Charles, Darryl and McNeill, Michael and McAlister, Moira and Black, Michaela and Moore, Adrian and Stringer, Karl and Kücklich, Julian and Kerr, Aphra (2005) Player-Centred Game Design: Player Modelling and Adaptive Digital Games. In: Proceedings of DiGRA 2005 Conference: Changing Views – Worlds in Play. Digital Games Research Association: DiGRA, pp. 285-298.

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We describe an approach to player-centred game design through adaptive game technologies [9]. The work presented is the result of on-going collaborative research between Media and Computing groups at the University of Ulster, and so we begin with a review of related literature from both areas before presenting our new ideas. In particular we focus on three areas of related research: understanding players, modelling players, and adaptive game technology. We argue that player modelling and adaptive technologies may be used alongside existing approaches to facilitate improved player-centred game design in order to provide a more appropriate level of challenge, smooth the learning curve, and enhance the gameplay experience for individual players regardless of gender, age and experience. However, adaptive game behaviour is a controversial topic within game research and development and so while we outline the potential of such technologies, we also address the most significant concerns.

Item Type:	Book Section
Keywords:	Adaptive Games; Player Modelling; Artificial Intelligence;
Academic Unit:	Faculty of Social Sciences > Research Institutes > Maynooth University Social Sciences Institute, MUSSI Faculty of Social Sciences > Sociology
Item ID:	12737
Depositing User:	Prof. Aphra Kerr
Date Deposited:	02 Apr 2020 14:18
Publisher:	Digital Games Research Association: DiGRA
Refereed:	Yes
URI:	Organisation
Use Licence:	This item is available under a Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial Share Alike Licence (CC BY-NC-SA). Details of this licence are available here

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