Adaptivity Challenges in Games and Simulations: A Survey

Lopes, Ricardo; Bidarra, Rafael

doi:10.1109/tciaig.2011.2152841

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“…Prominent examples are serious games (1) and intelligent tutoring systems (2) . The attraction of using games and learning environments for training is that they can be augmented with dynamic difficulty adaptation that is able to adapt tasks to users' requirements in a personalized manner (3) , which can improve their functional effect (4) . The design of computer-based games and learning environments is driven by two, sometimes conflicting goals: to make the games performance-oriented, and also to make them enjoyable.…”

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The effect of different difficulty adaptation strategies on enjoyment and performance in a serious game for memory training

Nagle¹,

Novak

Wolf³

et al. 2014

2014 IEEE 3nd International Conference on Serious Games and Applications for Health (SeGAH)

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Objective: The goal of this study was to evaluate two kinds of difficulty adaptation techniques in terms of enjoyment and performance in a simple memory training game: one based on difficultyperformance matching ("task-guided") and the other based on providing a high degree of control/choice ("user-guided"). Methods: Performance and enjoyment are both critical in making serious games effective. Therefore the adaptations were based on two different approaches that are used to sustain performance and enjoyment in serious games: 1) adapting task difficulty to match user performance by leveraging the theories of zone of proximal development and flow, thus maximizing performance that can then lead to increased enjoyment and 2) providing a high degree of control and choice by using constructs from self-determination theory, which maximizes enjoyment, that can potentially increase performance. 24 participants played a simple memory training serious game in a fully randomized, repeated measures design. The primary outcome measures were enjoyment and performance. Results: Enjoyment was significantly greater in user-guided (p < 0.05), whereas performance was significantly greater in taskguided (p < 0.05). Conclusion: The results suggest that a trade-off between maximizing performance and maximizing enjoyment could be achieved by combining the two approaches into a "hybrid" adaptation mode that gives users a high degree of control in setting difficulty, but also advises them about optimizing performance.Other titles: O efeito de diferentes adaptações de dificuldade em estratégias de diversão e performance em serious games para trieno de memória El efecto de diferentes adaptaciones de dificultades en estrategias de diversion y performance en serious games para entrenamiento de memoria ABSTRACTObjective: The goal of this study was to evaluate two kinds of difficulty adaptation techniques in terms of enjoyment and performance in a simple memory training game: one based on difficulty-performance matching ("task-guided") and the other based on providing a high degree of control/choice ("user-guided"). Methods: Performance and enjoyment are both critical in making serious games effective. Therefore the adaptations were based on two different approaches that are used to sustain performance and enjoyment in serious games: 1) adapting task difficulty to match user performance by leveraging the theories of zone of proximal development and flow, thus maximizing performance that can then lead to increased enjoyment and 2) providing a high degree of control and choice by using constructs from self-determination theory, which maximizes enjoyment, that can potentially increase performance. 24 participants played a simple memory training serious game in a fully randomized, repeated measures design. The primary outcome measures were enjoyment and performance. Results: Enjoyment was significantly greater in user-guided (p < 0.05), whereas performance was significantly greater in task-guided (p < 0.05). Conclusion: The results sug...

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The effect of different difficulty adaptation strategies on enjoyment and performance in a serious game for memory training

Nagle¹,

Novak

Wolf³

et al. 2014

2014 IEEE 3nd International Conference on Serious Games and Applications for Health (SeGAH)

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“…One of the goals of both the entertainment and serious games is adaptivity and dynamic content generation [8,19], in order to efficiently balance the game flow and thus avoid frustration and/or boredom. In our game this is achieved by allowing the user to skip to the next page without being forced to answer the higher-level questions.…”

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Read, Play and Learn: An Interactive E-book for Children with Autism

Hulusić

Pištoljević

2016

Lecture Notes in Computer Science

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Abstract. Serious games can easily engage students, captivate and maintain their attention allowing them both learning with an adult, or on their own. But, teaching children with developmental disabilities like ASD, requires special set of tools and methods, due to decreased level of attention towards stimuli presented and lessened capability to learn in ways typical children do. Interactive multisensory computer based instruction seems to be a good match for these diverse learners because it offers multisensory learning experience, interactive practice with constant feedback, increased learning opportunities, and customization to each child's needs. In this paper we present a web-based interactive educational e-book designed to engage a learner with additional auditory-visual stimulation related to the text being read in two languages, and by providing multi layered questions about the story read, for comprehension. Our educational goals were to teach children novel vocabulary, counting, identifying numbers and colors, and responding to inference questions.

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“…In order to define the characteristics that need to be taken into account in an adaptive educational game, one should first define the purpose of adaptivity, or the motivation for steering adaptivity (Lopes & Bidarra, 2011). Several purposes of adaptivity in an educational game can be mentioned: to improve (the efficiency of) learning (gains); to improve transfer of knowledge to situations outside the gaming context; to optimize challenge, fun, etc.…”

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“…This has also been labeled as the recipient(s) of adaptivity (Lopes & Bidarra, 2011) because the targets or recipients are elements in the game environment that can be adjusted based on the inferred game state for an individual player or a group of players. Targets or recipients of adaptivity include:…”

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Adaptivity in Educational Games: Including Player and Gameplay Characteristics

Vandewaetere¹,

Cornillie²,

Clarebout³

et al. 2013

IJHE

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The use of educational games for teaching and training is nowadays well-known, although its effectiveness in terms of learning and motivation has not been firmly corroborated. A first reason for this is that research on instructional design research often does not reach the fields of game development and game design. Consequently, instructional design principles that have proven to be effective are often not incorporated in educational games. A second reason for the mixed results on the effectiveness of educational games can be found in the way instruction in such games is offered. To our knowledge, educational games rarely account for individual differences between players and research on adaptive educational games is rather sparse. This paper focuses on adaptive approaches in educational games and discusses various player and gameplay characteristics that can be integrated in a framework that conceptualizes player-centered adaptivity in educational games.

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Adaptivity Challenges in Games and Simulations: A Survey

Cited by 179 publications

References 36 publications

The effect of different difficulty adaptation strategies on enjoyment and performance in a serious game for memory training

The effect of different difficulty adaptation strategies on enjoyment and performance in a serious game for memory training

Read, Play and Learn: An Interactive E-book for Children with Autism

Adaptivity in Educational Games: Including Player and Gameplay Characteristics

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