Exergames, as one might infer from the name, are a combination of exercise and games. As such, they stimulate players to perform certain behaviours by providing them with engaging game mechanics (Whitehead, Johnston, Nixon, & Welch, 2010). While they can be used during physiotherapeutic rehabilitation …

With the increased adoption of real-time objective measurements of player experience, advances have been made in characterising the dynamically changing aspects of the player experience during gameplay itself. A direct coupling to player action, however, is not without challenges. Many physiological …

Pressure at play: measuring player approach and avoidance through the keyboard.With the increased adoption of real-time objective measurements of player experience, advances have been made in characterising the dynamically changing aspects of the player experience during gameplay itself. A direct coupling …

Invited talk.

Conceptpresentatie voor Saganet (Nederlandse vereniging voor simulatie en gaming) met onder andere een praktijkvoorbeeld uit Zuid Soedan.

Poster and poster presentation for internal/external KCO profiling meeting.

Experimental setup of motivating physiotherapy clients to perform balancing exercises at home through the use of a game with custom ‘wobble board’ hardware and iPadaccelerometer data.

Scrum.Presentatie op Indie Gameleon Festival te Groningen, 8-11 maart 2013Of je nu indie of professional bent, bij het ontwikkelen van games groeit het idee doorgaans tijdens het ontwikkelen. Reacties van jezelf, vrienden of testgroepen leiden tot nieuwe inzichten. Traditionele, lineaire projectmethodes …

The use of games as interventions in the domain of health care is of-ten paired with evaluating the effects in randomized clinical trials. The iterative design and development process of games usually also involves an evaluation phase, aimed at identifying improvements for subsequent iterations. Since …