Cole, Thomas ORCID: 0000-0001-6031-8377 and Gillies, Marco (2022) Emotional exploration and the eudaimonic gameplay experience: a grounded theory. In: CHI '22: CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems. LA, New Orleans, USA. 29th April 2022 - 5th May 2022. ACM Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI) series (470). Association of Computing Machinery (ACM), New York, pp. 1-16. ISBN 978-1450391573 (doi:https://doi.org/10.1145/3491102.3502002)

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Abstract

Research on the emotional experience of playing videogames has increased in recent years, yet much of this work is focused on the hedonistic player experience (PX) commonly associated with the nebulous concept of ‘fun’ and positive affect. Researchers are increasingly paying more attention to the eudaimonic PX commonly associated with ‘appreciation’, mixed-affect and reflection. To further investigate eudaimonic PX we interviewed 24 games players about ‘significant or memorable emotional experiences’ from their games playing and used grounded theory to analyse their responses. This led to the construction of the concept of ‘emotional exploration’ which is used to help explain (i) why players would seek out a eudaimonic PX, (ii) how eudaimonic PX is constituted and (iii) how developers can design for a eudaimonic PX. We further make the case for the ‘eudaimonic gameplay experience’ to be realised as different and separate to pre-existing notions of eudaimonic entertainment.

Item Type:	Conference Proceedings
Title of Proceedings:	CHI '22: CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems. LA, New Orleans, USA. 29th April 2022 - 5th May 2022
Additional Information:	CHI '22: CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems New Orleans LA USA 29 April 2022- 5 May 2022. SIGCHI: ACM Special Interest Group on Computer-Human Interaction.
Uncontrolled Keywords:	videogames; gameplay; mixed affect; grounded theory; eudaimonia; emotions
Subjects:	B Philosophy. Psychology. Religion > BF Psychology N Fine Arts > N Visual arts (General) For photography, see TR Q Science > QA Mathematics > QA75 Electronic computers. Computer science
Faculty / School / Research Centre / Research Group:	Faculty of Engineering & Science Faculty of Engineering & Science > School of Computing & Mathematical Sciences (CMS)
Last Modified:	16 Jun 2022 14:23
URI:	http://gala.gre.ac.uk/id/eprint/36656

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