FantasyA and SenToy

ABSTRACT

FantasyA is a role-playing game where emotions are part of the game logic. SenToy is a tangible interface device [2], used to influence emotional behaviour in FantasyA. Players in the game FantasyA have to master SenToy and exhibit a particular set of emotions and perform a set of actions in order to evolve in the game [3]. A study was undertaken to gauge the success of the overall gaming experience, as well as the individual components, the FantasyA game with its emotional content and the SenToy control device with its gestural input.

REFERENCES

• 1: Gerd Andersson , Kristina Höök , Dário Mourão , Ana Paiva , Marco Costa, Using a Wizard of Oz study to inform the design of SenToy, Proceedings of the conference on Designing interactive systems: processes, practices, methods, and techniques, June 25-28, 2002, London, England [doi>10.1145/778712.778762]
• 2: Hiroshi Ishii , Brygg Ullmer, Tangible bits: towards seamless interfaces between people, bits and atoms, Proceedings of the SIGCHI conference on Human factors in computing systems, p.234-241, March 22-27, 1997, Atlanta, Georgia, United States [doi>10.1145/258549.258715]
• 3: Carlos Martinho , Ana Paiva, Pathematic agents: rapid development of believable emotional agents in intelligent virtual environments, Proceedings of the third annual conference on Autonomous Agents, p.1-8, April 1999, Seattle, Washington, United States [doi>10.1145/301136.301148]
• 4: Miyake, N., "Constructive interaction and the iterative process of understanding" Cognitive Science 10, 2 (1986), pp. 151--177.
• 5: Jesse Schell , Joe Shochet, Designing Interactive Theme Park Rides, IEEE Computer Graphics and Applications, v.21 n.4, p.11-13, July 2001

INDEX TERMS

Primary Classification:
  H. Information Systems
  H.5 INFORMATION INTERFACES AND PRESENTATION (I.7)
      H.5.2 User Interfaces (D.2.2, H.1.2, I.3.6)

Keywords:
affective tangible interaction, computer gaming