From playability to a hierarchical game usability model

FuturePlay 2009 at GDC Canada International Conference on the Future of Game Design and Technology

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 11-12

  Nacke, Lennart ^a  

^a BLEKINGE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Game; Model; Playability; Player experience; Theory; Usability

Indexed keywords

FRAMEWORK MODELS; GAME INDUSTRY; GAME MODELS; GAME RESEARCH; PLAYABILITY; PLAYER EXPERIENCE; USABILITY MODELS;

USABILITY ENGINEERING;

GAME THEORY;

EID: 72049086741     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1145/1639601.1639609     Document Type: Conference Paper

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