Using Interviews to Evaluate Location-Based Games: Lessons and Challenges
Games User Research (GUR) is an interdisciplinary field of study that aims to measure, analyze, and understand the interaction and experience of players with digital games. Joining efforts to the advances in GUR, this work focuses on the evaluation of player interaction with Location-Based Games (L...
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| author | Nayana Carneiro Ticianne Darin Mateus Pinheiro Windson Viana |
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Games User Research (GUR) is an interdisciplinary field of study that aims to measure, analyze, and understand the interaction and experience of players with digital games. Joining efforts to the advances in GUR, this work focuses on the evaluation of player interaction with Location-Based Games (LBGs), seeking to understand which aspects of this interaction can be explored through interviews and how researchers and practitioners have been using this method. We analyzed 23 studies that applied interviews to this end and conducted an expert opinion survey with the authors of these studies. As a result, we presented lessons and research challenges for the use of interviews in this type of evaluation, in hopes to encourage the conscious and systematic application of this method, in addition to guiding practitioners and researchers, especially beginners.
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| spelling | doaj.art-e1f24f1917a14f2b975783c9a65a24312023-02-09T18:15:04ZengBrazilian Computer SocietyJournal on Interactive Systems2763-77192021-01-0111110.5753/jis.2020.754Using Interviews to Evaluate Location-Based Games: Lessons and ChallengesNayana Carneiro0Ticianne Darin1Mateus Pinheiro2Windson Viana3Universidade Federal do Ceará (UFC)Universidade Federal do Ceará (UFC)Universidade Federal do Ceará (UFC)Universidade Federal do Ceará (UFC) Games User Research (GUR) is an interdisciplinary field of study that aims to measure, analyze, and understand the interaction and experience of players with digital games. Joining efforts to the advances in GUR, this work focuses on the evaluation of player interaction with Location-Based Games (LBGs), seeking to understand which aspects of this interaction can be explored through interviews and how researchers and practitioners have been using this method. We analyzed 23 studies that applied interviews to this end and conducted an expert opinion survey with the authors of these studies. As a result, we presented lessons and research challenges for the use of interviews in this type of evaluation, in hopes to encourage the conscious and systematic application of this method, in addition to guiding practitioners and researchers, especially beginners. https://sol.sbc.org.br/journals/index.php/jis/article/view/754Location-based games, Evaluation methods, Interview, Interaction, Player Experience |
| spellingShingle | Nayana Carneiro Ticianne Darin Mateus Pinheiro Windson Viana Using Interviews to Evaluate Location-Based Games: Lessons and Challenges Journal on Interactive Systems Location-based games, Evaluation methods, Interview, Interaction, Player Experience |
| title | Using Interviews to Evaluate Location-Based Games: Lessons and Challenges |
| title_full | Using Interviews to Evaluate Location-Based Games: Lessons and Challenges |
| title_fullStr | Using Interviews to Evaluate Location-Based Games: Lessons and Challenges |
| title_full_unstemmed | Using Interviews to Evaluate Location-Based Games: Lessons and Challenges |
| title_short | Using Interviews to Evaluate Location-Based Games: Lessons and Challenges |
| title_sort | using interviews to evaluate location based games lessons and challenges |
| topic | Location-based games, Evaluation methods, Interview, Interaction, Player Experience |
| url | https://sol.sbc.org.br/journals/index.php/jis/article/view/754 |
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