Game Craft Conference 2017 John Uke - “The influence of a human personality on his preferences and decisions in games” Сайт: http://gamecraftconf.com FB page: http://fb.com/GameCraftConference

1. The Influence of Personality on
Decisions and Preferences in Games
John Uke

2. Personality Frameworks
Aesthetics of Play - What is fun for us
MBTI/Socionics - How we do things
Enneagram - Why we do things

3. Aesthetics of Play
● Invented for designers to make games
● What is fun
● Mechanics -> Dynamics -> Aesthetics

4. Discovery ● Open world
● Hidden
content
● Big levels

5. Sense Pleasure ● Interesting
graphics
● Engaging
● Good music

6. Roleplay ● Pretending
● Often social
● Flexible

7. Fellowship ● Social
● Cooperative

8. Story ● Human drama

9. Challenge ● Obstacle
course
● Increasing
difficulty

10. Expression ● Making Art
● Being
yourself

11. Casual ● Progress over
time
● Relaxing

12. Competition ● Dominance
● Feeling
superior

13. ● How we do things
● used in work and dating
Jungian Types - MBTI / Socionics

15. Rationals - NT
● Strategy games
● Open world
● Singleplayer
● Most tricky
● Prefer attacking
● Play mages
● Finish campaigns

16. Guardians - SJ
● Card games
● Balanced tastes
● Anti-open world
● Least games
● Play defense
● Maintain interest
● Least watch eSports

17. Idealists - NF
● Love RPG’s
● Like open world games
● Play support
● Trustworthy
● Browser, mobile,
and hand-held games

18. Artisans - SP
● Love Sports + FPS
● Multiplayer focused
● Love tabletop games
● Don’t finish games
● Balanced roles
● Physical classes

19. Enneagram
● Why we do things (fear-based)
● How we express love
● Friends - similar types
● Partners - different Types

21. Questions?