Flow and immersion in first-person shooters: Measuring the player's gameplay experience

ACM Future Play 2008 International Academic Conference on the Future of Game Design and Technology, Future Play: Research, Play, Share

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 81-88

  Nacke, Lennart ^a   Lindley, Craig A ^a  

^a BLEKINGE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Flow; Game design; Gameplay experience; Immersion; Psychophysiology

Indexed keywords

EYE-TRACKING; FIRST PERSON SHOOTER; FLOW; FLOW EXPERIENCE; GALVANIC SKIN RESPONSE; GAME DESIGN; GAMEPLAY EXPERIENCE; IMMERSION; OBJECTIVE MEASURE; POSITIVE AFFECTS; POSITIVE CORRELATIONS;

ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; GAME THEORY; PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGY; TAXONOMIES;

RESEARCH;

EID: 70349320074     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1145/1496984.1496998     Document Type: Conference Paper

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