I would like to thank my supervisor T.C.N. Without them, my studies and this research would not be possible. These results indicate that collaborative exercise video games are a promising approach to helping with exercise enjoyment and engagement, and that developers should consider incorporating multiplayer support into their exercise games.Īcknowledgements The following people have given me all that I have needed to complete this research. Most interesting, non-exercisers and exercisers found the game equally enjoyable and engaging. We discovered that the exercise enjoyment and engagement benefits of grouping do translate to exercise games: players preferred collaborative over single-player exercise games, and found our collaborative exercise game equally enjoyable and engaging in both co-located and distributed settings.
Experiments were performed using a custom exercise game, designed with game requirements intended to increase exercise motivation. We experimentally validate three properties of collaborative exercise games. This research investigates whether the motivational benefits of grouping translate to exercise games. However it is unclear whether the benefits of grouping apply to video games involving physical activity. Research in the field of exercise psychology shows that performing physical activity in groups increases exercise participation and adherence. Queen’s University Kingston, Ontario, Canada June 2008Ībstract An underlying goal of designers of some exercise video games is to increase people’s motivation to exercise. A thesis submitted to the School of Computing in conformity with the requirements for the degree of Master of Science
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