118221     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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