Game reward systems: Gaming experiences and social meanings

Proceedings of DiGRA 2011 Conference: Think Design Play

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages

  Wang, Hao ^a   Sun, Chuen Tsai ^a  

^a NATIONAL CHIAO TUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Flow; Game design; Motivation; Reward system; Social interaction in games

Indexed keywords

DIGITAL GAMES; EXTRINSIC REWARDS; FLOW; GAME DESIGN; GAMING EXPERIENCES; INTRINSIC MOTIVATION; PHYSICAL WORLD; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY; REWARD SYSTEMS; SOCIAL INTERACTIONS; VIDEO GAME;

INTERACTIVE COMPUTER GRAPHICS; MOTIVATION;

HUMAN COMPUTER INTERACTION;

EID: 84873388481     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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