Nelson, Mark J, Gaudl, Swen E., Colton, Simon et al. (1 more author) (2018) Curious Users of Casual Creators. In: FDG'18: Proceedings of the 13th International Conference on the Foundations of Digital Games. International Conference on the Foundations of Digital Games, 07-10 Aug 2018, Malmö University. ACM , SWE
Abstract
Casual creators are a type of design tool identified by Compton & Mateas, characterised by an orientation towards enjoyable, intrinsically motivated creative exploration, rather than task-oriented designer productivity. In our experiments holding rapid game jams with Wevva, a casual creator for mobile game design, we have noticed, however, that users seem to vary considerably even within the context of using a casual creator. Some people focus on designing specific games, while others explore the design space extensively, or even focus exclusively on prodding the edges of the design space looking for its possibilities and limits. We hypothesise that the latter group of users is driven primarily by curiosity about a casual creator and its design space. This results in different patterns of behaviour to the former group (of design-oriented users), which may worth characterising and perhaps explicitly designing for.
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Item Type: | Proceedings Paper |
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Keywords: | Casual creator,Curiosity,Design space,Game design |
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Institution: | The University of York |
Academic Units: | The University of York > Faculty of Arts and Humanities (York) > Theatre, Film, TV and Interactive Media (York) |
Funding Information: | Funder Grant number EPSRC EP/M023265/1 |
Depositing User: | Pure (York) |
Date Deposited: | 31 Jul 2018 16:50 |
Last Modified: | 16 Oct 2024 10:59 |
Published Version: | https://doi.org/10.1145/3235765.3235826 |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | ACM |
Identification Number: | 10.1145/3235765.3235826 |
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Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:134013 |