The Impact, use and design of game awareness widgets

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dc.contributor.advisorBateman, Scott
dc.contributor.authorWuertz, Jason Samuel
dc.date.accessioned2023-03-01T16:30:27Z
dc.date.available2023-03-01T16:30:27Z
dc.date.issued2018
dc.date.updated2019-05-24T00:00:00Z
dc.description.abstractGame designers create interface elements, called Game Awareness Widgets, to allow players to interact with games and to provide an awareness of what is happening in the game. Game awareness widgets are, therefore, extremely important parts of video games, which game designers carefully craft to best support players in a game and facilitate a desired play experience. Despite their importance Game Awareness Widgets have not been well studied and how they can best be designed. Through three separate studies this thesis exemplifies how game awareness widgets can be studied to uncover important new knowledge that can improve their design. These three studies contribute new information on how Game Awareness Widgets impact players, how players use them, and what current design practices are. The results of this thesis can help guide future research and provides important new knowledge to help designers build games that provide the best experience to players.
dc.description.copyright© Jason Samuel Wuertz, 2019
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dc.format.extentxiii, 132 pages
dc.format.mediumelectronic
dc.identifier.urihttps://unbscholar.lib.unb.ca/handle/1882/13997
dc.language.isoen_CA
dc.publisherUniversity of New Brunswick
dc.rightshttp://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_abf2
dc.subject.disciplineComputer Science
dc.titleThe Impact, use and design of game awareness widgets
dc.typemaster thesis
thesis.degree.disciplineComputer Science
thesis.degree.fullnameMaster of Computer Science
thesis.degree.grantorUniversity of New Brunswick
thesis.degree.levelmasters
thesis.degree.nameM.C.S.

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