Enhancing player experience in MMORPGs with mobile features
نویسندگان
چکیده
In this paper, we explore how current Massively Multi-player Online Role-Playing Games (MMORPGs) can use mobile features for enhancing player experience and increasing pervasiveness of these games. We identify six different categories of how this can be done, and review our findings with MMORPG players and developers.
منابع مشابه
Player Commitment to Massively Multiplayer Online Role-Playing Games (MMORPGs): An Integrated Model
The massively multiplayer online role-playing game (MMORPG) phenomenon has generated significant interest on the part of consumers and software publishers. Despite considerable efforts to improve the technological quality (e.g., graphics, networking) of the games, lit tle effort has been directed toward understanding the motivation that leads to successful and continued use of MMORPGs. The prim...
متن کاملGhost Worlds - Time and Consequence in MMORPGs
MMORPGs are an increasingly popular form of entertainment, yet are limited in their ability to tell stories when compared to other media. This paper analyses some of the underlying reasons for this inability, using techniques form narrative analysis. One of the basic problems identified is that the design of MMORPGs inhibits the use of techniques used in other media to create engaging stories b...
متن کاملCollaborate and Share: An Experimental Study of the Effects of Task and Reward Interdependencies in Online Games
Today millions of players interact with one another in online games, especially massively multiplayer online role-playing games (MMORPGs). These games promote interaction among players by offering interdependency features, but to date few studies have asked what interdependency design factors of MMORPGs make them fun for players, produce experiences of flow, or enhance player performance. In th...
متن کاملPlayer Character Design Facilitating Emotional Depth in MMORPGs
How can we create computer games facilitating emotional depth in the playing experience? When entering into a persistent virtual game world the player leaves the body behind. It is up to the game designer to create a virtual body with skills, needs and drives necessary for survival and pleasure in the game world. Would it be sensible also to create a virtual mind for the player to possess and e...
متن کاملDigital gaming and second language development: Japanese learners interactions in a MMORPG
Massively multiplayer online role-playing games (MMORPGs) are identified as valuable arenas for language learning, as they provide access to contexts and types of interaction that are held to be beneficial in second language acquisition research. This paper will describe the development and key features of these games, and explore claims made regarding their value as environments for language l...
متن کامل