Player-driven game analytics: The case of guild wars 2

J Pfau, M Seif El-Nasr - Proceedings of the 2023 CHI Conference on …, 2023 - dl.acm.org
Video game analytics are widely adopted within academia and industrial development–yet,
the player's perspective is rarely considered as a driving factor, even though vast …

Damage optimization in video games: A player-driven co-creative approach

J Pfau, M Charan, E Kleinman… - Proceedings of the 2024 …, 2024 - dl.acm.org
The concept of dealing damage is established and widespread in video games. With
growing complexity and countless interactions in modern games, capturing how damage …

A design framework for reflective play

JA Miller, K Gandhi, MA Whitby, M Kosa… - Proceedings of the …, 2024 - dl.acm.org
Recent research has begun exploring games as a medium for reflection due to their
affordances as interactive systems of challenge. However, little effort has been put into (1) …

Kills, deaths, and (computational) assists: Identifying opportunities for computational support in esport learning

E Kleinman, MN Shergadwala… - Proceedings of the 2022 …, 2022 - dl.acm.org
Esports play can cultivate real world skills. However, the path to mastery is not easy, and
difficulty progressing can result in discontinuation. In the absence of a human coach …

Characterizing and Quantifying Expert Input Behavior in League of Legends

H Lee, S Lee, R Nallapati, Y Uh, B Lee - … of the 2024 CHI Conference on …, 2024 - dl.acm.org
To achieve high performance in esports, players must be able to effectively and efficiently
control input devices such as a computer mouse and keyboard (ie, input skills) …

Visualizing the spatio-temporal evolution of gameplay using storyline visualization: A study with league of legends

G Wallner, L Wang, C Dormann - Proceedings of the ACM on Human …, 2023 - dl.acm.org
Players increasingly adopt a data-driven approach to review and improve their gaming
skills. In the wake of this, spatio-temporal visualizations gained popularity but remain …

" What else can I do?" Examining the Impact of Community Data on Adaptation and Quality of Reflection in an Educational Game

E Kleinman, J Villareale, MN Shergadwala… - Proceedings of the …, 2023 - dl.acm.org
Adaptation, or ability and willingness to consider an alternative approach, is a critical
component of learning through reflection, especially in educational games, where there are …

" Ah! I see"-Facilitating Process Reflection in Gameplay through a Novel Spatio-Temporal Visualization System

SS Maram, E Kleinman, J Villareale, J Zhu… - Proceedings of the …, 2024 - dl.acm.org
Educational games have emerged as potent tools for hel** students understand complex
concepts and are now ubiquitous in global classrooms, amassing vast data. However, there …

Live feedback for training through real-time data visualizations: A study with league of legends

F Rijnders, G Wallner, R Bernhaupt - Proceedings of the ACM on Human …, 2022 - dl.acm.org
With competitive gaming on the rise, players have developed an increased interest in data-
driven feedback of their in-game performance. In many cases, this feedback is presented …

The real MVP: Quantifying individual performances in multiplayer online games

J Pfau - 2024 IEEE Conference on Games (CoG), 2024 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Online multiplayer games are getting increasingly popular and complex at the same time,
while acknowledging adequate individual contributions to the success or failure of a session …