lewster32 Posted June 9, 2016 Share Posted June 9, 2016 (edited) My girlfriend is studying a Master's Degree in Clinical Psychology and as part of her dissertation I have worked with her to produce a game as part of her study. Falling back on what I know and love, I've put this together in Phaser using a combination of my own artwork and assets from OpenGameArt.org (all credited in the unminified, reasonably well commented source). Please be aware that we only have approval to use the data from UK citizens, but if you were to play from outside of the UK we do have the ability to verify locations so don't worry too much about that. We may change the entry requirements to be more forgiving in this regard for those curious but concerned that they're not UK-based. You can play the game (and thus participate in the study, helping both a student of psychology and indeed the rest of the world by contributing valuable data to an important research area!) here: http://www.udof.org/hcorby/ The inspiration for the game is partly Zelda, Soleil and other such oldschool RPGs. The game should take around 10 minutes or less to complete, and is followed by a short questionnaire session. There's also a chance to win some Amazon vouchers for successfully completing the game and the questionnaires (please remember to submit your email address at the end). No data collected will be passed on to third parties or sold, and will be used only for academic research purposes - email addresses will only be used to contact the winners of the prize draw and will be subsequently discarded. Thanks for reading and we hope you play and have fun! Edited June 10, 2016 by lewster32 Added UK info. ecv and WombatTurkey 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
staff0rd Posted June 10, 2016 Share Posted June 10, 2016 Aw man, I wanna give it a shot, but one of the checkboxes says "confirm I live in the UK". If I click that will I screw the data? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WombatTurkey Posted June 10, 2016 Share Posted June 10, 2016 Just finished! "You were in the control condition" Pretty fun game too, I liked the water and cloud levels. I like the motive behind this study as well, I won't spoil it for others they can find out at the end Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lewster32 Posted June 10, 2016 Author Share Posted June 10, 2016 Sorry guys and gals, forgot to mention it's a UK-based study but you shouldn't mess the data up if you happen to play it anyway; we have ways and means of verifying the entries Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Umz Posted June 10, 2016 Share Posted June 10, 2016 I was in the Control Condition? I'm going to assume that makes me a hoarder I had no need for anything other than 5 stars, but I had to collect everything I saw! More because I always aim for 100% completion when playing games. It's more about doing everything! I'm sure this has some accuracy towards my natural tendencies, and should be of help! The questionnaire was a little difficult. What if not all of the clutter is mine? Also. I really REALLY loved that tree knocking feature. I was smashing into them long after everything had been collected, haha, that game was really really well made! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WombatTurkey Posted June 10, 2016 Share Posted June 10, 2016 27 minutes ago, Umz said: always aim for 100% completion when playing games. It's more about doing everything! Ha, I was a control condition and I only grabbed the fewest stars needed to complete, weird Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Umz Posted June 11, 2016 Share Posted June 11, 2016 On 10/06/2016 at 0:20 PM, WombatTurkey said: Ha, I was a control condition and I only grabbed the fewest stars needed to complete, weird Haha, it's all a rouse! They're going to tell everyone they were in Control Condition while hiding the real truth for the thesis! WombatTurkey 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
icp Posted June 11, 2016 Share Posted June 11, 2016 I always collected 5 stars because I'm lazy and I wanted to finish the game as fast as possible . Does the study check for OCD? WombatTurkey 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ecv Posted June 17, 2016 Share Posted June 17, 2016 I collected everything, just because the instructions could have been purposefully misleading and there might have been an extra reward for other items/extra stars in the end, or they might be needed. I missed the first star and another item on the sky stage and this annoyed me cause the change to a sidescroller was unexpected. I classified as a scarcity/IDKwhatelse condition. I completed the questionnaire but didn't submit my email, cause anyways I don't live in the UK. Anyways, it was quite an interesting experiment. I'd go as far as to say this kind of game-tests could be a lot more appealing and usable than other psychology tests, as it may be difficult for the patient to asses what they're really being tested for. Umz 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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