Foundations for modelling emotions in game characters: Modelling emotion effects on cognition

Hudlická, Eva; Broekens, Joost

doi:10.1109/acii.2009.5349473

Cited by 20 publications

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“…According to Hudlicka (2009), Hudlicka and Broekens (2009) and Conati and Zhou (2002), in order for games to be effective and realistic, game characters should possess emotional reactions such as embarrassment and body language including facial expressions, head and hand movement. The emotional variables need to affect the characters' decision making and behavior during the game leading to changes in facial expressions or body movements (Huldicka, 2009).…”

Section: Emotions and Learningmentioning

confidence: 99%

Emotional experiences in simulated classroom training environments

Stavroulia

Makri-Botsari

Psycharis

et al. 2016

The International Journal of Information and Learning Technology

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Purpose -Over the years, game-based learning approaches have been adapted in teaching and learning both to engage and motivate students during learning activities. Game technology, such as serious and simulation games, have been used as a new generation of training educational tools enhancing students' learning and academic performance. An important aspect in the evaluation of those methods is that it focusses particularly on cognitive learning outcomes, ignoring the significance of other processes including emotional aspects in game environments that also contribute significantly to learning, performance and motivation. The purpose of this paper is to present the empirical evidence of a research related to the emotional experiences of pre-service teachers, after the implementation of a simulated classroom environment during the semester. Design/methodology/approach -SimSchool classroom simulation was used for the training of pre-service teachers in classroom and for behavior management issues. The research took place at the Democritus University of Thrace (DUTH) and the School of Pedagogical and Technological Education (ASPETE), in Greece. This study aimed to gain insights related to the emotions that pre-service teachers experienced during the simulated activities. Findings -The results indicated that participants from DUTH experienced more negative and less positive emotions during the game including anxiety, nervousness, disappointment, insecurity, inability to deal with simSchool activities, defeat, dissatisfaction, fatigue, fear and stress. Moreover, the results revealed that ASPETE's participants experienced more positive and less negative emotions during playing with the simulation, including excitement, motivation and satisfaction. Originality/value -The related research on the use of games in teacher training is still at its infancy, the current research aimed to address teacher training through a simulated classroom environment and investigate the emotional experiences of pre-service teachers during simulated activities.

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Section: Emotions and Learningmentioning

confidence: 99%

Emotional experiences in simulated classroom training environments

Stavroulia

Makri-Botsari

Psycharis

et al. 2016

The International Journal of Information and Learning Technology

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“…[9][10][11] Popescu et al 9 stated that if an emotional aspect were present in nonplayer characters, there would be an increase in the variations of characters' behavior that could create more interesting games. Hudlicka and Broekens 11 showed that focusing on producing more believable virtual characters in games by using emotions would be a step toward more engaging games, both for entertainment and serious gaming purposes. Computational models of emotion are usually based on psychological emotion theories and attempt to model the rules of the theories.…”

Section: Emotion Modeling In Gamesmentioning

confidence: 99%

Enhancing Emotional Experience by Building Emotional Virtual Characters in VR Volleyball Games

Bai

Yao

Mishra

et al. 2021

Computer Animation & Virtual

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Virtual reality (VR) volleyball games can provide an immersive entertainment experience and facilitate users to get familiar with game rules. In real world, players often experience emotions from scores, strokes, passes, and the influence from their teammates or opponents, and so forth. However, seldom studies are carried out for this emotional experience in a virtual environment, as most VR volleyball games mainly concentrate on the game playing, such as body movements. In this article, we propose to enhance emotional experience by building emotional virtual characters in VR volleyball games. The virtual characters cannot only arouse their emotions but also express their facial expressions according to the game situation. Emotion patterns are learned from real-world volleyball matches. The results demonstrate that our framework has great potential to enhance the user's emotional experience and engagement.

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“…Initial studies on modelling the behaviour of the player and how to design adaptive videogames were performed by Charles et al [75] and Sykes and Federoff [76] in 2005 and 2006, respectively. On the other hand, Hudlicka [77], Hudlicka and Broekens [78], Hudlicka [79] performed a deep study on how to model emotions and improve the consistency between it and gaming architectures. The papers then discusses how these computational building blocks can provide a basis for the development of more systematic guidelines for affective model development.…”

Section: Gameplay and Adaptationmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Charles et al [75], Sykes and Federoff [76] Initial studies on adaptive game design Hudlicka [77], Hudlicka and Broekens [78], Hudlicka [79] Design guidelines to emotion modelling Baharom et al [80,81] Conceptual framework of emotional design Shaker et al [82,83] Dataset: game events and recorded video sessions Pereira et al [84] Contagion of emotions between nonplayable characters Furthermore, Shaker et al [82,83] published an interesting approach in 2011: a dataset of game events and recorded video sessions from human players while playing a videogame. This dataset can be used by other researchers to analyse the relationship between the game context and the players' behaviour and affective state.…”

Section: Paper(s) Topicmentioning

confidence: 99%