Immersion and Flow

Step into the Magic CircleÅsa Roos

Senior UX Designer

Avalanche Studios

Who am I?

• Level designer, game designer, producer and UX designer

• 14 years experience in the games industry

• Small and large companies, short and long projects

• Current - Avalanche Studios, working on Mad Max

Johan Huizinga[ˈjoːɦɑn ˈɦœyzɪŋɣaː]

Homo Ludens

Player Experience of Needs Satisfaction (PENS)Scott Rigby, Richard Ryan

• Competence

• Autonomy

• Relatedness

Player Experience of Needs Satisfaction (PENS)Scott Rigby, Richard Ryan

• Competence

• Autonomy

• Relatedness

• Identity

Competence

Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi[ˈmiːhaɪ ˌtʃiːksɛntməˈhaɪ.iː]

Flow

Autonomy

Relatedness

Identity

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