2020
Hassan, Lobna; Xi, Nannan; Gurkan, Bahadir; Koivisto, Jonna; Hamari, Juho
Gameful Self-Regulation: A Study on How Gamified Self-Tracking Features Evoke Gameful Experiences Proceedings Article
In: Bui, Tung X. (Ed.): Proceedings of the 53rd Annual Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences, HICSS 2020, pp. 1103-1112, IEEE Computer Society, 2020, ISSN: 1530-1605.
Abstract | Links | Tags: Gamefulness, Gamification, Gamified exercise, Goal-setting, Self-regulation
@inproceedings{Hassan2020d,
title = {Gameful Self-Regulation: A Study on How Gamified Self-Tracking Features Evoke Gameful Experiences},
author = {Lobna Hassan and Nannan Xi and Bahadir Gurkan and Jonna Koivisto and Juho Hamari},
editor = {Tung X. Bui},
url = {https://urn.fi/URN:NBN:fi:tuni-202110207719},
doi = {10.24251/HICSS.2020.138},
issn = {1530-1605},
year = {2020},
date = {2020-01-07},
booktitle = {Proceedings of the 53rd Annual Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences, HICSS 2020},
pages = {1103-1112},
publisher = {IEEE Computer Society},
abstract = {Gamification has become one of the top engagement technology trends of recent times. It refers to designing and transforming systems, services, and activities to afford gameful experiences as good games do, commonly implemented through the utilization of familiar features from games. However, one of the persistent problems in academia and practice has been the lack of understanding of which systems features are more or less prone to facilitate which dimensions of the gameful experience. We investigate the relationships between user interaction with features related to goal-setting, self-tracking as well as prompts, and gameful experiences (accomplishment, challenge, competition, guidance, immersion, playfulness, and sociability) through a survey (N=201) in a gamified exercise service. Goal-setting and prompt features were positively associated with most dimensions of the gameful experience whereas self-tracking features were negatively associated with immersion and sociability while positively associated with feelings of accomplishment.},
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Gamification has become one of the top engagement technology trends of recent times. It refers to designing and transforming systems, services, and activities to afford gameful experiences as good games do, commonly implemented through the utilization of familiar features from games. However, one of the persistent problems in academia and practice has been the lack of understanding of which systems features are more or less prone to facilitate which dimensions of the gameful experience. We investigate the relationships between user interaction with features related to goal-setting, self-tracking as well as prompts, and gameful experiences (accomplishment, challenge, competition, guidance, immersion, playfulness, and sociability) through a survey (N=201) in a gamified exercise service. Goal-setting and prompt features were positively associated with most dimensions of the gameful experience whereas self-tracking features were negatively associated with immersion and sociability while positively associated with feelings of accomplishment.
2019
Friman, Usva; Turtiainen, Riikka
Playing the CrossFit Open 2018 Journal Article
In: Well Played, vol. 8, iss. 3, pp. 33-63, 2019, ISSN: 2164-344X.
Abstract | Links | Tags: CrossFit, Gamefulness, Playfulness, Sports
@article{Friman2019,
title = {Playing the CrossFit Open 2018},
author = {Usva Friman and Riikka Turtiainen},
url = {https://press.etc.cmu.edu/index.php/product/well-played-vol-8-no-3/},
doi = {10.1184/R1/9914447},
issn = {2164-344X},
year = {2019},
date = {2019-09-26},
journal = {Well Played},
volume = {8},
issue = {3},
pages = {33-63},
abstract = {Sports and games share many defining features, among them the aspects of playfulness and competition, and new forms of gamified sports and sportified gaming are emerging from the intersections of game and sports cultures. In this essay, we explore a sports competition CrossFit Open 2018 through its various levels of gamefulness and playfulness, asking: In what ways is the CrossFit Open a game? How can it be played? How and whom does it invite to play? In our reading, we present the CrossFit Open as a current pinnacle of the hybridization of sports and games, combining playful forms of exercise with high-level competition, gamified measuring of performance, and participatory play in social media – a game in which the field of play exceeds the limits between offline and online environments.},
keywords = {CrossFit, Gamefulness, Playfulness, Sports},
pubstate = {published},
tppubtype = {article}
}
Sports and games share many defining features, among them the aspects of playfulness and competition, and new forms of gamified sports and sportified gaming are emerging from the intersections of game and sports cultures. In this essay, we explore a sports competition CrossFit Open 2018 through its various levels of gamefulness and playfulness, asking: In what ways is the CrossFit Open a game? How can it be played? How and whom does it invite to play? In our reading, we present the CrossFit Open as a current pinnacle of the hybridization of sports and games, combining playful forms of exercise with high-level competition, gamified measuring of performance, and participatory play in social media – a game in which the field of play exceeds the limits between offline and online environments.