Investigating Narrative in Mobile Games for Seniors Conference Paper

abstract

• Narratives are an intimate part of our lives. Based on beha-vioral research suggesting that older adults tend to process text better at discourse level, this study investigates the im-pact of narrative structure on the enjoyment level of older game players. Two variations of a casual memory mobile game were built, one with a narrative and the other one without. Nineteen senior citizens, differentiated according to their play orientation, play-tested the games. Results show that embedding narratives in mobile games enhances the play experience of older adults, irrespective of their play style. This may have implications both for game developers and for seniors' acceptance of casual games. 2010 ACM.

name of conference

• Proceedings of the SIGCHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems

authors

• Quek, Francis

published proceedings

• CHI2010: PROCEEDINGS OF THE 28TH ANNUAL CHI CONFERENCE ON HUMAN FACTORS IN COMPUTING SYSTEMS, VOLS 1-4

author list (cited authors)

• Yee, S., Duh, H., & Quek, F.

citation count

• 23

complete list of authors

• Yee, Sharon Lynn Chu Yew||Duh, Henry Been-Lirn||Quek, Francis

publication date

• April 2010

publisher

• Association for Computing Machinery (ACM)  Publisher

keywords

• Elderly
• Enjoyment
• Mobile Games
• Narrative Structure

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

• 10.1145/1753326.1753424

International Standard Book Number (ISBN) 13

• 978-1-60558-929-9

start page

• 669

end page

• +

volume

• 2

URL

• http://dx.doi.org/10.1145/1753326.1753424