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Gameplay in an Unfamiliar Environment : = Novice and Expert Adult Players Encountering Portal for the First Time.

Record Type:	Language materials, manuscript : Monograph/item
Title/Author:	Gameplay in an Unfamiliar Environment :/
Reminder of title:	Novice and Expert Adult Players Encountering Portal for the First Time.
Author:	Keenan, Andrew.
Description:	1 online resource (305 pages)
Notes:	Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 79-08(E), Section: A.
Contained By:	Dissertation Abstracts International79-08A(E).
Subject:	Information science. -
Online resource:	click for full text (PQDT)
ISBN:	9780355813326

Gameplay in an Unfamiliar Environment : = Novice and Expert Adult Players Encountering Portal for the First Time.
Keenan, Andrew.

Gameplay in an Unfamiliar Environment :Novice and Expert Adult Players Encountering Portal for the First Time. - 1 online resource (305 pages)

Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 79-08(E), Section: A.

Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Toronto (Canada), 2018.

Includes bibliographical references

This thesis asks how adult video game players encounter an unfamiliar game for the first time by examining their gameplay. Gameplay is "the way a game is actually played" (Juul, 2005, p. 83). Players were invited to participate in a recorded gameplay session and share their reflections on their first encounter with Portal, a first-person puzzle video game. Using the video commentary model methodology with an exploratory approach, players reviewed and commented on their gameplay footage immediately following their session using a retroactive talk aloud protocol. These sessions were analyzed, comparing how different players encountered the game, how they identified challenges, and how they created solutions to those challenges. There was a noteworthy diversity in how different players encountered Portal with trends emerging amongst players with similar expertise. Novice players found it more difficult to progress through Portal than expert players. There were differences in times to completion, puzzle comprehension, and assessment of game mechanics when comparing novice and expert players. A continuum of players emerged between those with less gameplay expertise and those with significant gameplay expertise. There were considerable barriers to entry for novice players.

Electronic reproduction.
Ann Arbor, Mich. :
ProQuest,
2018

Mode of access: World Wide Web

ISBN: 9780355813326Subjects--Topical Terms:

561178
Information science.
Index Terms--Genre/Form:

554714
Electronic books.

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