Player typology in theory and practice

Proceedings of DiGRA 2011 Conference: Think Design Play

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages

  Bateman, Chris ^a   Lowenhaupt, Rebecca ^b   Nacke, Lennart E ^c  

^a International Hobo Ltd   (United Kingdom)

^b NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ONTARIO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Game metrics; Player satisfaction; Player typology; Trait theory; Type theory

Indexed keywords

GAME METRICS; PLAYER SATISFACTION; PLAYER TYPOLOGY; TRAIT THEORY; TYPE THEORY;

SURVEYS;

EID: 84873331376     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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