Course: Game Psychology: Understanding Player Mentality and Game Design

Cognitive Functions:The brain processes and analyzes information from various sensory inputs such as vision, hearing, and touch. It helps players recognize objects, characters, and dynamics within the game environment, and …

Dr. Tom Murphy from CMU once wrote an AI program capable of playing the game Super Mario Bros. The `algorithm he used is a type of machine learning. You can …

Have you or your friends ever lamented that some games transform in-game activities into what feels like a job? The continuous demands of daily quests, grinding for resources, or maintaining …

If you’ve chosen to take this course, chances are that you enjoy playing games. What kind of games do you like to play? Do you have friends who are playing …

Welcome to the course from the Communication University of China. I am Professor Chen Jingwei and I have taught game psychology courses to students majoring in game design for over …

In the next four weeks, we will explore the principles of psychology used in game design from three distinct perspectives: Week 1. The cognitive viewpoint, encompassing mainly the areas of …

Cognition refers to the advanced neural functions of the brain that involve the processes of acquiring, processing, storing, retrieving, and applying knowledge. It encompasses a wide range of mental activities, …

The process of playing games is a process of the brain working hard, accompanied by a large amount of cognitive work. We can receive visual, auditory, and tactile information transmitted …

Many intriguing games rely on innovative gameplay to offer players novel experiences. In the process of designers’ creative thinking, there are numerous sources of inspiration, one of which includes various …

I highly recommend that everyone consider Game Studies and Games and Culture as platforms for future engagement with game studies. Both of them play crucial roles in the field of …

Why do we start playing games? Like engaging in any other activity, the initiation of playing games always stems from motivation. Motivation theory in psychology explores what drives human behavior …

If you have extensive experience with various types of games and an affinity for psychological knowledge, you might have noticed long before this course that the shadow of a famous …

Likewise, with the misperception of Mario breaking bricks with his head, players who have gone through the 8-bit era may be able to feel the progression of video game visual …

Memory, from a cognitive psychology standpoint, is a complex system that involves encoding, storage, and retrieval of information. It is not a static repository but a dynamic and constructive process. …

As mentioned earlier, vision is the primary channel through which we acquire most of our information, yet sound in games also conveys information and possesses artistic merit, much like visuals …