A quantitative method for evaluating the complexity of implementing and performing game features in physically-interactive gamified applications

Computers in Human Behavior

Volumn 71, Issue , 2017, Pages 42-58

  Lopez, Christian E ^a   Tucker, Conrad S ^a,b  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b The Pennsylvania State University   (United States)

Author keywords

Active game; Behavior change; Game features; Gamification; Human performance; User engagement

Indexed keywords

VIRTUAL REALITY;

ACTIVE GAME; BEHAVIOR CHANGE; GAME FEATURES; GAMIFICATION; HUMAN PERFORMANCE; USER ENGAGEMENT;

MOTIVATION;

BEHAVIOR CHANGE; EXERCISE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MOTIVATION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS;

EID: 85011390824     PISSN: 07475632     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chb.2017.01.036     Document Type: Article

References (42)

1. Aggarwal, K.K., Singh, Y., Software engineering programs documentation, operating procedures. (Revised Se), 2005, New Age International Publishers.
2. Anderson, A., Huttenlocher, D., Kleinberg, J., Leskovec, J., Engaging with massive online courses. WWW'14 proceedings of the 23rd international conference on world wide web, 2014, 687–698, 10.1145/2566486.2568042.
3. Barata, G., Gama, S., Jorge, J., Gonçalves, D., Studying student differentiation in gamified education: A long-term study. Computers in Human Behavior, 2016 Advance online publication, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.chb.2016.08.049 Available online: 6 October 2016.
4. Behoora, I., Tucker, C.S., Machine learning classification of design team members' body language patterns for real time emotional state detection. Design Studies 39 (2015), 100–127, 10.1016/j.destud.2015.04.003.
5. Best, D.J., Roberts, D.E., Algorithm AS 89: The Upper Tail Probabilities of Spearman's rho. Applied Statistics 24 (1975), 377–379.
6. Bharathi, G.B.A.K., Singh, A., Tucker, C.S., Nembhard, H.B., Knowledge discovery of game design features by mining user-generated feedback. Computers in Human Behavior 60 (2016), 361–371, 10.1016/j.chb.2016.02.076.
7. Biddiss, E., Irwin, J., Active video games to promote physical activity in children and youth. Archives of Pediatric and Adolescent Medicine 164:7 (2010), 664–672, 10.1001/archpediatrics.2010.104.
8. Brauner, P., Calero Valdez, A., Schroeder, U., Ziefle, M., Increase physical fitness and create health awareness through exergames and gamification. The role of individual factors, motivation and acceptance. Proceedings of the SouthCHI 2013, 2013, LNCS, 349–362, 10.1007/978-3-642-39062-3_22 7946, (August).
9. Caton, H., Greenhill, D., The effects of gamification on student attendance and team performance in a third-year undergraduate game production module. 7th European conference on games based learning, ECGBL, 2013, 88–96.
10. Chan, C.K., Loh, W.P., Rahim, I.A., Human motion classification using 2D stick-model matching regression coefficients. Applied Mathematics and Computation 283 (2016), 70–89, 10.1016/j.amc.2016.02.032.
11. Csikszentmihalyi, M., Flow: The Psychology of Optimal Experience. 1990, Harper & Row, New York.
12. Denny, P., The effect of virtual achievements on student engagement. ACM CHI’13, 2013, 763–772.
13. Deterding, S., Dixon, D., Khaled, R., Nacke, L., From game design elements to Gamefulness: Defining “ gamification.”. ACM MindTreck’11, 2011.
14. Dicheva, D., Dichev, C., Agre, G., Angelova, G., Gamification in Education : A systematic mapping study. Educational Technology & Society 18:3 (2015), 75–88.
15. Fogg, B.J., A behavior model for persuasive design. Proceedings of the 4th international conference on persuasive technology, 2009, ACM, New York, NY, USA, 40:1–40:7, 10.1145/1541948.1541999.
16. Gao, Z., Chen, S., Are field-based exergames useful in preventing childhood obesity? A systematic review. Obesity Reviews 15:8 (2014), 676–691, 10.1111/obr.12164.
17. Hamari, J., Koivisto, J., Sarsa, H., Does gamification work? - A literature review of empirical studies on gamification. Proceedings of the annual Hawaii international conference on system sciences, 2014, 3025–3034, 10.1109/HICSS.2014.377.
18. Han, F., Reily, B., Hoff, W., Zhang, H., Space-time representation of people based on 3D skeletal data: A review. arXiv Preprint arXiv:1601.01006, 2016.
19. Henry, S., Selig, C., Predicting source-code complexity at the design stage. IEEE Software 7:2 (1990), 36–44.
20. Jabangwe, R., Börstler, J., Šmite, D., Wohlin, C., Empirical evidence on the link between object-oriented measures and external quality attributes: A systematic literature review. Empirical Software Engineering 20:3 (2015), 640–693.
