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Player Adaptivity and Safety in Location-Based Games

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Location-based games require, among other things, obtaining or computing information regarding the players’ physical activity and real-world context. Additionally, ensuring that the players are assigned challenges that are adequate and safe for the current context (both physical and spatial) is also important, as it can improve both the gaming experience and the outcomes of the exercise. However, the impact adaptivity has in the specific case of location-based exergames still has not been researched in depth. In this paper, we present a location-based exergame and compare different play-through sessions when playing both the context sensitive and the regular versions of the game. Results show that the adaptive version provided a significantly safer gameplay experience. These results showcase the impact in player health and safety that player adaptivity achieves in location-based exergames.

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This work is part of João Jacob’s PhD and the submission of this paper has been partially supported by FourEyes, FourEyes is a Research Line within project “TEC4Growth – Pervasive Intelligence, Enhancers and Proofs of Concept with Industrial Impact/NORTE-01-0145-FEDER-000020” financed by the North Portugal Regional Operational Programme (NORTE 2020), under the PORTUGAL 2020 Partnership Agreement, and through the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF).

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  1. FEUP, Faculdade de Engenharia da Universidade do Porto, Porto, Portugal

    João Jacob, Ana Lopes, Rui Nóbrega, Rui Rodrigues & António Coelho

  2. INESC TEC, Instituto de Engenharia de Sistemas e Computadores – Tecnologia e Ciência, Porto, Portugal

    Rui Nóbrega, Rui Rodrigues & António Coelho

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Jacob, J., Lopes, A., Nóbrega, R., Rodrigues, R., Coelho, A. (2018). Player Adaptivity and Safety in Location-Based Games. In: Cheok, A., Inami, M., Romão, T. (eds) Advances in Computer Entertainment Technology. ACE 2017. Lecture Notes in Computer Science(), vol 10714. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-76270-8_16

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