TY - GEN
T1 - Exploring the association between engagement with location-based game features and getting inspired about environmental issues and nature
AU - Kordyaka, Bastian
AU - Laato, Samuli
AU - Weber, Sebastian
AU - Hamari, Juho
AU - Niehaves, Bjoern
PY - 2024/5/11
Y1 - 2024/5/11
N2 - Today, millions worldwide play popular location-based games (LBGs) such as Pokémon GO. LBGs are designed to be played outdoors, and past research has shown that they can incentivize players to travel to nature. To further explore this nature-connection, we investigated via a mixed-methods approach the connections between engagement with LBGs, inspiration and environmental awareness as follows. First, we identified relevant gamification features in Study 1. Based on the insights, we built a survey that we sent to Pokémon GO players (N=311) in Study 2. The results showed that (a) social networking features, reminders, and virtual objects were the most relevant gamification features to explain inspired by playing Pokémon GO and that (b) inspired to outdoor engagement partially mediated the relationship between inspired by playing Pokémon GO and environmental awareness. These results warrant further investigations into whether LBGs could motivate pro-environment attitudes and inspire people to care for nature.
AB - Today, millions worldwide play popular location-based games (LBGs) such as Pokémon GO. LBGs are designed to be played outdoors, and past research has shown that they can incentivize players to travel to nature. To further explore this nature-connection, we investigated via a mixed-methods approach the connections between engagement with LBGs, inspiration and environmental awareness as follows. First, we identified relevant gamification features in Study 1. Based on the insights, we built a survey that we sent to Pokémon GO players (N=311) in Study 2. The results showed that (a) social networking features, reminders, and virtual objects were the most relevant gamification features to explain inspired by playing Pokémon GO and that (b) inspired to outdoor engagement partially mediated the relationship between inspired by playing Pokémon GO and environmental awareness. These results warrant further investigations into whether LBGs could motivate pro-environment attitudes and inspire people to care for nature.
UR - https://doi.org/10.1145/3613904.3642786
U2 - 10.1145/3613904.3642786
DO - 10.1145/3613904.3642786
M3 - Published conference proceeding
T3 - Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems - Proceedings
SP - 1
EP - 15
BT - Proceedings of the 2024 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Sytems
PB - ACM
ER -