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Based on an overview on currently used definitions of user experience in human–computer interaction and major concepts from game development like immersion, flow, and playability, this overview describes a set of evaluation methods and their applicability in the various game development phases. Summarizing the contributions in this book, a user experience-centered development process is presented, allowing readers to understand when to use what kind of user experience evaluation methods to achieve a positive user experience.
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Acknowledgments
This book is based on two workshops on methods for user experience evaluation in games which were held during ACE 2007 (Conference on Advances in Computer Entertainment Technology) and at CHI 2008. I would like to thank all participants in these workshops for the fruitful discussions and their engagement to contribute to the book, the workshop co-organizers for their support, and all reviewers of these workshops for their help in improving the first versions of the workshop papers and the book chapters.
This book would not exist without the financial, organizational, or personal support of the following people: Ferdinand Maier, Jean Vanderdonkt, Manfred Tscheligi, Manfred Eckschlager, Astrid Weiss, Michael Pirker, Sandra Steere, and Marco Winckler. And last – but not least, Merci Philippe, for everything.
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Bernhaupt, R. (2010). User Experience Evaluation in Entertainment. In: Bernhaupt, R. (eds) Evaluating User Experience in Games. Human-Computer Interaction Series. Springer, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-84882-963-3_1
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