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Exploring relatedness in single-player video game play

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OzCHI '17: Proceedings of the 29th Australian Conference on Computer-Human Interaction

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https://doi.org/10.1145/3152771.3156149

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Self-Determination Theory (SDT) is often used to measure aspects of the player experience (PX) in videogame research. In aggregate, work in this vein is concerned with measuring basic need satisfaction during play. These needs are competence, autonomy and relatedness. While measures of competence and autonomy are relatively straightforward, there are still questions about how we measure the connectedness that players achieve in and through videogame play. Relatedness is most often studied in dyadic relationships, despite broader definitional origins.

The present work therefore approaches the conceptual application of relatedness need satisfaction to videogame play, with a view towards facilitating its empirical study. As a result, this research proposes avenues from which even single-player videogames can support relatedness needs --- arising from parasocial relationships, culture, and the videogame itself.

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