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OWU Connection Experience: Markley and Zajac are working alongside students Navami Shenoy '23 of New Delhi, India, and Millie Rocco '23 of Vancleave, Mississippi, to collect data on a video game that Shenoy programmed.

serious gamesDave EngSeptember 3, 2023research, game, psychologyComment

Why Does Gamification Improve Engagement? Here’s What The Psychology Science Says

Gamification has proven to be effective in increasing employees ' motivation. Gamification boosts users' perceived abilities by simplifying difficult activities or hurdles through practice or by reducing the activation threshold of the intended behavior like Adobe Captivate Prime does.

gamificationDave EngNovember 14, 2022Gamification, engagement, psychology, science, employees, performance, newsComment

Medical Training Can Be Fun and Games

Along with the technologies, there has been a massive boom in the world of video games for purposes other than entertainment, often termed serious games. The fundamental characteristic of games is they are fun to play.

Medical Tr, serious gamesDave EngOctober 13, 2022Serious games, board games, education, psychology, players, tutorials, newsComment

How do you playtest a board game for 5-year-olds?

It's no wonder then that some of the world's best educational children's games are made there as well. How do you go about designing games for five-year-olds? HABA, the German toymaker with bestselling board games like First Orchard and Dragon's Breath, may have the answer.

gamesDave EngDecember 25, 2021Board game, psychology, childhood education, childhood development, newsComment

This Teenager Is Developing a Video Game That Assesses Your Mental Health

Alqahtani's ambitious proposal-inspired, in part, by personal experience with the stressors of the pandemic-won her a behavioral science award in this year's Regeneron International Science and Engineering Fair, an annual competition for ninth through twelfth graders administered by the Society for Science in Washington, D.C. Her prototype aims to address the problems of stigma and inaccessibility that, psychologists say, present substantial roadblocks to teens getting mental health care.

How Difficulty Impacts Motivation in Game Design

For today's post, I want to expand more on this and talk about what difficulty and the experience mean from the consumer's POV. Reasons for Playing If you've studied game design at all, the Bartle player type chart has probably been discussed.

gamesDave EngDecember 19, 2021Game design, player motivation, psychology, newsComment

Game Analytics From A Game Designer’s Perspective

The quarterbacking problem or "Alpha gamer problem"1 is a well-known phenomenon It is different! Game analytics offer an exciting array of new possibilities for everyone in game studios! Game analytics can change the face of game development.

gamesDave EngDecember 9, 2021Game design, game analytics, psychology, newsComment

Gamification: can video games change our money habits?

Gamification: can video games change our money habits?

gamificationDave EngDecember 6, 2021Gamification, gaming, neuroscience, psychology, newsComment

What Gaming Does to Your Brain—and How You Might Benefit

The gaming community has long referred to the orc- and elf-filled game as "World of Warcrack." Scientifically, do video games-from MMORPGs to shooters to RPGs-affect our brains? And despite the drawbacks, can the brain benefit from video games?

gamingDave EngNovember 8, 2021Video gaming, mental health, online gaming, psychology, newsComment