Motivations for play in computer role-playing games

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

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 57-64

  Tychsen, Anders ^a   Hitchens, Michael ^b   Brolund, Thea ^c  

^a IT UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Design; Experimentation; Human factors; Measurement; Theory

Indexed keywords

EXPERIMENTAL STUDIES; EXPERIMENTATION; HUMAN FACTORS; LEVELS OF DETAIL; ROLE-PLAYING GAME; SURVEY DATA; THEORY;

HUMAN ENGINEERING; MOTIVATION; SURVEYS;

GAME THEORY;

EID: 70349323083     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1145/1496984.1496995     Document Type: Conference Paper

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