Measuring the impact of game controllers on player experience in FPS games

Proceedings of the 15th International Academic MindTrek Conference: Envisioning Future Media Environments, MindTrek 2011

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 83-86

  Gerling, Kathrin M ^a   Klauser, Matthias ^a   Niesenhaus, Joerg ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DUISBURG ESSEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

first person shooter; game controls; multi platform development; player engagement; player experience; usability; user experience

Indexed keywords

FIRST PERSON SHOOTER; MULTI-PLATFORM; PLAYER ENGAGEMENT; PLAYER EXPERIENCE; USABILITY; USER EXPERIENCE;

USER INTERFACES;

EID: 84860651224     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1145/2181037.2181052     Document Type: Conference Paper

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