Buch, Englisch, 152 Seiten, Cloth Over Boards, Format (B × H): 143 mm x 211 mm, Gewicht: 326 g
Reihe: Playful Thinking
Loss Aversion and Game Design
Buch, Englisch, 152 Seiten, Cloth Over Boards, Format (B × H): 143 mm x 211 mm, Gewicht: 326 g
Reihe: Playful Thinking
ISBN: 978-0-262-04353-3
Verlag: MIT Press Ltd
Loss aversion is a profound aspect of human psychology, and directly relevant to game design; it is a tool the game designer can use to elicit particular emotions in players. Engelstein connects the psychology of loss aversion to a range of phenomena related to games, exploring, for example, the endowment effect—why, when an object is ours, it gains value over an equivalent object that is not ours—as seen in the Weighted Companion Cube in the game Portal; the framing of gains and losses to manipulate player emotions; Deal or No Deal's use of the utility theory; and regret and competence as motivations, seen in the context of legacy games. Finally, Engelstein examines the approach to Loss Aversion in three games by Uwe Rosenberg, charting the designer's increasing mastery.