Browsing Waterloo Research by Author "Toups, Zachary"
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"The Collecting Itself Feels Good": Towards Collection Interfaces for Digital Game Objects
Toups, Zachary; Crenshaw, Nicole K.; Wehbe, Rina Renee; Fortes Tondello, Gustavo; Nacke, Lennart (Association for Computing Machinery, 2016-10-16)Digital games offer a variety of collectible objects. We investigate players' collecting behaviors in digital games to determine what digital game objects players enjoyed collecting and why they valued these objects. Using ... -
Investigating the Impact of Cooperative Communication Mechanics on Player Performance in Portal 2
Vaddi, Deepika; Toups, Zachary; Dolgov, Igor; Wehbe, Rina Renee; Nacke, Lennart (Canadian Human-Computer Communications Society, 2016-06)Cooperative communication mechanics, such as avatar gestures or in-game visual pointers, enable player collaboration directly through gameplay. We currently lack a deeper understanding of how players use cooperative ...