Morgan HanephinOpen-World Events Create Engaging & Genuine Player ExperiencesKeywords: Open-World Events, Immersion, Player Engagement, Self-Determination Theory’s 3-part Model, Motivation, Attention Cues, Long-Term…12 min read·Aug 21, 2023----
Morgan HanephinCreating Systems that Invoke Diegetic Motives Enhance RPG’s Player-Character ConnectionKeywords: Diegetic Motives, RPG, Player-Character Connection, Systems, Immersion, Engagement5 min read·Jun 5, 2023----
Morgan HanephinAffordance Advertisements Can Contribute to a Better Understanding of Game MechanicsKeywords: Affordance, Affordance Advertisements, Anchors, Recall, Recognition5 min read·May 11, 2023----
Morgan HanephinKnowledge Cues Contribute to Players’ Understanding EventsKEYWORDS: Event Cues, Knowledge Cues, Awareness, Situational Awareness, Visual Semantics5 min read·Mar 17, 2023----
Morgan HanephinAtmospheric Cues Allow Players to Interpret DistanceKeywords: Perception, Monocular Cue, Contrast, Atmospheric, Mechanics, Dynamics, Aesthetics, Goals, Feedback, Interpretation5 min read·Feb 24, 2023----
Morgan HanephinMonocular Cues can be used to Navigate PlayersKeywords: Monocular Cue, Perception, Light, Darkness, Contrast5 min read·Feb 21, 2023----
Morgan HanephinMarvel’s Spider-Man: Miles Morales: New Side Mission One-Page PitchDesign a side mission for Marvel’s Spider-Man: Miles Morales. This new side quest must support the game’s overall core experience of…5 min read·Oct 17, 2022----
Morgan HanephinSuccessful Adventure GamesThe goal and focus of this research was to find what made a successful adventure game using the Focus Group Method.4 min read·Oct 11, 2022----
Morgan HanephinAvatar Customizations Create Immersive GamesGame features that allow you to manipulate or change the character you are playing visually can create a more immersive game experience. As…2 min read·Oct 11, 2022----
Morgan HanephinSubtitles in Games Allow for Better Player Engagements & AwarenessMany games have a lot of things running at once such as ambiance music, the sound of player movement, and more noises. This can make it…2 min read·Oct 11, 2022----
