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== '''Part 1: project profile''' ==
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{{Project
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| title=Affective VideoGames
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| tutor=SimoneTognetti;AndreaBonarini;MatteoMatteucci
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| students=AndreaTommasoBonanno
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| resarea=BioSignal Analysis
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| restopic=Affective Computing
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| start=2008/11/14
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| end=2009/06/09
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| level=Ms
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| type=Thesis
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| status=Active
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| image=
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}}
  
=== Project name ===
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=== Project description ===
Affective VideoGames
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=== Project short description ===
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In this project we try to develop a software that can adapt a behaviour of an interactive videogame (a car game like TORCS or a similar parametrizable game), to do this we will use some measure based on excitement of the player, analizing biological signal to valuate the emotional state.
 
In this project we try to develop a software that can adapt a behaviour of an interactive videogame (a car game like TORCS or a similar parametrizable game), to do this we will use some measure based on excitement of the player, analizing biological signal to valuate the emotional state.
 
The goal is to maximize the fun and reducing the boring of the player, adapting the difficulty of the videogame.
 
The goal is to maximize the fun and reducing the boring of the player, adapting the difficulty of the videogame.
  
=== Dates ===
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The first part of the project will consist of the analysis of a set of VideoGames. In particular two/three different available open source games will be studied in order to receive feedbacks from the player(in terms of excitement), finding out which one is the most suitable for the goal of the project: the one potentially affecting most the player's emotions.
Start date: 2008/11/14
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The games that will be analyzed for this first stage of the project will be the following:
  
End date: 2009/06/09
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- a puzzle/action 3d game called Beaver Valley;
  
=== People involved ===
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- TORCS (driving simulator);
  
===== Project head(s) =====
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- the music video game called Frets on Fire.
Matteo Matteucci [[User:MatteoMatteucci]]
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===== Other Politecnico di Milano people =====
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These games will be studied through their source code and configurations in order to identify how and where to change the key parameters of the game in response to player's emotions.
Simone Tognetti [[User:SimoneTognetti]]
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In order to perform this study the ProComp sensing system will be used in order to analize biological signals and then to evaluate the emotional state of the player.
  
===== Students currently working on the project =====
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More details on the project are available under the discussion tab.
  
Andrea Tommaso Bonanno [[User:AndreaTommasoBonanno]]
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===== Students that worked on the project =====
  
Andrea Campana [[User:AndreaCampana]]
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Andrea Campana [[User:AndreaCampana]] (project work)
  
 
=== Laboratory work and risk analysis ===
 
=== Laboratory work and risk analysis ===
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Potentially risky activities are the following:
 
Potentially risky activities are the following:
 
* Use of high-voltage circuits. Special gloves and a current limiter will be used.
 
* Use of high-voltage circuits. Special gloves and a current limiter will be used.
 
== '''Part 2: project description''' ==
 
The first part of the project will consist of the analysis of a set of VideoGames. In particular two/three different available open source games will be studied in order to receive feedbacks from the player(in terms of excitement), finding out which one is the most suitable for the goal of the project: the one potentially affecting most the player's emotions.
 
The games that will be analyzed for this first stage of the project will be the following:
 
 
- a puzzle/action 3d game called Beaver Valley;
 
 
- TORCS (driving simulator);
 
 
- the music video game called Frets on Fire.
 
 
These games will be studied through their source code and configurations in order to identify how and where to change the key parameters of the game in response to player's emotions.
 
In order to perform this study the ProComp sensing system will be used in order to analize biological signals and then to evaluate the emotional state of the player.
 
 
More details on the project are available under the discussion tab.
 

Revision as of 17:26, 29 July 2009

Affective VideoGames
Coordinator:
Tutor: SimoneTognetti (tognetti@elet.polimi.it), AndreaBonarini (andrea.bonarini@polimi.it), MatteoMatteucci (matteo.matteucci@polimi.it)
Collaborator:
Students: AndreaTommasoBonanno (andreat.bonanno@gmail.com)
Research Area: BioSignal Analysis
Research Topic: Affective Computing
Start: 2008/11/14
End: 2009/06/09
Status: Active
Level: Ms
Type: Thesis

Project description

In this project we try to develop a software that can adapt a behaviour of an interactive videogame (a car game like TORCS or a similar parametrizable game), to do this we will use some measure based on excitement of the player, analizing biological signal to valuate the emotional state. The goal is to maximize the fun and reducing the boring of the player, adapting the difficulty of the videogame.

The first part of the project will consist of the analysis of a set of VideoGames. In particular two/three different available open source games will be studied in order to receive feedbacks from the player(in terms of excitement), finding out which one is the most suitable for the goal of the project: the one potentially affecting most the player's emotions. The games that will be analyzed for this first stage of the project will be the following:

- a puzzle/action 3d game called Beaver Valley;

- TORCS (driving simulator);

- the music video game called Frets on Fire.

These games will be studied through their source code and configurations in order to identify how and where to change the key parameters of the game in response to player's emotions. In order to perform this study the ProComp sensing system will be used in order to analize biological signals and then to evaluate the emotional state of the player.

More details on the project are available under the discussion tab.

Students that worked on the project

Andrea Campana User:AndreaCampana (project work)

Laboratory work and risk analysis

Laboratory work for this project will be mainly performed at AIRLab/Lambrate. It will include significant amounts of mechanical work as well as of electrical and electronic activity. Potentially risky activities are the following:

  • Use of high-voltage circuits. Special gloves and a current limiter will be used.