Exploring avatar roles for motivational effects in gameful environments

Tuah, Nooralisa Mohd; Wanick, Vanissa; Ranchhod, Ashokkumar; Wills, Gary

doi:10.4108/eai.4-9-2017.153055

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“…A study by Mohd Tuah [29] modelled the motivational design of avatar based on its role in gameplay. The roles are inclusive of a player's profile identification or in-game character.…”

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Modelling the Player and Avatar Attachment based on Student’s Engagement and Attention in Educational Games

Tuah¹,

Sani²

2021

IJACSA

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The Player and Avatar attachment help to motivate a student to strengthen their engagement in gameplay. The different types of avatar designs deployed in a game have an impact on students' engagements. The avatars are designed with different roles, wherein each role offers varying motivational effects on students' engagement. Several research in human and computer interaction have assessed user engagement and user attention in a computer or system application as well as in gameplay.Among the usual approaches to assess user engagement are using questionnaire and eye-tracking. Investigating the possible use of these approaches in determining the player and avatar attachment, particularly the attachment that associated with the various avatar designs and their effect on students' engagement are inconclusive and remains untapped. Essentially, studying students' engagement and attention perception while learning enriches one's comprehension about engagement in the education segment. As such, this study proposes a new model of player and avatar attachment based on the students' engagement and focus attention on the gameplay of digital educational games (DEGs). The model is developed follows a stepwise approach consisting component identification, relationship of the components, model development, and model validation. Several components were scrutinized, summarized, and developed into the model proposed in this study. A significant attachment can determine the avatar design that may influence a student's engagement in gameplay. Hence, this study offers several constructive recommendations for future avatars in game design for education purpose, which may validate the user's engagement based on his or her focus attention.

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“…A study by Mohd Tuah [29] modelled the motivational design of avatar based on its role in gameplay. The roles are inclusive of a player's profile identification or in-game character.…”

Section: B Component Identificationmentioning

confidence: 99%

Modelling the Player and Avatar Attachment based on Student’s Engagement and Attention in Educational Games

Tuah¹,

Sani²

2021

IJACSA

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“…For instance, applying avatar gamification could bring more fun in the learning process [5], [19]. An avatar is perceived as a user's presentation that involved personalisation or customization of a game element in gamification [5], [11], [18], [19]. Implementing avatar gamification offers a more stimulating environment, which will indirectly motivate the users to engage and use the application [11], [18], [19].…”

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“…An avatar is perceived as a user's presentation that involved personalisation or customization of a game element in gamification [5], [11], [18], [19]. Implementing avatar gamification offers a more stimulating environment, which will indirectly motivate the users to engage and use the application [11], [18], [19]. An avatar in a gamified application may influence the way people play and perceive themselves in the gameplay [2], [3], [5].…”

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A Gamification and Avatar Self-representation Application for Diabetes Self-management

Tuah¹

2019

IJATCSE

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Diabetes affects a person's lifestyle, in particular, their nutrition intake, daily activities, and exercise. Individuals with diabetes are encouraged to learn more about their condition. This will help them to control and manage diabetes and thus, nurturing selfmanagement. Introducing gamification for diabetes, using a gamified avatar as self-representation to reflect the patient's condition may offer different experiences in learning about the disease. In this study, we describe the gamification design applications that integrate games and the patient's avatar for learning about diabetes that could help them to self-manage. We report our preliminary study on implementing the user experience approach, in evaluating the designs of the application. The study revealed that the gamified designs are considered suitable for diabetes self-management, however, there are still some concerns about the reality of the avatar reflection. We discuss challenges and suggestions for further research and implementation in the development of pervasive avatar gamified applications.

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“…First impressions of a new character have been shown to be persistent even if impressions are contradicted or more nuanced information are revealed (Haake and Gulz, 2008). Visual attributes help game designers to communicate elements of a game's theme, story, and challenge, and steer player behavior (Baranowski et al, 2008;Schell, 2008;Przybylski et al, 2010;Bakkes et al, 2012;Mohd Tuah et al, 2017). For example, the slanting eyebrows of the Goombas in Super Mario Bros. Nintendo 1983 help convey to the player that they are not happy, and that the player should get out of the way.…”

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How the Visual Design of Video Game Antagonists Affects Perception of Morality

Pradantyo

Birk

Bateman

2021

Front. Comput. Sci.

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The visual design of antagonists—typically thought of as “bad guys”—is crucial for game design. Antagonists are key to providing the backdrop to a game's setting and motivating a player's actions. The visual representation of antagonists is important because it affects player expectations about the character's personality and potential actions. Particularly important is how players perceive an antagonist's morality. For example, an antagonist appearing disloyal might foreshadow betrayal; a character who looks cruel suggests that tough fights are ahead; or, a player might be surprised when a friendly looking character attacks them. Today, the art of designing character morality is informed by archetypal elements, existing characters, and the artist's own background. However, little work has provided insight into how an antagonist's appearance can lead players to make moral judgments. Using Mechanical Turk, we collected participant ratings on a stimulus image set of 105 antagonists from popular video games. The results of our work provide insights into how the visual attributes of antagonists can influence judgments of character morality. Our findings provide a valuable new lens for understanding and deepening an important aspect of game design. Our results can be used to help ensure that a particular character design has the best chance to be universally seen as “evil,” or to help create more complex and conflicted emotional experiences through carefully designed characters that do not appear to be bad. Our research extends current research practices that seek to build an understanding of game design and provides exciting new directions for exploring how design and aesthetic practices can be better studied and supported.

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Exploring avatar roles for motivational effects in gameful environments

Cited by 10 publications

References 13 publications

Modelling the Player and Avatar Attachment based on Student’s Engagement and Attention in Educational Games

Modelling the Player and Avatar Attachment based on Student’s Engagement and Attention in Educational Games

A Gamification and Avatar Self-representation Application for Diabetes Self-management

How the Visual Design of Video Game Antagonists Affects Perception of Morality

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