Squaring the (Magic) Circle: A Brief Definition and History of Pervasive Games

Duggan, Eddie

doi:10.1007/978-981-10-1962-3_6

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“…In contrast to other types of games, the players of location-based games move in real geographical space [55][56][57], so that the latter becomes an important game element [58]. The virtual world, which is created by a game in its own virtual space-time sphere, is now blended with the context of an actual physical environment.…”

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Behavioural Effects of Spatially Structured Scoring Systems in Location-Based Serious Games—A Case Study in the Context of OpenStreetMap

Westerholt

Lorei

Höfle

2020

IJGI

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Location-based games have become popular in recent years, with Pokémon Go and Ingress being two very prominent examples. Some location-based games, known as Serious Games, go beyond entertainment and serve additional purposes such as data collection. Such games are also found in the OpenStreetMap context and playfully enrich the project’s geodatabase. Examples include Kort and StreetComplete. This article examines the role of spatially structured scoring systems as a motivational element. It is analysed how spatial structure in scoring systems is correlated with changes observed in the game behaviour. For this purpose, our study included two groups of subjects who played a modified game based on StreetComplete in a real urban environment. One group played the game with a spatially structured scoring system and the other with a spatially random scoring system. We evaluated different indicators and analysed the players’ GPS trajectories. In addition, the players filled out questionnaires to investigate whether they had become aware of the scoring system they were playing. The results obtained show that players who are confronted with a spatially structured scoring system are more likely to be in areas with high scores, have a longer playing time, walk longer distances and are more willing to take detours. Furthermore, discrepancies between the perception of a possible system in the scoring system and corresponding actions were revealed. The results are informative for game design, but also for a better understanding of how players interact with their geographical context during location-based games.

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Section: Geographic Motivational Factorsmentioning

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Behavioural Effects of Spatially Structured Scoring Systems in Location-Based Serious Games—A Case Study in the Context of OpenStreetMap

Westerholt

Lorei

Höfle

2020

IJGI

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“…This broader definition includes any games where location plays a role, and thus includes location-based and geo-games, as well as other games where location (and environment) is important, such as pervasive or urban games [6]. In the remainder of this article, we embrace the term location-aware game, unless the contrary is explicitly stated.…”

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“…Within the varied landscape of games genres and applications [1][2][3][4][5][6], location-aware games are games that take place in the real world space, using the location as an important aspect of the game, and often, but not always, require the user to move physically in space. Since the first variants of digitally-enabled treasure hunting games, such as geo-caching [6,7], location-aware games are gaining momentum and popularity.…”

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“…Since the first variants of digitally-enabled treasure hunting games, such as geo-caching [6,7], location-aware games are gaining momentum and popularity. This culminated in the absolute success story of Pokemon Go, which has/had an unprecedented usage and user community [8].…”

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“…This culminated in the absolute success story of Pokemon Go, which has/had an unprecedented usage and user community [8]. In the literature, a wide variety of terminology is used to denote location-aware games, or slightly more specific variants of them, such as location-based games [9], pervasive or urban games [6], or geo-games [10], just to name a few. We discuss definitions, terminology, and differences in terminology in detail in Section 2.…”

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On Metrics for Location-Aware Games

Rodríguez-Pupo

Casteleyn

Granell

2017

IJGI

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Abstract:Metrics are important and well-known tools to measure users' behavior in games, and gameplay in general. Particularities of location-aware games-a class of games where the player's location plays a central role-demand specific support in metrics to adequately address the spatio-temporal features such games exhibit. In this article, we analyse and discuss how existing game analytics platforms address the spatio-temporal features of location-aware games. Our analysis reveals that little support is available. Next, based on the analysis, we propose a classification of spatial metrics, embedded in existing literature, and discuss three types of spatial metrics-point-, trajectory-and area-based metrics-, and elaborate examples and difficulties. Finally, we discuss how spatial metrics may be deployed to improve gameplay in location-aware games.

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Beating the City: Three Inspirational Design Patterns to Promote Social Play Through Aligning Rhythms

Mitchell

Olsson

2018

Lecture Notes of the Institute for Computer Sciences, Social Informatics and Telecommunications Engineering

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Squaring the (Magic) Circle: A Brief Definition and History of Pervasive Games

Cited by 8 publications

References 8 publications

Behavioural Effects of Spatially Structured Scoring Systems in Location-Based Serious Games—A Case Study in the Context of OpenStreetMap

Behavioural Effects of Spatially Structured Scoring Systems in Location-Based Serious Games—A Case Study in the Context of OpenStreetMap

On Metrics for Location-Aware Games

Beating the City: Three Inspirational Design Patterns to Promote Social Play Through Aligning Rhythms

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