Patterns of play: Play-personas in user-centred game development

Breaking New Ground: Innovation in Games, Play, Practice and Theory - Proceedings of DiGRA 2009

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages

  Canossa, Alessandro ^a   Drachen, Anders ^b  

^a Denmark School of Design   (Denmark)

^b IT UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Game design; Game experience; Game mechanics; Gameplay metrics; Play persona; User centered design; User experience design

Indexed keywords

GAME DESIGN; GAME EXPERIENCE; GAMEPLAY; PLAY PERSONA; USER CENTERED DESIGNS; USER EXPERIENCE DESIGN;

COMPUTER SOFTWARE; GAME THEORY; HUMAN COMPUTER INTERACTION; INTERACTIVE COMPUTER GRAPHICS; SOFTWARE DESIGN;

BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH;

EID: 84873361599     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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