Deterding et al. [15] define "gamification" as follows: "Gamification refers to the use (rather than the extension) of design (rather than game-based technology or other game related practices) elements (rather than full-fledged games) characteristic for games (rather than play or playfulness) in non-game contexts (regardless of specific usage intentions, contexts, or media of implementation)".
As a longtime researcher of the computer gaming interests of teenage girls, I know that these are the very game characteristics that they have always yearned for.
Charsky, D. From edutainment to serious games: A change in the use of game characteristics.
Furthermore, several game characteristics increase the loss of control during a game session.
Floor location and specific game characteristics are found to affect slot machine performance.
The aim of the article is to determine which game characteristics are predominant when the solution of a game is the main target.
But while the difference in play between Barcelona and other teams is relatively easy to see, it's hard to characterize using in-game characteristics, such as goals, fouls, corners, and so on.
For example, Mildner et al. (2015) conducted a user study to investigate which game characteristics can improve user's motivation and learning success on an interactive quiz game.
One can pursue this by using stated choice experiments and DCMs to combine game characteristics and tailor them to the gamified context, thus aligning them with agents' preferences and expectations [33].
The form consists of various sections related to the player and game characteristics (e.g., ball carrier versus tackler, tackle height, type of play, etc)., the anatomical region of contact, the injury location on the field of play, the injured player's on-field management, and six possible concussion signs (see Fig. 1).
