@inproceedings{Lu2023c,

title = {Blooming Engagement in Flower: Computational Analysis of Player Experience on Steam},

author = {Chien Lu and Jaakko Peltonen },

editor = {Nicolas Becu},

url = {https://shs.hal.science/halshs-04209935

https://researchportal.tuni.fi/en/publications/blooming-engagement-in-flower-computational-analysis-of-player-ex},

year  = {2023},

date = {2023-07-07},

urldate = {2023-07-07},

booktitle = {Simulation and Gaming for Social and Environmental Transitions},

issuetitle = {Conference of the International Simulation and Gaming Association},

pages = {340-354},

publisher = {La Rochelle University},

abstract = {We investigate player experiences focusing on environmental engagement in the environment-theme game, Flower. The research is conducted by analyzing data from Steam, a video game digital distribution platform. A joint computational analysis of reviews of the game and player profiles of the reviewers is conducted. The results and analysis suggest that 1) visuals and music have high importance towards immersive player experiences; 2) embedding environmental messages in a game can provoke environmental awareness but technical and control issues can hinder such messages; 3) players have reflected on environmental issues, and it seems that players having a higher level of creativity tend to reflect more on environmental awareness.},

keywords = {Environmental engagement, Player experience, Text analytics},

pubstate = {published},

tppubtype = {inproceedings}

}