Playtesting is a key component in the game development process aimed at improving the
quality of games through the collection of gameplay data and identification of design issues …

Creating video games is a lengthy and demanding process. Financial success for games
studios often depends on making games that deliver a fun and engaging experience for a …

This paper reviews the current body of literature on participatory design (PD) for game
design, including participatory design elements, participatory design in education, and the …

Many successful games rely heavily on data analytics to understand players and inform
design. Popular methodologies focus on machine learning and statistical analysis of …

The use of human participants in game evaluation can be costly, time-consuming, and
present challenges for constructing representative player samples. These challenges may …

Over the past several years, the live-streaming of digital games has experienced a vast
increase in popularity, coinciding with the rise of eSports as an entertainment medium. For a …

The assessment of software application usability typically relies on a predefined set of
general principles known as heuristics. However, these heuristics are often used …

Game studios aim to develop titles that deliver a fun and engaging experience for players.
Playtesting promises to help identify opportunities to improve player experience and assist …

Despite advances in the technology that support augmented, virtual and mixed reality, there
remains a substantial divide between who the current generation of tools consider as users …

The Games User Research (GUR) community has thrived at CHI with four workshops and a
course since CHI 2012; all of these were well attended. In line with the# chi4good spirit this …