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      Small-Scale Exertion in Sports Video Games

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      Date
      2015-04-16
      Author
      Sheinin, Mike
      Type
      Thesis
      Degree Level
      Masters
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      Abstract
      Sports video games should be inherently competitive, but they fall short in providing competition between player skills. The translation of real-world physical activities to a game controller and the emphasis on statistical simulations in traditional sports video games leads to a limited opportunity for expertise development, individual differentiation, and fatigue. These are three very important aspects of real-world sports that are lacking in sports video games. One possible solution to these difficulties is to use small-scale exertion. This method requires the design of an input mechanic that requires only the use of hands and fingers (or feet). We created two small-scale exertion sports video games (Track and Field Racing and Jelly Polo) and ran four studies to compare our small-scale exertion games to traditional rate-based sports video games. Qualitative and quantitative results suggest that using small-scale exertion increases the amount of expertise development, individual differentiation, and fatigue in sports video games. Results also suggest small-scale exertion controls are more engaging than traditional rate-based controls. By using small-scale exertion to add physicality into sports video games, we are able to increase richness, competitiveness, and realism in order to create a game which is competitive, in terms of player skill, and sport-like.
      Degree
      Master of Science (M.Sc.)
      Department
      Computer Science
      Program
      Computer Science
      Supervisor
      Gutwin, Carl
      Committee
      Stavness, Ian; Horsch, Mike; Farthing, Jon
      Copyright Date
      April 2015
      URI
      http://hdl.handle.net/10388/ETD-2015-04-2011
      Subject
      Small-scale exertion
      sports video games
      exergames
      Jelly Polo
      sports
      video games
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