Towards an Understanding of How Players Make Meaning from Post-Play Process Visualizations

Erica Kleinman; Jennifer  Villareale; M Shergadwala; z Teng; A Bryant; Jichen Zhu; M Seif El-Nasr

doi:10.1007/978-3-031-20212-4_4

Towards an Understanding of How Players Make Meaning from Post-Play Process Visualizations

Erica Kleinman, Jennifer Villareale, M Shergadwala, z Teng, A Bryant, Jichen Zhu, M Seif El-Nasr

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Abstract

Abstract. Player-facing, retrospective gameplay visualizations help
players track progress and learn from others. Visualizations of a user’s
step by step process, may be able to advance retrospective visualization.
However, we currently do not know how players make meaning from
process visualizations of game data. In this work, we take a first step
towards addressing this gap by examining how players make meaning
from process visualizations of other players’ gameplay. We identify two
interpretation methods comprised of six techniques and discuss what
these results mean for future use of player-facing process visualizations.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Proceedings of the International Conference on Entertainment Computing
Publisher	Springer Nature
Publication date	2022
Pages	47-58
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-20212-4_4
Publication status	Published - 2022

Keywords

Player-facing visualizations
Retrospective gameplay
Progress tracking
Process visualizations
Gameplay interpretation methods

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Towards an Understanding of How Players Make Meaning from Post-Play Process Visualizations

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Towards an Understanding of How Players Make Meaning from Post-Play Process Visualizations. / Kleinman, Erica; Villareale, Jennifer; Shergadwala, M et al.
Proceedings of the International Conference on Entertainment Computing. Springer Nature, 2022. p. 47-58.

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