The Player Engagement Process: An Exploration of Continuation Desire in Digital Games

Henrik  Schoenau-Fog

The Player Engagement Process: An Exploration of Continuation Desire in Digital Games

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Abstract

Engagement is an essential element of the player experience, and the concept is described in various ways in the literature. To gain a more detailed comprehension of this multifaceted concept, and in order to better understand what aspects can be used to evaluate engaging game play and to design engaging user experiences, this study investigates one dimension of player engagement by empirically identifying the components associated with the desire to continue playing. Based on a description of the characteristics of player engagement, a series of surveys were developed to discover the components, categories and triggers involved in this process. By applying grounded theory to the analysis of the responses, a process-oriented player engagement framework was developed and four main components consisting of objectives, activities, accomplishments and affects as well as the corresponding categories of engagement, disengagement and their triggers – were identified and rank-ordered.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Proceedings of DiGRA 2011 Conference: Think Design Play : Fifth international conference of the digital games research association (2011)
Number of pages	18
Volume	2011
Place of Publication	Utrecht University
Publisher	Digital Games Research Association
Publication date	14 Sept 2011
Publication status	Published - 14 Sept 2011
Event	Think Design Play : The Fifth International Conference of the Digital Games Research Association - Hilversum, Netherlands Duration: 14 Sept 2011 → 17 Sept 2011

Conference

Conference	Think Design Play
Country/Territory	Netherlands
City	Hilversum
Period	14/09/2011 → 17/09/2011

Keywords

Player Engagement
Continuation Desire
Player Experience
Motivation
Play Studies
Digital Games

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Fog, H. S., Reng, L., Bjørner, T., Kofoed, L. B. & Eskildsen, S.
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Schoenau-Fog, H 2011, The Player Engagement Process: An Exploration of Continuation Desire in Digital Games. in Proceedings of DiGRA 2011 Conference: Think Design Play: Fifth international conference of the digital games research association (2011). vol. 2011, Digital Games Research Association, Utrecht University, Think Design Play , Hilversum, Netherlands, 14/09/2011. <http://www.digra.org/dl/db/11307.06025.pdf>

The Player Engagement Process: An Exploration of Continuation Desire in Digital Games. / Schoenau-Fog, Henrik .
Proceedings of DiGRA 2011 Conference: Think Design Play: Fifth international conference of the digital games research association (2011). Vol. 2011 Utrecht University: Digital Games Research Association, 2011.

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