Player profiling is a popular research area in computer gaming but it is especially important for interactive storytelling (IS) systems. In this article our aim is: (1) to real-time profile players ...by constantly monitoring player actions, (2) to define pattern (sequence of player actions) types for profiling, (3) to match patterns rapidly, and (4) to define the relationship between matched patterns and player profiles by pattern-motivation pairings. We defined complex pattern samples for profiling and developed a C++ profiler for an Interactive Storytelling project that matches user actions to these patterns.
Computer game design is not only about algorithms, scripts and logic. Games are interactive environments and gamers are humans, so it should be remembered that gamer interaction is a social ...phenomenon ve the psychological components that underlie the concept of stepping into an alternative reality can not be ignored. The realism, playability, understandability, believability of the virtual world and player enjoyment are important design requirements. The player should feel himself in the world mediated by the computer and should belive that he/she exists there. The player should also feel a sense of control over the events and should think that he/she can affect the virtual environment. Looking into a game from the player's perspective is very important if your aim is to design the games that players want, not the games that the designers want to design.
