The effects of graphical fidelity on player experience

Proceedings of the 17th International Academic MindTrek Conference: "Making Sense of Converging Media", MindTrek 2013

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 229-236

  Gerling, Kathrin M ^a   Birk, Max ^a   Mandryk, Regan L ^a   Doucette, Andre ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

Author keywords

Casual games; Game graphics; Player experience

Indexed keywords

CASUAL GAMES; GAME GRAPHICS; HIGH FIDELITY GRAPHICS; PLAYER EXPERIENCE; VIDEO GAME;

HUMAN COMPUTER INTERACTION;

EID: 84893336202     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1145/2523429.2523473     Document Type: Conference Paper

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