A design framework for awareness cues in distributed multiplayer games

• Main Authors: WUERTZ, Jason, ALHARTHI, Sultan A., HAMILTON, William A., BATEMAN, Scott, TANG, Anthony, HAMMER, Jessica
• Format: text
• Language: English
• Published: Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University 2018
• Subjects: Awareness cues; Distributed multiplayer games; Game design; Situation awareness; Workspace awareness; Information Security
• Online Access: https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/sis_research/7909
• Institution: Singapore Management University

In the physical world, teammates develop situation awareness about each other's location, status, and actions through cues such as gaze direction and ambient noise. To support situation awareness, distributed multiplayer games provide awareness cues - information that games automatically make a...