Self-Determination Theory (SDT), a major psychological theory of human motivation, has
become increasingly popular in Human-Computer Interaction (HCI) research on games and …

Human agency and autonomy have always been fundamental concepts in HCI. New
developments, including ubiquitous AI and the growing integration of technologies into our …

Designing serious games that engage lots of players is still a challenge, especially for
domains that introduce complex, specialised, and tedious tasks that are difficult to represent …

Enjoyment is a widely assessed dimension of the video game player's experience. A
systematic literature review and a meta-analysis were conducted to provide a more …

Personalization and adaptivity can promote motivated usage, increased user acceptance,
and user identification in serious games. This applies to heterogeneous user groups in …

In the physical world, teammates develop situation awareness about each other's location,
status, and actions through cues such as gaze direction and ambient noise. To support …

Background: Assessment for mental health is performed by experts using interview
techniques, questionnaires, and test batteries and following standardized manuals; …

While video games provide different Player Experiences (PE), some genres can provide
particularly unique PEs driven by their particular features. Such is the case of MOBA …

Human agency and autonomy have always been fundamental concepts in HCI. New
developments, including ubiquitous AI and the growing integration of technologies into our …

Appropriate challenges and challenge-skill balance are usually key to positive player
experiences. However, some games such as the successful series Dark Souls are notorious …