2 papers
cs.HC2026
Struggle as Flow: Challenge, Design, and Experience in Soulslike Games
Zhehao Sun, Yuanyuan Xu, Chi Zhen +5
While traditional game design prioritizes friction-free accessibility, the Soulslike subgenre has achieved commercial dominance through punishing difficulty and frequent failure. T…
cs.HC2026
Mapping Ecological Empathy: A Semantic Network Analysis of Player Perceptions in 3D Environmental Education Games
Yuanyuan Xu, Zhehao Sun, Chi Zhen +5
As the global climate crisis intensifies, 3D video games have emerged as powerful, interactive simulations for Environmental Education (EE). However, empirical assessment of their…