Developing Effective Research Methodologies for the Evaluation of Player Experiences of Gamers with Disabilities

虽然电子游戏非常受欢迎，而且玩电子游戏对健康有积极的影响，但对于大量残疾玩家来说，这些游戏仍然难以接触。理解这些玩家所面临的用户体验和可用性问题通常具有挑战性；这些玩家通常很难招募到，大型工作室进行的传统实验室研究环境往往难以适应玩家的特定残疾。该项目旨在通过调查其他研究方法来解决这些问题，这些方法可以用于检查残疾玩家的用户体验，包括调查、日记研究和远程游戏测试。

While video gaming is very popular and video game play has been associated with a positive impact on well being, these games are still often inaccessible for a large number of gamers with disabilities. Understanding the user experience, and usability issues that these players face is often logistically challenging; these players are often difficult to recruit, and the environment of the traditional lab based research conducted by larger studios often struggles to accomodate the players specific disabilities. This project aims to address these issues by investigating alternative research methods that can be deployed to examine the user experiences of gamers with disabilities, including surveys, diary studies, and remote playtesting.