Providing an appropriate difficulty level in a game is critical for kee** players engaged.
Dynamic Difficulty Adjustment (DDA) is a common approach for optimizing player …

Abstract Dynamic Difficulty Adjustment (DDA) has garnered significant interest in game
research fields for many years. Despite high expectations, the effectiveness of DDA in …

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 …

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 burgeoning landscape of metaverse gaming, understanding player behaviour and
preferences is crucial for both academic and practical applications. This study delves into …

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 …

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 …

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

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 …