Adi's Maze and the Research Arcade: A Long-term Study on the Impact of Gendered Representation on Player Preferences

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dc.contributor.authorHeadleand, Christopher J.en_US
dc.contributor.authorDavies, Bethanyen_US
dc.contributor.authorWilliams, Benjaminen_US
dc.contributor.editorXu, Kai and Turner, Martinen_US
dc.date.accessioned2021-09-07T05:45:01Z
dc.date.available2021-09-07T05:45:01Z
dc.date.issued2021
dc.description.abstractGender representation in games is a much discussed topic in the field of games design. A number of papers have explored the issues around sexist, and sexualised representation, and there even evidence that the assumed gender of a character has an impact on player behaviour. We introduce Adi's maze, a simple arcade game with 4 selectable characters, with male, female, and ambiguous gendered representation. In the game, the player has to collect coins in a maze while avoiding enemy NPCs in a similar format to the popular 1980's game Pac-Man. Regardless of the selected character, the player has the same objective to complete. We installed this game on two publicly accessible arcade machines (the Research Arcade) and left them in situ for 18 months. We collected all data regarding the character selection and player behaviour and we report the results from this study. Furthermore, we report insights from the development of the research arcade, and comment on it's effectiveness as a research tool.en_US
dc.description.sectionheadersGames and Virtual Reality
dc.description.seriesinformationComputer Graphics and Visual Computing (CGVC)
dc.identifier.doi10.2312/cgvc.20211318
dc.identifier.isbn978-3-03868-158-8
dc.identifier.pages65-71
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.2312/cgvc.20211318
dc.identifier.urihttps://diglib.eg.org:443/handle/10.2312/cgvc20211318
dc.publisherThe Eurographics Associationen_US
dc.subjectSocial and professional topics
dc.subjectGender
dc.subjectSoftware and its engineering
dc.subjectInteractive games
dc.titleAdi's Maze and the Research Arcade: A Long-term Study on the Impact of Gendered Representation on Player Preferencesen_US
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