Steering Gameplay Behavior in the Interactive Tag Playground

Robertus Wilhelmus van Delden; Alejandro Manuel Moreno Celleri; Ronald Walter Poppe; Dennis Reidsma; Dirk K.J. Heylen

doi:10.1007/978-3-319-14112-1

Steering Gameplay Behavior in the Interactive Tag Playground

Robertus Wilhelmus van Delden, Alejandro Manuel Moreno Celleri, Ronald Walter Poppe, Dennis Reidsma, Dirk K.J. Heylen

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Abstract

This paper deals with steering player behavior in the Interactive Tag Playground (ITP). The ITP, an ambient environment instrumented with contact-free sensor technology and ambient display capabilities, enhances the traditional game of tag by determining when a valid tag has been made and visualising the current tagger. We present three modifications of the ITP that aim to steer the gameplay actions of the players. The modifications are intended to influence who will be chased next by the tagger; to make good players easier to tag and less skilled players harder to tag; and to influence the locations visited by the players. We report on a user study showing that two of the three modifications have a significant effect on the behavior of players in the ITP and discuss opportunities for future research that follow from his study.

Original language	Undefined
Title of host publication	Proceedings of the European Conference on Ambient Intelligence, AmI 2014, Revised Selected Papers
Editors	Emile Aarts, Boris de Ruyter, Panos Markopoulos, Evert van Loenen, Reiner Wichert, Ben Schouten, Jacques Terken, Rob van Kranenburg, Elke den Ouden, Gregory O'Hare
Place of Publication	Switzerland
Publisher	Springer
Pages	145-157
Number of pages	13
ISBN (Print)	978-3-319-14111-4
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-14112-1
Publication status	Published - 11 Nov 2014
Event	European Conference on Ambient Intelligence, AmI 2014 - Eindhoven, Netherlands Duration: 11 Nov 2014 → 13 Nov 2014

Publication series

Name	Lecture Notes in Computer Science
Publisher	Springer International Publishing
Volume	8850
ISSN (Print)	0302-9743
ISSN (Electronic)	1611-3349

Conference

Conference	European Conference on Ambient Intelligence, AmI 2014
Period	11/11/14 → 13/11/14
Other	11-13 November 2014

Keywords

EWI-25634
HMI-MI: MULTIMODAL INTERACTIONS
game play
Tag
balancing
steering
IR-94302
Adaptive
Ambient Intelligence
ITP
Interactive Tag Playground
Interactive playground
METIS-309853
steering behavior

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van Delden, R. W., Moreno Celleri, A. M., Poppe, R. W., Reidsma, D., & Heylen, D. K. J. (2014). Steering Gameplay Behavior in the Interactive Tag Playground. In E. Aarts, B. de Ruyter, P. Markopoulos, E. van Loenen, R. Wichert, B. Schouten, J. Terken, R. van Kranenburg, E. den Ouden, & G. O'Hare (Eds.), Proceedings of the European Conference on Ambient Intelligence, AmI 2014, Revised Selected Papers (pp. 145-157). (Lecture Notes in Computer Science; Vol. 8850). Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-14112-1

van Delden, Robertus Wilhelmus ; Moreno Celleri, Alejandro Manuel ; Poppe, Ronald Walter et al. / Steering Gameplay Behavior in the Interactive Tag Playground. Proceedings of the European Conference on Ambient Intelligence, AmI 2014, Revised Selected Papers. editor / Emile Aarts ; Boris de Ruyter ; Panos Markopoulos ; Evert van Loenen ; Reiner Wichert ; Ben Schouten ; Jacques Terken ; Rob van Kranenburg ; Elke den Ouden ; Gregory O'Hare. Switzerland : Springer, 2014. pp. 145-157 (Lecture Notes in Computer Science).

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van Delden, RW, Moreno Celleri, AM, Poppe, RW, Reidsma, D & Heylen, DKJ 2014, Steering Gameplay Behavior in the Interactive Tag Playground. in E Aarts, B de Ruyter, P Markopoulos, E van Loenen, R Wichert, B Schouten, J Terken, R van Kranenburg, E den Ouden & G O'Hare (eds), Proceedings of the European Conference on Ambient Intelligence, AmI 2014, Revised Selected Papers. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol. 8850, Springer, Switzerland, pp. 145-157, European Conference on Ambient Intelligence, AmI 2014, 11/11/14. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-14112-1

Steering Gameplay Behavior in the Interactive Tag Playground. / van Delden, Robertus Wilhelmus; Moreno Celleri, Alejandro Manuel; Poppe, Ronald Walter et al.
Proceedings of the European Conference on Ambient Intelligence, AmI 2014, Revised Selected Papers. ed. / Emile Aarts; Boris de Ruyter; Panos Markopoulos; Evert van Loenen; Reiner Wichert; Ben Schouten; Jacques Terken; Rob van Kranenburg; Elke den Ouden; Gregory O'Hare. Switzerland: Springer, 2014. p. 145-157 (Lecture Notes in Computer Science; Vol. 8850).

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van Delden RW, Moreno Celleri AM, Poppe RW, Reidsma D , Heylen DKJ. Steering Gameplay Behavior in the Interactive Tag Playground. In Aarts E, de Ruyter B, Markopoulos P, van Loenen E, Wichert R, Schouten B, Terken J, van Kranenburg R, den Ouden E, O'Hare G, editors, Proceedings of the European Conference on Ambient Intelligence, AmI 2014, Revised Selected Papers. Switzerland: Springer. 2014. p. 145-157. (Lecture Notes in Computer Science). doi: 10.1007/978-3-319-14112-1