University of York

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Generative AI in Game Development: A Qualitative Research Synthesis

GenAI is currently reshaping game development practices, production pipelines, and value networks in an unprecedentedly pervasive manner with cascading consequences remaining unclear. In the last five years since GenAI's inception, a growing body of qualitative research has explored these early transformations from di…

CHI '26Gamification Design +1

What's the Point? How Users Functionalise Points in Gamified Systems

Points are widely used design elements in gamified systems. Yet how they motivate is still unclear: what motivational meaning or functional significance do users ascribe to points and when? To answer this question, we conducted a semi-structured interview study with 27 users of two popular gamified platforms, Duolingo…

CHI '26User Research Methods (Interviews, Surveys, Observation) +1

Towards Better Reflexive Thematic Analysis in HCI: A Scoping Review of Practice at CHI

Reflexive Thematic Analysis is an increasingly popular method of qualitative analysis in many disciplines, including HCI. However, previous work has questioned the quality of its application, often finding it misunderstood and misapplied. To establish a snapshot of current practice in HCI, we performed a scoping revie…

CHI '26Generative AI (Text, Image, Music, Video) +2

Beyond the Spotlight: Co-Designing AI for Theatre Audience Communication

Theatres and concert halls play a crucial role within the performing arts, where managerial and administrative staff are essential to bringing live performances to audiences. Existing AI research has focused on artistic creation, but less attention has been paid to the purposeful design of AI systems that support orga…

CHI '26Game UX & Player Behavior +2

Player Discretion is Advised: Designing for Rule-Changing Play

This paper uses research through game design to explore how we can make video games that invite players to invent their own personal play-practices through making and changing rules. Through a reflective process of designing and playtesting a multiplayer game in which changing rules and parameters is the central mecha…

CSCW '25Human-AI (and Robot!) Collaboration

Opening Up Human-Robot Collaboration

As we see robots being deployed into new places in everyday life, questions arise about what the features of `human-robot collaboration' (HRC) might look like. Recent work anticipates the need for more CSCW-oriented studies of HRC, given the increasing adoption of CSCW concepts to HRC research. We address this via an…

DIS '25Best PaperSustainable HCI +1

Domestic Cultures of Plant Care: A Moss Terrarium Probe

Houseplants are increasingly being used as part of interactive systems that aim to foster pro-environmental concern and awareness of more-than-human life. Yet such interventions rely on conflicting and untested assumptions about how people relate to houseplants. We therefore studied domestic plant care in 11 purposefu…

CHI '25Gamification Design +1

"Leave our kids alone!": Exploring Concerns Reported by Parents in 1-star Reviews

Children are playing games from a young age and, despite their best efforts, parents often lack the support to fully understand what their children are playing. Ratings systems like PEGI are designed to allow informed parental decisions, but it is currently largely unknown if they capture what parents care about. In…

DIS '24Honorable MentionAI-Assisted Decision-Making & Automation +1

Development and Translation of Human-AI Interaction Models into Working Prototypes for Clinical decision-making

In the standard interaction model of clinical decision support systems, the system makes a recommendation, and the clinician decides whether to act on it. However, this model can compromise the patient-centeredness of care and the level of clinician involvement. There is scope to develop alternative interaction models…

CC '24Honorable MentionGenerative AI (Text, Image, Music, Video) +2

Reflection Across AI-based Music Composition

Reflection is fundamental to creative practice. However, the plurality of ways in which people reflect when using AI Generated Content (AIGC) is underexplored. This paper takes AI-based music composition as a case study to explore how artist-researcher composers reflected when integrating AIGC into their music composi…

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Games, Entertainment & Gamification

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