A design framework for awareness cues in distributed multiplayer games

J Wuertz, SA Alharthi, WA Hamilton… - Proceedings of the …, 2018 - dl.acm.org
In the physical world, teammates develop situation awareness about each other's location,
status, and actions through cues such as gaze direction and ambient noise. To support …

Investigating the effects of individual cognitive styles on collaborative gameplay

SA Alharthi, GE Raptis, C Katsini, I Dolgov… - ACM Transactions on …, 2021 - dl.acm.org
In multiplayer collaborative games, players need to coordinate their actions and synchronize
their efforts effectively to succeed as a team; thus, individual differences can impact …

Left them 4 dead: Perception of humans versus non-player character teammates in cooperative gameplay

RR Wehbe, E Lank, LE Nacke - Proceedings of the 2017 conference on …, 2017 - dl.acm.org
Why do we care if our teammates are not human? This study seeks to uncover whether or
not the perception of other players as human or artificial entities can influence player …

Why players use pings and annotations in Dota 2

J Wuertz, S Bateman, A Tang - Proceedings of the 2017 CHI Conference …, 2017 - dl.acm.org
Groupware research has long focused on representing gestures as a means to facilitate
collaboration. However, this work has not led to wide support of gesturing in commercial …

Toward understanding the effects of cognitive styles on collaboration in multiplayer games

SA Alharthi, GE Raptis, C Katsini, I Dolgov… - Companion of the 2018 …, 2018 - dl.acm.org
In multiplayer games, players need to coordinate action to succeed. This paper investigates
the effect of cognitive styles on performance of dyads engaged in collaborative gaming …

Investigating the impact of annotation interfaces on player performance in distributed multiplayer games

SA Alharthi, RC Torres, AS Khalaf… - Proceedings of the …, 2018 - dl.acm.org
In distributed multiplayer games, it can be difficult to communicate strategic information for
planning game moves and player interactions. Often, players spend extra time …

Playing at planning: Game design patterns from disaster response practice

PO Toups Dugas, WA Hamilton… - Proceedings of the 2016 …, 2016 - dl.acm.org
We draw on years of ethnographic investigation into the disaster response practices of fire
emergency response, urban search and rescue, and incident command to inform the design …

Personal space in play: Physical and digital boundaries in large-display cooperative and competitive games

RR Wehbe, T Dickson, A Kuzminykh… - Proceedings of the …, 2020 - dl.acm.org
As multi-touch displays grow in size and shrink in price, they are more commonly used as
gaming devices. When co-located users play games on a single, large display, establishing …

Assessing the impact of the awareness level on a co-operative game

MA Teruel, N Condori-Fernandez, E Navarro… - Information and …, 2018 - Elsevier
Context When playing a co-operative game, being aware of your collaborators (where they
are playing, what they are doing, the abilities they have, etc.) is essential for achieving the …

Designing Player Interdependence to Enhance Players' Social Experience in Multiplayer Games

K Emmerich - The Digital Gaming Handbook, 2020 - taylorfrancis.com
Player interdependence can be understood as the degree to which players can affect each
other and have to rely on each other to reach the game's goal. Increasing interdependence …