Using affective state to adapt characters, NPCs, and the environment in a first-person shooter game

Conference Proceedings - 2014 IEEE Games, Media, Entertainment Conference, IEEE GEM 2014

Volumn , Issue , 2015, Pages

  Negini, Faham ^a   Mandryk, Regan L ^a   Stanley, Kevin G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

Author keywords

affective gaming; challenge; dynamic difficulty adjustement; FPS; galvanic skin response; pluyer experience

Indexed keywords

ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY;

AFFECTIVE GAMING; AFFECTIVE STATE; CHALLENGE; FIRST PERSON SHOOTER GAMES; GALVANIC SKIN RESPONSE; NON-PLAYER CHARACTER; PLUYER EXPERIENCE; SYSTEMATIC EXPLORATION;

COMPUTER GAMES;

EID: 84939248859     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/GEM.2014.7048094     Document Type: Conference Paper

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