Play-Persona: Modeling Player Behaviour in Computer Games

7.1 Explorer’s path
FIGURE 5 Explorer’s flow
Planning the flow for the “explorer” (figure 5) subpersonality, the designer might want to start the
level by providing the player with means to easily impersonate this type while in the basement. As
soon as the player enters the first floor the designer has prepared a mild moment of anxiety
followed by a quick change towards boredom between the first and the second floor. The second
floor starts with mild frustration only to bring the player again towards a good exploring
experience. The roof section becomes impossible to be played as an explorer since there is a
moment of exasperated anxiety in the forbidden zone. The closing act of the level sees the player
enabled to act again as an explorer, albeit with a certain amount of slow pace. All of this assuming
that the player wants to play the level as an explorer espousing the type’s behaviour, motivations,
desires, needs and belief system.
7.2 Killer’s path
FIGURE 6 Killer’s flow
Similarly the designer can prepare a path for the killer (figure 6) profile starting off easily in the
basement. In the first and second floor the player will find that it becomes harder and almost
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