21. Jibb, L., Stinson, J., Nathan, P., Maloney, A., Dupuis, L., Gerstle, T., et al. Pain squad: Usability testing of a multidimensional electronic pain diary for adolescents with cancer. The Journal of Pain, 13(4), 2012, S23.
22. Li, W., Grossman, T., Fitzmaurice, G., GamiCAD: A gamified tutorial system for first time AutoCAD users. ACM UIST’12, 2012, 103–112.
23. Linehan, C., Kirman, B., Lawson, S., Chan, G.G., Practical, appropriate, empirically-validated guidelines for designing educational games. CHI ’11 proceedings of the SIGCHI conference on human factors in computing systems, (July 2015), 1979–1988, 2011, 10.1145/1978942.1979229.
24. Lucassen, G., Jansen, S., Gamification in consumer marketing - future or fallacy?. Procedia Social and Behavioral Sciences International Conference on Strategic Innovative Marketing 148:2011 (2014), 194–202, 10.1016/j.sbspro.2014.07.034.
25. Ludia, Ludia & Fremantle Media enterprises ink deal to bring hole in the WallTM games exclusively for KinectTM on Xbox 360(r). Electronics Business Journal, 2011, 64.
26. Malone, T.W., Heuristics for designing enjoyable user interfaces: Lessons from computer games. Proceedings of the 1982 conference on human factors in computing systems, 1982, 63–68, 10.1145/800049.801756.
27. McCallum, S., Gamification and serious games for personalized health. pHealth, 2012, 85–96, 10.3233/978-1-61499-069-7-85.
28. Mears, D., Hansen, L., Active Gaming: Definitions, options and implementation. Article #5 in a 6-Part Series Strategies: A Journal for Physical and Sport Educators 23:2 (2009), 26–29.
29. Mens, T., Research trends in structural software complexity. arXiv Preprint, arXiv:1608.01533, 2016.
30. Oinas-Kukkonen, H., Harjumaa, M., A systematic framework for designing and evaluating systems. Persuasive technology, third international conference, PERSUASIVE 2008, Oulu, Finland, June 4-6, 2008, 2008, 164–176, 10.1007/978-3-540-68504-3 Proceedings, 5033.
31. O'Donovan, S., Gain, J., Marais, P., A case study in the gamification of a university-level games development course. SAICSIT, 2013, 242–251, 10.1145/2513456.2513469 East London, South Africa.
32. Pedreira, O., Garcia, F., Brisaboa, N., Piattini, M., Gamification in software engineering - a systematic mapping. Information and Software Technology 57:1 (2015), 157–168, 10.1016/j.infsof.2014.08.007.
33. Phukan, A., Kalava, M., Prabhu, V., Complexity metrics for manufacturing control architectures based on software and information flow. Computers & Industrial Engineering 49:1 (2005), 1–20, 10.1016/j.cie.2005.01.005.
34. Read, J.L., Shorter, S.M., Interactive games to promote behavior change in prevention and treatment. American Medical Association JAMA 305:16 (2011), 1704–1705, 10.1001/jama.2011.408.
35. Rose, K.J., Koenig, M., Wiesbauer, F., Evaluating success for behavioral change in diabetes via mHealth and gamification: MySugr's keys to retention and patient engagement. Diabetes Technology & Therapeutics, 15, 2013 A114–A114.
36. Ryan, R.M., Deci, E.L., Self-determination theory and the facilitation of intrinsic motivation, social development, and well-being. American Psychologist 55:1 (2000), 68–78.
37. Sell, K., Lillie, T., Taylor, J., Energy expenditure during physically interactive video game playing in male college students with different playing experience. Journal of American College Health: J of ACH 56:5 (2008), 505–511, 10.3200/JACH.56.5.505-512.
38. Shen, J., Yang, W., Liao, Q., Multiview human pose estimation with unconstrained motions. Pattern Recognition Letters 32:15 (2011), 2025–2035, 10.1016/j.patrec.2011.09.019.
39. Stinson, J.N., Jibb, L.A., Nguyen, C., Nathan, P.C., Maloney, A.M., Dupuis, L.L., et al. Development and testing of a multidimensional iPhone pain assessment application for adolescents with cancer. 2013, 10.2196/jmir.2350 Corresponding Author, 15.
40. Werbach, K., Hunter, D., For the Win: How game thinking can revolutionize your business. 2012, Wharton Digital Press.
41. Xiao, Z., Nait-Charif, H., Zhang, J.J., Automatic estimation of skeletal motion from optical motion capture data. Lecture Notes in Computer Science (Including Subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics), 5277 LNCS, 2008, 10.1007/978-3-540-89220-5-15.
42. Yang, J.C., Chen, C.H., Chang, M., Integrating video-capture virtual reality technology into a physically interactive learning environment for English learning. Computers and Education 55:3 (2010), 1346–1356, 10.1016/j.compedu.2010.06.005.