Experience is the central factor by which the success of a game is measured. Therefore an early evaluation of the game experience and the correct integration of players from the target group is essential. Our AIT experts from the Center for Technology Experience offer scientifically based evaluations in all project phases of game development: from the initial evaluation of the game idea and the comparison of potential game concepts to the integration of new, exciting forms of interaction and usability, user and game experience playtesting of games and game prototypes.
Simone Kriglstein wrote a guest article for Profil's games column "Spielwiese" in which she explains why the analysis of games is so important and what possibilities and methods are available for testing (video) games.
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Simone Kriglstein is a scientist at the AIT Austrian Institute of Technology (Center for Technology Experience) and at the University of Vienna (Faculty of Computer Science). Her focus is on the design and evaluation of user interfaces and interaction methods for games. Her work has been presented at national and international conferences such as the SIGCHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems and has been published in journals such as Computer & Graphics and Computers in Human Behavior. Kriglstein has received several awards for the games she co-developed as well as for her work in the field of game research, including second place at the German Game Developer Award 2006 in the category Newcomer.
AIT-Contact: Simone Kriglstein