Game Design Methodology Considering User Experience in Comprehensive Contexts (Trial on Inducing Player to Terminate Game Contentedly by Motivation Control)

摘要

In conventional game designs, only "positive" user experience (UX) such as how to make the game fun and attractive has been drawing attention. The play of a game, however, belongs to not only a context of a game but also comprehensive contexts including life and society. Problems such as being got a game machine away by parents because of too much game play and causing troubles and accidents by playing a game while walking or driving might be considered as "negative" UX in such comprehensive contexts. The objective of this research is to propose a game design methodology of preventing negative UX of the game in comprehensive contexts without reducing positive UX of the game. This paper reports a trial on controlling the user's motivation by changing the game parameters of "Breakout" such as ball speed and paddle size and inducing the user to terminate the game contentedly.