Game Design: Motivation for Mobile Gaming Created by New Technologies
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چکیده
Humans can have many different motives, e.g. pleasure and challenge, to play games. Rapidly evolving technologies in mobile devices have opened a new category of mobile gaming, e.g. by directly integrating motion sensors into the mobile devices. We have examined a few new technologies and what kind of motivation can be created by them.
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