Data cracker: Developing a visual game analytic tool for analyzing online gameplay

Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems - Proceedings

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 2365-2374

  Ben, Medler ^a   John, Michael ^b   Lane, Jeff ^c  

^a GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b ELECTRONIC ARTS   (United States)

^c NONE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Game analytics; Game design; Information visualization; Player behavior; Team communication; Visual analytics

Indexed keywords

CRACKS; DATA VISUALIZATION; GAME DESIGN; INFORMATION SYSTEMS; INTERACTIVE COMPUTER GRAPHICS; ONLINE SYSTEMS; SOCIAL NETWORKING (ONLINE); SOFTWARE DESIGN;

ANALYTIC TOOLS; DEAD SPACE; GAME ANALYTIC; GAME DESIGN; GAME DEVELOPMENT; GAMEPLAY; INFORMATION VISUALIZATION; PLAYER BEHAVIOR; TEAM COMMUNICATION; VISUAL ANALYTICS;

VISUALIZATION;

EID: 79958145130     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1145/1978942.1979288     Document Type: Conference Paper

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