MARBOWL: Increasing the fun experience of shooting marbles

Faber, JP; Van Den Hoven, E

MARBOWL: Increasing the fun experience of shooting marbles

Faber, JP Van Den Hoven, E

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Citation:: Personal and Ubiquitous Computing, 2012, 16 (4), pp. 391 - 404
Issue Date:: 2012-04-01

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dc.contributor.author	Faber, JP	en_US
dc.contributor.author	Van Den Hoven, E https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0888-1426	en_US
dc.date.issued	2012-04-01	en_US
dc.identifier.citation	Personal and Ubiquitous Computing, 2012, 16 (4), pp. 391 - 404	en_US
dc.identifier.issn	1617-4909	en_US
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10453/29173
dc.description.abstract	This paper focuses on the old school game of shooting marbles. We investigate which aspects of this tangible game make it popular and show how experienced fun can increase by elaborating such aspects through an iterative design process. A questionnaire and field study, tailored to the user group of primary school children aged 9-12 years old, revealed that aspects within areas of physical control, surface of the playground, opponent, and stakes of the game had the biggest influence on the fun experience of shooting marbles. A gameflow model and fun toolkit were used to improve the game in these respective areas. This resulted in a moving marble hole entitled Marbowl: a tangible marble game that augments existing game aspects such as timing, distance, surface, and other physical and environmental influences. A working prototype was field tested with 24 children at a primary school. Results show that different gameflow areas like concentration needed, playability, difficulty to win the game, and amount of challenge, increased in a positive way. Together these findings concluded that compared with the original marble game, children experienced a higher level of fun while playing with Marbowl. © The Author(s) 2011.	en_US
dc.relation.ispartof	Personal and Ubiquitous Computing	en_US
dc.relation.isbasedon	10.1007/s00779-011-0405-1	en_US
dc.subject.classification	Information Systems	en_US
dc.title	MARBOWL: Increasing the fun experience of shooting marbles	en_US
dc.type	Journal Article
utslib.citation.volume	4	en_US
utslib.citation.volume	16	en_US
utslib.for	1203 Design Practice and Management	en_US
utslib.for	0806 Information Systems	en_US
utslib.for	0805 Distributed Computing	en_US
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pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney/Faculty of Engineering and Information Technology
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney/Faculty of Engineering and Information Technology/School of Computer Science
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney/Strength - CCDP - Contemporary Design Practice
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pubs.publication-status	Published	en_US
pubs.volume	16	en_US

Abstract:

This paper focuses on the old school game of shooting marbles. We investigate which aspects of this tangible game make it popular and show how experienced fun can increase by elaborating such aspects through an iterative design process. A questionnaire and field study, tailored to the user group of primary school children aged 9-12 years old, revealed that aspects within areas of physical control, surface of the playground, opponent, and stakes of the game had the biggest influence on the fun experience of shooting marbles. A gameflow model and fun toolkit were used to improve the game in these respective areas. This resulted in a moving marble hole entitled Marbowl: a tangible marble game that augments existing game aspects such as timing, distance, surface, and other physical and environmental influences. A working prototype was field tested with 24 children at a primary school. Results show that different gameflow areas like concentration needed, playability, difficulty to win the game, and amount of challenge, increased in a positive way. Together these findings concluded that compared with the original marble game, children experienced a higher level of fun while playing with Marbowl. © The Author(s) 2011.

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