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How can i help you?: preliminary studies about user strategies and preferences during a game

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Caroline Q. Santos,

Angelina C. A. Ziesemer,

Luciana S. Espindola,

Pedro A. Pires,

Milene S. SilveiraAuthors Info & Claims

IHC '15: Proceedings of the 14th Brazilian Symposium on Human Factors in Computing Systems

Article No.: 55, Pages 1 - 4

https://doi.org/10.1145/3148456.3148511

Published: 03 November 2015 Publication History

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Digital games have become very popular and yet there is little study on how gamers learn a game. In this paper, we present a preliminary study in this matter, conducted by means of a survey to investigate gamers' preferences and strategies while playing and learning a game. Participants were also asked about the importance of help systems in games and whether they contribute in the learning process. As results, we observed that help is in fact important, that the ideal kind of help depends on the type of game, and that help must not compromise the gameplay or the fun.

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Carneiro NSouza KSidarta IPereira GMendonça GDarin TMonteiro Ida Hora Rodrigues Kde Gois Ribeiro Darin TFreire AMota M(2021)To Each Their Own (Type)Proceedings of the XX Brazilian Symposium on Human Factors in Computing Systems10.1145/3472301.3484352(1-12)Online publication date: 18-Oct-2021
https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/3472301.3484352
de Oliveira LEspindola LSantos CZiesemer AMüller LSilveira MGasparini IPiccolo LZaina LPereira R(2017)Help Resources in GamesProceedings of the XVI Brazilian Symposium on Human Factors in Computing Systems10.1145/3160504.3160572(1-4)Online publication date: 23-Oct-2017
https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/3160504.3160572

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IHC '15: Proceedings of the 14th Brazilian Symposium on Human Factors in Computing Systems

November 2015

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ISBN:9781450353625

DOI:10.1145/3148456

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Universidade Salvador (UNFACS) and Universidade do Estado da Bahia (UNEB)
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Universidade Federal do Ceará (UFC)
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Universidade Estadual do Oeste do Paraná (UNIOSTE)

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Carneiro NSouza KSidarta IPereira GMendonça GDarin TMonteiro Ida Hora Rodrigues Kde Gois Ribeiro Darin TFreire AMota M(2021)To Each Their Own (Type)Proceedings of the XX Brazilian Symposium on Human Factors in Computing Systems10.1145/3472301.3484352(1-12)Online publication date: 18-Oct-2021
https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/3472301.3484352
de Oliveira LEspindola LSantos CZiesemer AMüller LSilveira MGasparini IPiccolo LZaina LPereira R(2017)Help Resources in GamesProceedings of the XVI Brazilian Symposium on Human Factors in Computing Systems10.1145/3160504.3160572(1-4)Online publication date: 23-Oct-2017
https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/3160504.3160572

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