Shinobi Valley: Studying curiosity for virtual spatial exploration through a video game

Marcello A. Gómez Maureira; Isabelle Kniestedt; Max J. Van Duijn; Carolien Rieffe; Aske Plaat

doi:10.1145/3341215.3356276

Shinobi Valley: Studying curiosity for virtual spatial exploration through a video game

Marcello A. Gómez Maureira, Isabelle Kniestedt, Max J. Van Duijn, Carolien Rieffe, Aske Plaat

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Abstract

Curiosity is a strong motivator for human action, but the circumstances under which one becomes curious are not clear. This paper builds on the assumption that video games can be used as a stimulus for the experimental study of curiosity, and forms a basis in examining the type of curiosity motivated by spatial exploration. A video game was created that incorporates five proposed ‘game design patterns’ that may induce curiosity in players. The game, Shinobi Valley, was tested in a pilot study with 24 participants. Participants responded positively to the game and exhibited exploratory behaviour while playing without specifically being prompted to do so. The presented results suggest which of the patterns are most promising in inducing curiosity, and show that the game is of sufficient quality to be used in larger studies.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	CHI PLAY 2019 - Extended Abstracts of the Annual Symposium on Computer-Human Interaction in Play
Publisher	ACM
Pages	421-428
Number of pages	8
ISBN (Electronic)	9781450368711
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1145/3341215.3356276
Publication status	Published - 2019
Event	6th ACM SIGCHI Annual Symposium on Computer-Human Interaction in Play, CHI PLAY 2019 - Barcelona, Spain Duration: 22 Oct 2019 → 25 Oct 2019

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Name	CHI PLAY 2019 - Extended Abstracts of the Annual Symposium on Computer-Human Interaction in Play

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Conference	6th ACM SIGCHI Annual Symposium on Computer-Human Interaction in Play, CHI PLAY 2019
Country/Territory	Spain
City	Barcelona
Period	22/10/19 → 25/10/19

Keywords

Affective game design
Design for curiosity
Game design
Game user research
Player motivation

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Gómez Maureira, M. A., Kniestedt, I., Van Duijn, M. J., Rieffe, C., & Plaat, A. (2019). Shinobi Valley: Studying curiosity for virtual spatial exploration through a video game. In CHI PLAY 2019 - Extended Abstracts of the Annual Symposium on Computer-Human Interaction in Play (pp. 421-428). (CHI PLAY 2019 - Extended Abstracts of the Annual Symposium on Computer-Human Interaction in Play). ACM. https://doi.org/10.1145/3341215.3356276

Gómez Maureira, Marcello A. ; Kniestedt, Isabelle ; Van Duijn, Max J. et al. / Shinobi Valley : Studying curiosity for virtual spatial exploration through a video game. CHI PLAY 2019 - Extended Abstracts of the Annual Symposium on Computer-Human Interaction in Play. ACM, 2019. pp. 421-428 (CHI PLAY 2019 - Extended Abstracts of the Annual Symposium on Computer-Human Interaction in Play).

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Gómez Maureira, MA, Kniestedt, I, Van Duijn, MJ, Rieffe, C & Plaat, A 2019, Shinobi Valley: Studying curiosity for virtual spatial exploration through a video game. in CHI PLAY 2019 - Extended Abstracts of the Annual Symposium on Computer-Human Interaction in Play. CHI PLAY 2019 - Extended Abstracts of the Annual Symposium on Computer-Human Interaction in Play, ACM, pp. 421-428, 6th ACM SIGCHI Annual Symposium on Computer-Human Interaction in Play, CHI PLAY 2019, Barcelona, Spain, 22/10/19. https://doi.org/10.1145/3341215.3356276

Shinobi Valley: Studying curiosity for virtual spatial exploration through a video game. / Gómez Maureira, Marcello A.; Kniestedt, Isabelle; Van Duijn, Max J. et al.
CHI PLAY 2019 - Extended Abstracts of the Annual Symposium on Computer-Human Interaction in Play. ACM, 2019. p. 421-428 (CHI PLAY 2019 - Extended Abstracts of the Annual Symposium on Computer-Human Interaction in Play).

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Gómez Maureira MA, Kniestedt I, Van Duijn MJ, Rieffe C, Plaat A. Shinobi Valley: Studying curiosity for virtual spatial exploration through a video game. In CHI PLAY 2019 - Extended Abstracts of the Annual Symposium on Computer-Human Interaction in Play. ACM. 2019. p. 421-428. (CHI PLAY 2019 - Extended Abstracts of the Annual Symposium on Computer-Human Interaction in Play). doi: 10.1145/3341215.3356276

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