Measuring the User Experience in Narrative-Rich Games: Towards a concept-based Assessment for Interactive Stories
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Narrative-rich game genres such as role playing games and adventure games aim at specific dimensions of user enjoyment. Technology development in “Interactive Storytelling” will enrich such narrative-based player experiences in the near future, yet the conceptualization and empirical assessment of how players respond to interactive narrative and their own role within the game story is underdeveloped. The present paper introduces a set of self-report measures tailored particularly for games with interactive story elements. It is based on entertainment research in media psychology and has so far produced promising empirical performance results.
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