LiverDefense: Using a Tower Defense Game as a Customisable Research Tool

Julia Brich; Katja Rogers; Julian Frommel; Martin Weidhaas; Adrian Bruckner; Sarah Mirabile; Tamara Dorn; Valentin Riemer; Claudia Schrader; Michael Weber

doi:10.1109/VS-GAMES.2015.7295779

LiverDefense: Using a Tower Defense Game as a Customisable Research Tool

Julia Brich, Katja Rogers, Julian Frommel, Martin Weidhaas, Adrian Bruckner, Sarah Mirabile, Tamara Dorn, Valentin Riemer, Claudia Schrader, Michael Weber

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In this paper, we present LiverDefense-an educational Tower Defense game illustrating the basic functions of the human liver. LiverDefense serves as an easy-to-use evaluation tool for psychological game-related research since it can be customised with regard to its degree of difficulty. Furthermore, Likert scale questionnaires can be displayed throughout the game and relevant game events can be logged. All customisation is performed via human-readable XML files, abolishing the need for programming proficiency. LiverDefense has been successfully used in a user study focused on exploring the effect of perceived control over gameplay on players' emotions. We report on the analysis of this study with regard to enjoyment and frustration and the resulting insights on LiverDefense's usefulness as a customisable research tool.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	VS-Games 2015 - 7th International Conference on Games and Virtual Worlds for Serious Applications
Publisher	IEEE
ISBN (Electronic)	9781479981021
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/VS-GAMES.2015.7295779
Publication status	Published - 9 Oct 2015
Event	7th International Conference on Games and Virtual Worlds for Serious Applications, VS-Games 2015 - Skovde, Sweden Duration: 16 Sept 2015 → 18 Sept 2015

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Name	VS-Games 2015 - 7th International Conference on Games and Virtual Worlds for Serious Applications

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Conference	7th International Conference on Games and Virtual Worlds for Serious Applications, VS-Games 2015
Country/Territory	Sweden
City	Skovde
Period	16/09/15 → 18/09/15

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Brich, J., Rogers, K., Frommel, J., Weidhaas, M., Bruckner, A., Mirabile, S., Dorn, T., Riemer, V., Schrader, C., & Weber, M. (2015). LiverDefense: Using a Tower Defense Game as a Customisable Research Tool. In VS-Games 2015 - 7th International Conference on Games and Virtual Worlds for Serious Applications Article 7295779 (VS-Games 2015 - 7th International Conference on Games and Virtual Worlds for Serious Applications). IEEE. https://doi.org/10.1109/VS-GAMES.2015.7295779

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LiverDefense: Using a Tower Defense Game as a Customisable Research Tool. / Brich, Julia; Rogers, Katja; Frommel, Julian et al.
VS-Games 2015 - 7th International Conference on Games and Virtual Worlds for Serious Applications. IEEE, 2015. 7295779 (VS-Games 2015 - 7th International Conference on Games and Virtual Worlds for Serious Applications).

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Brich J, Rogers K, Frommel J, Weidhaas M, Bruckner A, Mirabile S et al. LiverDefense: Using a Tower Defense Game as a Customisable Research Tool. In VS-Games 2015 - 7th International Conference on Games and Virtual Worlds for Serious Applications. IEEE. 2015. 7295779. (VS-Games 2015 - 7th International Conference on Games and Virtual Worlds for Serious Applications). doi: 10.1109/VS-GAMES.2015.7295779

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