Material Type  

 학위논문

 

0016935409

Date and Time of Latest Transaction  

20240214101928

ISBN  

9798380725293

DDC  

152.4

Author  

Tan, Ryan.

Title/Author  

Manipulating Game Design Elements to Explore the Influence of Difficulty on Videogame Experiences - [electronic resource]

Publish Info  

[S.l.] : The Pennsylvania State University., 2023

Publish Info  

Ann Arbor : ProQuest Dissertations & Theses, 2023

Material Info  

1 online resource(109 p.)

General Note  

Source: Dissertations Abstracts International, Volume: 85-05, Section: B.

General Note  

Advisor: Schmierbach, Michael;Oliver, Mary Beth.

학위논문주기  

Thesis (Ph.D.)--The Pennsylvania State University, 2023.

Restrictions on Access Note  

This item must not be sold to any third party vendors.

Abstracts/Etc  

요약Research on videogames has highlighted numerous player-centered antecedents to perceptions and outcomes of gameplay. However, few studies have focused on the specific game design elements that facilitate and create these gameplay experiences for the players. Additionally, research on videogame difficulty often conflates the experience of expending effort to overcome obstacles with the obstacles themselves as well as player perceptions of how difficult the gameplay experience was. In this dissertation, a bespoke game stimuli platform was developed to manipulate specific challenges and feedback frames to test the effects of difficulty, on player experiences of enjoyment, meaningfulness, flow, and well-being. A three (difficulty level: low, high, dynamic) by two (feedback framing: success-focused, failure-focused) between-subject experiment was therefore conducted to explore these relationships. Results suggest that difficulty levels (manipulated by challenge) are important antecedents to the more hedonic effects of enjoyment and flow, serially mediated by players' performance against those challenges and their perceptions of their own performance. More eudaimonic effects were not facilitated through manipulations of challenge, and feedback was not found to have significant effects on player perceptions. Limitations, extensions, and a critical analysis of the employed method are discussed.

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Affect (Psychology).

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Computer & video games.

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Audiences.

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Design.

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Gambling.

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Mechanics.

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Emotions.

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Feedback.

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Play.

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Interfaces.

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Computer science.

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Film studies.

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Videogames

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Gameplay

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Feedback frames

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Hedonic effects

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Eudaimonic effects

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The Pennsylvania State University.

Host Item Entry  

Dissertations Abstracts International. 85-05B.

Host Item Entry  

Dissertation Abstract International

Electronic Location and Access  

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소장사항  

202402 2024

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joongbu:640501