Currently, few studies focus on analysing the degree of the Player eXperience (PX) in video
games. Video games have now become interactive entertainment systems with a high …

The combination of psychophysiological and psychometric methods provides reliable
measurements of affective user experience (UX). Understanding the nature of affective UX in …

As the game industry matures and games become more and more complex, there is an
increasing need to develop scientific methodologies for analyzing and measuring player …

Game feel design is the intentional design of the affective impact of moment-to-moment
interaction with games. In this article, we survey academic research and publications by …

Detecting human activity independent of intensity is essential in many applications, primarily
in calculating metabolic equivalent rates and extracting human context awareness. Many …

High quality user experience (UX) has become a central competitive factor of product
development in mature consumer markets. Although the term UX is widely used, the …

This chapter describes an approach to evaluating user experience in video games and
advanced interaction games (tabletop games) by using heuristics. We provide a short …

This thesis explores the use of serious games from an instructor perspective. More
specifically, it aims to study the roles of instructors and how they can be facilitated within an …

Understanding player strategies is a key question when analyzing player behavior both for
academic researchers and industry practitioners. For game designers and game user …

From playability to a hierarchical game usability model Page 1 From Playability to a
Hierarchical Game Usability Model Lennart Nacke Department of Interaction and System …