Addictive gameplay: What casual game designers can learn from slot machine research

Future Play 2010: Research, Play, Share - International Academic Conference on the Future of Game Design and Technology

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 127-133

  Harrigan, Kevin A ^a   Collins, Karen ^a   Dixon, Michael J ^a   Fugelsang, Jonathan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Addictive; Computer games; Design; Popularity; Principles; Slot machines

Indexed keywords

ADDICTIVE; COMPUTER GAMES; POPULARITY; PRINCIPLES; SLOT MACHINES;

COMPUTER SOFTWARE; INTERACTIVE COMPUTER GRAPHICS; MACHINE DESIGN; RESEARCH; SOFTWARE DESIGN; VENDING MACHINES;

HUMAN COMPUTER INTERACTION;

EID: 79951519943     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1145/1920778.1920796     Document Type: Conference Paper

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