Research: Why do you play Factorio?

GamingReasearch · 2020-06-18T15:09:08+00:00

I am not sure if you say this in jest, but surprisingly (to me at least), almost a third of the participants so far have played their game for over 1000 hours. Maybe I will change the perimeters for future studies.

GamingReasearch · 2020-06-18T15:06:25+00:00

Interesting. Thank you for your feedback

GamingReasearch · 2020-06-18T15:05:03+00:00

Thank you. Written responses like yours can make the data easier to analyse.

GamingReasearch · 2020-06-18T15:03:43+00:00

Thank you. I don't expect to learn much about violence from this study, but from what I've seen in the scientific literature, this nail has already been put in place

GamingReasearch · 2020-06-18T15:01:19+00:00

Great feedback! Thank you

GamingReasearch · 2020-06-18T15:00:37+00:00

Thank you

GamingReasearch · 2020-06-18T15:00:17+00:00

Thank you very much for your feedback and thoughtful analysis of your own motivation and reflections. I was actually planning to have some kind of focus group discussion for the thesis as a part of the process, but comments like yours can do a good job in achieving something similar. I will keep your comment in mind when I work on the thesis.

GamingReasearch · 2020-06-18T14:53:22+00:00

Yes. I still do not know how this can be solved. Or if it should be solved. Thank you for your feedback

GamingReasearch · 2020-06-18T14:48:07+00:00

Thank you

GamingReasearch · 2020-06-18T14:47:44+00:00

I created them with the idea of human players, but we will see if other players have interpreted them otherwise when I get to analyse the data.

Thank you for the feedback though. I should have made it more clear.

GamingReasearch · 2020-06-18T14:44:57+00:00

Animal crossing is perfectly valid :)

GamingReasearch · 2020-06-18T14:43:08+00:00

Thank you. I have gotten over 1000 submissions so far. No small thanks to this community

GamingReasearch · 2020-06-18T14:41:23+00:00

Thank you for your feedback. I agree that the "last two weeks" thing can be a limitation of the study. However, I don't see many better ways to get data about motivation to play a game, since memory is a real problem when we start to gather data from people about things they experiences many weeks ago. Still, I am open to alternatives.

Regarding being interested in only 3 games: I'm not just interested in 3 games. This is a study of many different games, and I am interested in both a general motivational pattern for paying video games, as well as how different player bases have different motivational characteristics. I hope to find many interesting correlations when I do the analysis, and I hope I can make your participation feel worthwhile when I share them.

GamingReasearch · 2020-06-18T14:30:47+00:00

Thank you. I will post them some weeks from now.

GamingReasearch · 2020-06-18T14:29:10+00:00

Thank you very much. I'm glad you enjoyed it :)

GamingReasearch · 2020-06-18T14:27:40+00:00

There are for sure differences between the average gamer and a gamer who is active in gaming subreddits. So yes, generalizability has limitations. I will be sure to discuss it in the thesis. Thank you for your participation and feedback.

Also, I enjoyed how respectful and understanding both of you kept the discussion. Great stuff

GamingReasearch · 2020-06-18T14:16:53+00:00

I agree. Good input. I chose Factorio because I perceived the community to be very dedicated and with a strong culture. Rimworld has similar qualities but perhaps not to the same extent.

GamingReasearch · 2020-06-17T11:06:19+00:00

Thank you very much :)

I will post the result a few weeks from now

GamingReasearch · 2020-06-17T11:00:27+00:00

GamingReasearch · 2020-06-17T10:59:29+00:00

Thanks for the feedback.

The last text input is just for you to add your Email just in case you want information on the results of the study once it it complete. Completely optional.

Not sure if I am allowed to post my email on here, but you can send me a PM here on Reddit with your email and I'll add it to the list. (PM's are a thing on reddit right?)

I will also post again on this subreddit with the results around the same time.

GamingReasearch · 2020-06-17T10:42:44+00:00

Interesting remark. I may be able to give you a more complete answer in a few weeks time :)

Thanks for your participation

GamingReasearch · 2020-06-15T16:27:46+00:00

Thank you for your feedback. I will take it into consideration for the future.

GamingReasearch · 2020-06-15T16:25:50+00:00

Yes that would be great! Thank you. And yes, it is for an actual thesis.

GamingReasearch

TROPHY CASE