Assessing Engagement in an Emotionally-Adaptive Applied Game

Boyan Bontchev; Dessislava Vassileva

doi:10.1145/3012430.3012602

Assessing Engagement in an Emotionally-Adaptive Applied Game

Boyan Bontchev, Dessislava Vassileva

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Abstract

In recent years, the interest to the area of computer games for educational purposes increased due to their positive outcomes and effects in technology-enhanced learning. One of their chief merits is retaining the learning motivation and engagement of players during all time of the game. Therefore, it is necessary educational games to be able to adjust their features such as task difficulty, object speed, learning content, etc. according to the current emotional state of the player and, as well, to his/her playing style. In this paper, we present a dynamic mechanism for affective game adaptation based on both emotion and arousal estimation. The mechanism is implemented within an applied video game named “Rush for Gold” designed for implicit recognition of playing or learning styles. The paper outlines, analyzes and discusses results of an experimental study related to player´s engagement in affective applied adaptation.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Proceedings of the Fourth International Conference on Technological Ecosystems for Enhancing Multiculturality
Editors	Francisco José García-Peñalvo
Place of Publication	New York
Publisher	Association for Computing Machinery (ACM)
Pages	747-754
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1145/3012430.3012602
Publication status	Published - 1 Nov 2016
Externally published	Yes
Event	Fourth International Conference on Technological Ecosystems for Enhancing Multiculturality - Salamanca, Spain Duration: 2 Nov 2016 → 4 Nov 2016 https://dl.acm.org/citation.cfm?id=3012430&picked=prox

Conference

Conference	Fourth International Conference on Technological Ecosystems for Enhancing Multiculturality
Abbreviated title	TEEM'16
Country/Territory	Spain
City	Salamanca
Period	2/11/16 → 4/11/16
Internet address	https://dl.acm.org/citation.cfm?id=3012430&picked=prox

Keywords

applied game
adaptation
engagement
emotion
arousal
EDA
playing style

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European Union
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Project: Research

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Bontchev, B & Vassileva, D 2016, Assessing Engagement in an Emotionally-Adaptive Applied Game. in FJ García-Peñalvo (ed.), Proceedings of the Fourth International Conference on Technological Ecosystems for Enhancing Multiculturality. Association for Computing Machinery (ACM), New York, pp. 747-754, Fourth International Conference on Technological Ecosystems for Enhancing Multiculturality, Salamanca, Spain, 2/11/16. https://doi.org/10.1145/3012430.3012602

Assessing Engagement in an Emotionally-Adaptive Applied Game. / Bontchev, Boyan; Vassileva, Dessislava.
Proceedings of the Fourth International Conference on Technological Ecosystems for Enhancing Multiculturality. ed. / Francisco José García-Peñalvo. New York: Association for Computing Machinery (ACM), 2016. p. 747-754.

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