
Research
Overview
This part mainly includes:
1. Research Design Document
2. Game Playtest Report
3. Algorithm Test
4. Game Mechanic and Data Analysis
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Video Coding Analysis : DC3 & JD3
Dance Central 3 is a music rhythm game co-developed by Backbone Entertainment. Just Dance 3 is also a motion-based dancing game for multiple players, with each game including a collection of songs each with their own dance choreographies. We did several playtests and recorded the gameplay process. In order to verify our hypothesis " DC3 is better for party than JD3", we did a video coding analysis.
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Research Design : Think aloud Protocols
Plague Inc. is a strategy game made by Ndemic Creations. Plague Inc. is a strategy-simulation game in which the player indirectly controls a plague and has to destroy humanity to win. Through the game, player will get knowledge about epidemiology of disasters and public health care. Although it is a commercial game, it embedded knowledge in the gameplay and successfully motivate a lot of players. In order to understand how the game scaffold players, and if it successfully achieve its potential learning goals, I put forward 2 research questions and applied think aloud method to verify them,
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Research Design : Video Research Protocols
The research is aim to figure out that 2048, this classic puzzle game’s user experience. Through coding the 10mins video, the research record and analyze users’ emotional change and the degree of engagement and concentration. It aim at helping the game developer to improve the game experience.