Games Technology Research
Project
During my final year, I worked on my FYP at Staffordshire University. My research project was an investigation into the factors that affect decision making within video games!
Within my literature review, I explored the different factors that affect decision making such as past experience and environment, individual differences (age, gender, etc.), mental health and emotions. I further explored the psychology of decision making along with proposed decision making models. Along with this I looked into affectives sciences and affective computing and how these can link before discussing decision making in games specifically. My project was more research based rather than being technical based, and so the final project reflected this. I had a number of people participate in my research and play through my game and complete a questionnaire based on their experience. I then analysed this result as well as the save file they generated through the playthrough of their game. My results found that that the gathered evidence from my own research supported the literature.
