Crafting User Experience via Game Metrics Analysis

A framework for biometric playtesting of games

A framework is described that can assist game developers in using biometric (psychophysiological) methods while playtesting. Biometric methods can give developers a valuable additional window on the playtester’s experience. 1. THE USE OF BIOMETRICS When developing a game (or any other media product), is important to collect as much feedback from users as possible. After all, users will determin...

Crafting UX – designing the user experience beyond the interface

Bringing Digital Games to User Research and User Experience

In recent years, the gaming industry has grown up and digital games have become more complex products. With this maturity comes an increasing need for formal playtesting methods from user research and scientific methods from academia. Employing user research methods in game development, especially combined qualitative (e.g., questionnaires, interviews) and quantitative (e.g., EEG, EMG, game met...

Feedback-based gameplay metrics

The application of gameplay metrics to empirically express a player’s engagement with the game system has become more appealing to a broader range of researchers beyond the computer sciences. Within game studies, the appropriation and use of gameplay metrics not only further shifts these methods beyond formalized user testing (e.g. with the aim of product improvement) but creates a demand for a...

Medical Holography for Basic Anatomy Training

The conceptualization of three-dimensional (3D) images within the human brain is a difficult task requiring extensive use of the brain’s working memory. In the medical education community, this problem is particularly prevalent due to the complex 3D structures inherent in human anatomy. One potential solution to this problem is to present medical content in 3D dimensions rather than 2D or 2.5D....