From Solo to Social: Exploring the Dynamics of Player Cooperation in a Co-located Cooperative Exergame

要旨

Digital games offer rich social experiences and promote valuable skills, but they fall short in addressing physical inactivity. Exergames, which combine exercise with gameplay, have the potential to tackle this issue. However, current exergames are primarily single-player or competitive. To explore the social benefits of cooperative exergaming, we designed a custom co-located cooperative exergame that features three distinct forms of cooperation: Free (baseline), Coupled, and Concurrent. We conducted a within-participants, mixed-methods study (N=24) to evaluate these designs and their impact on players' enjoyment, motivation, and performance. Our findings reveal that cooperative play improves social experiences. It drives increased team identification and relatedness. Furthermore, our qualitative findings support cooperative exergame play. This has design implications for creating exergames that effectively address players' exercise and social needs. Our research contributes guidance for developers and researchers who want to create more socially enriching exergame experiences.

著者
Derrick M.. Wang
University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada
Sebastian Cmentowski
Eindhoven University of Technology, Eindhoven, Netherlands
Reza Hadi Mogavi
University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada
Kaushall Senthil Nathan
University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada
Eugene Kukshinov
University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada
Joseph Tu
University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada
Lennart E.. Nacke
University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada
DOI

10.1145/3706598.3713937

論文URL

https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/3706598.3713937

動画

会議: CHI 2025

The ACM CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (https://chi2025.acm.org/)

セッション: Experience Together

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