| dc.contributor.author | Consalvo, Mia | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2015-12-21T18:50:51Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2015-12-21T18:50:51Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2011-06 | |
| dc.identifier.isbn | 9781450308045 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/100463 | |
| dc.description.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. | en_US |
| dc.language.iso | en_US | |
| dc.publisher | Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) | en_US |
| dc.relation.isversionof | http://dx.doi.org/10.1145/2159365.2159391 | en_US |
| dc.rights | Article is made available in accordance with the publisher's policy and may be subject to US copyright law. Please refer to the publisher's site for terms of use. | en_US |
| dc.source | MIT web domain | en_US |
| dc.title | Using your friends: social mechanics in social games | en_US |
| dc.type | Article | en_US |
| dc.identifier.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. | en_US |
| dc.contributor.department | Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Program in Comparative Media Studies/Writing | |
| dc.contributor.mitauthor | Consalvo, Mia | en_US |
| dc.relation.journal | Proceedings of the 6th International Conference on Foundations of Digital Games (FDG '11) | en_US |
| dc.eprint.version | Author's final manuscript | en_US |
| dc.type.uri | http://purl.org/eprint/type/ConferencePaper | en_US |
| eprint.status | http://purl.org/eprint/status/NonPeerReviewed | en_US |
| dspace.orderedauthors | Consalvo, Mia | en_US |
| mit.license | PUBLISHER_POLICY | en_US |
| mit.metadata.status | Complete | |
