Seth Cooper

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Playing the Imitation Game: How Perceived Generated Content Shapes Player Experience

With the fast progress of generative AI in recent years, more games are integrating generated content, raising questions regarding how players perceive and respond to this content. To investigate, we ran a mixed-method survey on the games Super Mario Bros. and Sokoban, comparing procedurally generated levels and level…

CHI '255th+ AuthorMixed Reality Workspaces +2

From Locked Rooms to Open Minds: Escape Room Best Practices to Enhance Reflection in Extended Reality Learning Environments

Extended reality (XR) learning environments result in greater knowledge gains when coupled with opportunities to reflect on one's actions and learning. However, when and how one should prompt reflection in XR learning environments (XRLEs) to effectively enhance learning, without breaking immersion, remains an open que…

CHI '245th+ AuthorSerious & Functional Games +1

A Design Framework for Reflective Play

Recent research has begun exploring games as a medium for reflection due to their affordances as interactive systems of challenge. However, little effort has been put into (1) synthesizing insights across studies and disciplines and (2) translating the academic work on reflective play into practical takeaways for game…

CHI '22CorrespondingCollaborative Learning & Peer Teaching +2

Barriers to Expertise in Citizen Science Games

Expertise-centric citizen science games (ECCSGs) can be powerful tools for crowdsourcing scientific knowledge production. However, to be effective these games must train their players on how to become experts, which is difficult in practice. In this study, we investigated the path to expertise and the barriers involve…

CHI '19CorrespondingGame UX & Player Behavior +1

Transforming Game Difficulty Curves using Function Composition

Player engagement within a game is often influenced by its difficulty curve: the pace at which in-game challenges become harder. Thus, finding an optimal difficulty curve is important. In this paper, we present a flexible and formal approach to transforming game difficulty curves by leveraging function composition. Th…

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