Play-Persona: Modeling Player Behaviour in Computer Games
Play-Persona: Modeling Player Behaviour in Computer Games
Play-Persona: Modeling Player Behaviour in Computer Games
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Gameplay metrics form a novel approach with<strong>in</strong> game development and addresses one of the<br />
major challenges to user research <strong>in</strong> this bus<strong>in</strong>ess, namely that of track<strong>in</strong>g and analyz<strong>in</strong>g user<br />
behavior when <strong>in</strong>teract<strong>in</strong>g with the very complex systems that contemporary computer games are.<br />
As a user-oriented approach, it complements exist<strong>in</strong>g methods utilized <strong>in</strong> the <strong>in</strong>dustry very well,<br />
provid<strong>in</strong>g detailed and quantitative data to supplement attitud<strong>in</strong>al and semi quantitative data from<br />
e.g. usability test<strong>in</strong>g and playtest<strong>in</strong>g [9,11,13]. Instrumentation data from users form an important<br />
contribution to not only user research and –test<strong>in</strong>g dur<strong>in</strong>g the development phases of game<br />
production, but also <strong>in</strong> monitor<strong>in</strong>g and evaluat<strong>in</strong>g user (player) behavior dur<strong>in</strong>g the extended<br />
usage, i.e. dur<strong>in</strong>g the live periods of games, where given the right tools, data can be obta<strong>in</strong>ed<br />
directly from the users operat<strong>in</strong>g with<strong>in</strong> their natural environments.<br />
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