A Computational Model of Suspense for Non-Narrative Gameplay

• Published in: Proceedings / International Conference on Information Visualisation pp. 767 - 770
• Main Authors: Bailey, Evelyn, Zhu, Ying
• Format: Conference Proceeding
• Language: English
• Published: IEEE 01.09.2020
• Subjects: Affective computing; Computational modeling; Engines; Games; Human computer interaction; Sensors; Uncertainty; Visualization
• ISSN: 2375-0138
• DOI: 10.1109/IV51561.2020.00136

In recent years, Various mechanisms have been proposed to optimize for players' emotional experience. In this paper, we focus on suspense, one of the key emotions in gameplay. Most previous research on suspense management in games focused on narratives. Instead, we propose a new computational m...