Correlating Facial Expressions and Subjective Player Experiences in Competitive Hearthstone

Paris Mavromoustakos-Blom; Mehmet Kosa; Sander Bakkes; Pieter Spronck

doi:10.1145/3472538.3472577

Correlating Facial Expressions and Subjective Player Experiences in Competitive Hearthstone

Paris Mavromoustakos-Blom, Mehmet Kosa, Sander Bakkes, Pieter Spronck

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In this study, we used recordings of players' facial expressions that are captured during competitive Hearthstone games to analyse the correlation between in-game player affective responses and subjective post-game self-reports. With this, we aimed to examine whether eye gaze, head pose and emotions gathered as objective data from face recordings would be associated with subjective experiences of players which were collected in the form of a post-game survey. Data was collected during a live offline Hearthstone competition, which involved a total of 17 players and 31 matches played. Correlation analyses between in-game and post-game variables show that players' facial expressions and eye gaze measurements are associated with both players' attention to the opponent and their mood influenced by the opponent. In future research, these results may be used to implement predictive player models.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	FDG '21: Proceedings of the 16th International Conference on the Foundations of Digital Games
Editors	Allan Fowler, Johanna Pirker, Alesandro Alessandro Canossa, Ali Ali Arya, Casper Harteveld
Publisher	Association for Computing Machinery
Pages	1-5
Number of pages	5
ISBN (Electronic)	9781450384223
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1145/3472538.3472577
Publication status	Published - 21 Oct 2021
Event	16th International Conference on the Foundations of Digital Games, FDG 2021 - Virtual, Online, Canada Duration: 2 Aug 2021 → 6 Aug 2021

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Conference	16th International Conference on the Foundations of Digital Games, FDG 2021
Country/Territory	Canada
City	Virtual, Online
Period	2/08/21 → 6/08/21

Keywords

competitive games
Facial expression analysis
game experience questionnaire
hearthstone
player affect
player experience

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Mavromoustakos-Blom, P., Kosa, M., Bakkes, S., & Spronck, P. (2021). Correlating Facial Expressions and Subjective Player Experiences in Competitive Hearthstone. In A. Fowler, J. Pirker, A. A. Canossa, A. A. Arya, & C. Harteveld (Eds.), FDG '21: Proceedings of the 16th International Conference on the Foundations of Digital Games (pp. 1-5). Article 41 Association for Computing Machinery . https://doi.org/10.1145/3472538.3472577

Mavromoustakos-Blom, Paris ; Kosa, Mehmet ; Bakkes, Sander et al. / Correlating Facial Expressions and Subjective Player Experiences in Competitive Hearthstone. FDG '21: Proceedings of the 16th International Conference on the Foundations of Digital Games. editor / Allan Fowler ; Johanna Pirker ; Alesandro Alessandro Canossa ; Ali Ali Arya ; Casper Harteveld. Association for Computing Machinery , 2021. pp. 1-5

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Mavromoustakos-Blom, P, Kosa, M, Bakkes, S & Spronck, P 2021, Correlating Facial Expressions and Subjective Player Experiences in Competitive Hearthstone. in A Fowler, J Pirker, AA Canossa, AA Arya & C Harteveld (eds), FDG '21: Proceedings of the 16th International Conference on the Foundations of Digital Games., 41, Association for Computing Machinery , pp. 1-5, 16th International Conference on the Foundations of Digital Games, FDG 2021, Virtual, Online, Canada, 2/08/21. https://doi.org/10.1145/3472538.3472577

Correlating Facial Expressions and Subjective Player Experiences in Competitive Hearthstone. / Mavromoustakos-Blom, Paris; Kosa, Mehmet; Bakkes, Sander et al.
FDG '21: Proceedings of the 16th International Conference on the Foundations of Digital Games. ed. / Allan Fowler; Johanna Pirker; Alesandro Alessandro Canossa; Ali Ali Arya; Casper Harteveld. Association for Computing Machinery , 2021. p. 1-5 41.

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Mavromoustakos-Blom P, Kosa M, Bakkes S, Spronck P. Correlating Facial Expressions and Subjective Player Experiences in Competitive Hearthstone. In Fowler A, Pirker J, Canossa AA, Arya AA, Harteveld C, editors, FDG '21: Proceedings of the 16th International Conference on the Foundations of Digital Games. Association for Computing Machinery . 2021. p. 1-5. 41 doi: 10.1145/3472538.3472577

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