Title
"A Game That Makes You Question ..." Exploring The Role Of Reflection For The Player Experience
Abstract
Reflection is a core design outcome for HCI, and recent work has suggested that games are well suited for prompting and supporting reflection on a variety of matters. However, research about what sorts of reflection, if any, players experience, or what benefits they might derive from it, is scarce. We report on an interview study that explored when instances of reflection occurred, at what level players reflected on their gaming experience, as well as their reactions. Our findings revealed that many players considered reflection to be a worthwhile activity in itself, highlighting its significance for the player experience beyond moment-to-moment gameplay. However, while players engaged in reflective description and dialogic reflection, we observed little to no instances of higher-level transformative and critical reflection. We conclude with a discussion of the value and challenges inherent to evaluating reflection on games.
Year
DOI
Venue
2018
10.1145/3242671.3242691
PROCEEDINGS OF THE 2018 ANNUAL SYMPOSIUM ON COMPUTER-HUMAN INTERACTION IN PLAY (CHI PLAY 2018)
Keywords
Field
DocType
Reflection, games, reflective game design, player experience
Dialogic,Interview study,Critical reflection,Transformative learning,Computer science,Mathematics education,Player experience,Multimedia
Conference
Citations 
PageRank 
References 
0
0.34
28
Authors
3
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Elisa D. Mekler126926.96
Ioanna Iacovides29211.35
Julia Ayumi Bopp3604.45