Evaluating game preference using the fun toolkit across cultures

Gavin Sim; Matthew Horton; Nicky Danino

Evaluating game preference using the fun toolkit across cultures

Gavin Sim, Matthew Horton, Nicky Danino

School of Computer Science

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Abstract

Over the past decade many new evaluation methods have emerged for evaluating user experience with children, but the results of these studies have tended to be reported in isolation and cultural implications have been largely ignored. This paper reports on a comparative analysis of the Fun Toolkit and the effect of culture on game preference. In total 37 children aged between 7 and 9 participated in the study, from a school in the UK and Jordan. The children played 2 different games on a tablet PC and their experiences of each were captured using the Fun Toolkit. The results showed that culture did not appear to affect children's preference and Fun Toolkit is a valid user experience tool across cultures.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Proceedings of the 26th Annual BCS Interaction Specialist Group Conference on People and Computers
Publisher	British Computer Society
Pages	386–391
Publication status	Published - 10 Sept 2012
Event	26th Annual BCS Interaction Specialist Group Conference on People and Computers - Birmingham, United Kingdom Duration: 10 Sept 2012 → 14 Sept 2012

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Academic conference	26th Annual BCS Interaction Specialist Group Conference on People and Computers
Abbreviated title	BCS-HCI '12
Country/Territory	United Kingdom
City	Birmingham
Period	10/09/12 → 14/09/12

Keywords

HCI
gamification

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Sim, G, Horton, M & Danino, N 2012, Evaluating game preference using the fun toolkit across cultures. in Proceedings of the 26th Annual BCS Interaction Specialist Group Conference on People and Computers. British Computer Society, pp. 386–391, 26th Annual BCS Interaction Specialist Group Conference on People and Computers, Birmingham, United Kingdom, 10/09/12. <https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.5555/2377916.2377971>

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Evaluating game preference using the fun toolkit across cultures

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