What You See Is Not What You Get

Wetzel, Baylor; Anderson, K. R.

doi:10.4324/9781315151700-4

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“…Moreover, player enjoyment has been examined in the context of NPC AI across multiple game genres. This includes turn-based strategy games (Wetzel and Anderson 2017), board games (Iida, Takeshita, and Yoshimura 2003), and first-person shooters (Soni and Hingston 2008;Hingston 2009). These studies have aimed to better understand and improve player satisfaction by refining the behavior and interactions of NPCs within these specific game types.…”

Section: Player Perception Of Npc Behaviormentioning

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Evaluating Player Experience in Stealth Games: Dynamic Guard Patrol Behavior Study

Al Enezi,

Verbrugge

2023

AIIDE

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In stealth games, guard patrol behavior constitutes one of the primary challenges players encounter. While most stealth games employ hard-coded guard behaviors, the same approach is not feasible for procedurally generated environments. Previous research has introduced various dynamic guard patrol behaviors; however, there needs to be more play-testing to quantitatively measure their impact on players. This research paper presents a user study to evaluate players' experiences in terms of enjoyment and difficulty when playing against several dynamic patrol behaviors in a stealth game prototype. The study aimed to determine whether players could differentiate between different guard behaviors and assess their impact on player experience. We found that players were generally capable of distinguishing between the various dynamic guard patrol behaviors in terms of difficulty and enjoyment when competing against them. The study sheds light on the nuances of player perception and experience with different guard behaviors, providing valuable insights for game developers seeking to create engaging and challenging stealth gameplay.

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Section: Player Perception Of Npc Behaviormentioning

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Evaluating Player Experience in Stealth Games: Dynamic Guard Patrol Behavior Study

Al Enezi,

Verbrugge

2023

AIIDE

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“…The goal is to define the progress model of a game to adjust player enjoyment through the "acceleration" in the game progress model in sport and board games (Sutiono, Purwarianti, and Iida 2014;Sutiono et al 2015;Iida, Takeshita, and Yoshimura 2003). Player enjoyment was also studied in NPC AI for several game genres, for example, in turnbased strategy games (Wetzel and Anderson 2017), board games (Iida, Takeshita, and Yoshimura 2003), and firstperson shooter (Soni and Hingston 2008;Hingston 2009).…”

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“…It is widely known that creating an efficient or unbeatable opponent behavior in games does not always positively contribute to player enjoyment (Wetzel and Anderson 2017;Livingstone 2006). At the same time, players enjoy playing against NPCs that show intelligent or human-like behavior (Soni and Hingston 2008), and thus some evidence of intelligent decision-making is desirable.…”

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Investigating the Influence of Behaviors and Dialogs on Player Enjoyment in Stealth Games

Al Enezi,

Verbrugge

2023

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The player's perception of AI behavior significantly influences their overall game experience. This perception is shaped by both interactive encounters and careful observations, particularly in genres like stealth, where gameplay revolves around planning strategies based on AI enemy movement. This paper aims to derive general insights into the player experience concerning two crucial gameplay elements that impact the perception of NPC intelligence. The first element pertains to the actual behavior of opponent NPCs, while the second focuses on the dialogues employed to highlight NPC decision-making. We conducted a user study to assess whether players can discern between complex and simple NPC behavior during gameplay in a specific scenario of a top-down stealth game prototype. We introduced variations in spoken dialogs to determine their effect on player perception. In the end, our findings revealed that when simple dialogs were used, players derived greater enjoyment from a more complex AI behavior. However, using contextual dialog allowed a simple behavior to match a complex behavior in player enjoyment.

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“…70 Some have concluded that these changes reflect "some residual brain-stem function." 71 Many will dismiss these responses arguing that they are compatible with brain death definitions and criteria and that they are not at all indicative of the donor experiencing pain or distress. Yet one can imagine that this information could make people uneasy about donation.…”

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Organ Donation, Brain Death and the Family: Valid Informed Consent

Iltis¹

2015

J. Law. Med. Ethics

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I argue that valid informed consent is ethically required for organ donation from individuals declared dead using neurological criteria. Current policies in the U.S. do not require this and, not surprisingly, current practices inhibit the possibility of informed consent. Relevant information is withheld, opportunities to ensure understanding and appreciation are extremely limited, and the ability to make and communicate a free and voluntary decision is hindered by incomplete disclosure and other practices. Current practices should be revised to facilitate valid informed consent for organ donation.

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What You See Is Not What You Get

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Evaluating Player Experience in Stealth Games: Dynamic Guard Patrol Behavior Study

Evaluating Player Experience in Stealth Games: Dynamic Guard Patrol Behavior Study

Investigating the Influence of Behaviors and Dialogs on Player Enjoyment in Stealth Games

Organ Donation, Brain Death and the Family: Valid Informed Consent

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