Playing with the Weather

Reis, Sofia; Correia, Nuno

doi:10.1007/978-3-642-33542-6_15

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“…[15], as well as being added to the commercial game 'Pókemon Go', as of December 2017. Research shows that a connection between the real-world weather and a digital game can contribute positively to the experience for the player [22]. Montola [17] describes weather as a potential factor under the type 'adaptronic games', borrowing the term from Walther [28], who describes adaptronic games as a subcategory to pervasive games that "simulate life processes observed in nature".…”

Section: Environment and Outdoor Playmentioning

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Playing Cool - Winter Weather's Influence on Location-Based Gaming

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Johansson

2021

Proc. ACM Hum.-Comput. Interact.

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Location-based games are highly dependent on the physical environment. One important but often overlooked factor is weather. In this paper we focus on winter weather, as this is a common weather that is often not designed for specifically. By performing a qualitative observation, interview, and questionnaire study of families during and after playing a GPS-based mobile game in a winter setting, this paper studies how winter conditions affected the gaming experience. Three main factors were observed to have a big impact on the gaming experience: snow, ice and cold. We outline ways these weather conditions were found to be both obstacles, and adding value to the game. Finally, we suggest design implications for winter weather, mainly; the need for short games due to cold, adaption of gameplay for movement in snow, to avoid interactions based on handling the phone, and to adapt maps to the effects of snow and ice. By explaining how winter conditions affect the gaming experience, location-based games can be better adapted for these weather conditions, and thereby help in making better design decisions.

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Section: Environment and Outdoor Playmentioning

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Playing Cool - Winter Weather's Influence on Location-Based Gaming

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Johansson

2021

Proc. ACM Hum.-Comput. Interact.

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Communicating the Obvious

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Wærn

2014

Advances in Multimedia and Interactive Technologies

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This chapter describes the game design and study of Agents Against Power Waste (AAPW), a large-scale field experiment where a persuasive pervasive game was put to use to influence households' attitudes towards electricity consumption. This game is particularly interesting as, although it was only the children of the family who were playing, the whole family was affected and to some extent forced to take part in the play activity. The style of game design has been called “social expansion” (Montola, Stenros, & Waern, 2009; Montola, 2011).The chapter focuses on how this impacted the psychological process of persuasion in responding families and individuals.

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Playing with the Weather

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Playing Cool - Winter Weather's Influence on Location-Based Gaming

Playing Cool - Winter Weather's Influence on Location-Based Gaming

Communicating the Obvious

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