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Criminal cities and enchanted forests: a user-centred assessment of the applicability of the Pervasive GameFlow model

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Lizzy Bleumers,

An Jacobs,

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Fun and Games '10: Proceedings of the 3rd International Conference on Fun and Games

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https://doi.org/10.1145/1823818.1823822

Published: 15 September 2010 Publication History

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In this paper, we reflect on the opportunities and limitations of using the Pervasive GameFlow (PGF) model for evaluating player experience in pervasive games. In particular, we critically assess its applicability to pervasive games that are not technology-based. This assessment results from a review of two pervasive outdoor group games by means of the PGF model. While the first game (i.e. The Target) involves the use of digital technology, the latter (i.e. Magic Spell) does not. In order to produce an in-depth review, we observed groups during game play and we assessed players' experiences by means of a questionnaire.

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1. Human-centered computing
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Fun and Games '10: Proceedings of the 3rd International Conference on Fun and Games

September 2010

170 pages

ISBN:9781605589077

DOI:10.1145/1823818

General Chairs:
Vero Vanden Abeele
e-Media Lab, GROUP T - Leuven Engineering College, Belgium
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Bieke Zaman
CUO, KULeuven/IBBT, Belgium
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Marianna Obrist
ICT&S Center, Salzburg, Austria
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Wijnand IJsselsteijn
Game Experience Lab, Eindhoven University of Technology, the Netherlands

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