Using your friends: social mechanics in social games
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Using_Your_Friends.pdf
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Author(s)
Consalvo, Mia
Date Issued
June 2011
Journal
Proceedings of the 6th International Conference on Foundations of Digital Games (FDG '11)
Publisher
Association for Computing Machinery (ACM)
Citation
Mia Consalvo. 2011. Using your friends: social mechanics in social games. In Proceedings of the 6th International Conference on Foundations of Digital Games (FDG '11). ACM, New York, NY, USA, 188-195.
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Author's final manuscript
Abstract
This paper analyzes the social mechanics in top social games. It identifies several mechanisms by which social games encourage sociality: the friend bar, gifting, visiting, challenge/competition, and communication. Different implementations of these components result in varying gameplay experiences. However, no mechanics were found to offer very deep or sustained social interactions between players.
MIT Department
Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Program in Comparative Media Studies/Writing
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https://doi.org/10.1145/2159365.2159391
