The Motivational Power of Game Communities - Engaged through Game Jamming

Lars Reng; Henrik  Schoenau-Fog; Lise B. Kofoed

The Motivational Power of Game Communities - Engaged through Game Jamming

Lars Reng, Henrik Schoenau-Fog, Lise B. Kofoed

Publikation: Bidrag til bog/antologi/rapport/konference proceeding › Konferenceartikel i proceeding › Forskning › peer review

Abstract

Game jams have become a rapid growing phenomenon. Every year brings new and larger game jams. In this study, we closely followed the world’s largest single location game jam in order to explore the engagement among participants. The authors joined the organizing group of the Nordic Game Jam 2013, and gained a favorable opportunity to observe the 470 game developers efforts during the 48 hours of non-stop development. The paper presents the results of two surveys conducted just before and after the event as well as observations during the game jam. The main motivational factors among participants were to develop games and to meet new people. We believe that the community building as well as the motivation and engagement due to social aspects and the desire to learn more about game development among participants at such events might have beneficial ripple effects, which are valuable to investigate more closely.

Originalsprog	Engelsk
Titel	Workshop Proceedings of the 8th International Conference on the Foundations of Digital Games : Society for the Advancement of the Science of Digital Games
Forlag	Foundations of Digital Games
Publikationsdato	25 jun. 2013
ISBN (Trykt)	ISBN 78-0-9913982-1-8
Status	Udgivet - 25 jun. 2013
Begivenhed	Foundations of Digital Games: The 8th International Conference on the Foundations of Digital Games - Crete, Chania, Grækenland Varighed: 14 maj 2013 → 17 maj 2013

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Konference	Foundations of Digital Games
Lokation	Crete
Land/Område	Grækenland
By	Chania
Periode	14/05/2013 → 17/05/2013

Navn	Foundations of Digital Games Conference Proceedings

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Reng, Lars ; Schoenau-Fog, Henrik ; Kofoed, Lise B. / The Motivational Power of Game Communities - Engaged through Game Jamming. Workshop Proceedings of the 8th International Conference on the Foundations of Digital Games: Society for the Advancement of the Science of Digital Games. Foundations of Digital Games, 2013. (Foundations of Digital Games Conference Proceedings).

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The Motivational Power of Game Communities - Engaged through Game Jamming. / Reng, Lars; Schoenau-Fog, Henrik ; Kofoed, Lise B.
Workshop Proceedings of the 8th International Conference on the Foundations of Digital Games: Society for the Advancement of the Science of Digital Games. Foundations of Digital Games, 2013. (Foundations of Digital Games Conference Proceedings).

Publikation: Bidrag til bog/antologi/rapport/konference proceeding › Konferenceartikel i proceeding › Forskning › peer review

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