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C OGNITIVE F LOW:
T HE P SYCHOLOGY OF G REAT
G AME D ESIGN
C OGNITIVE F LOW

   You sit down, ready to get in a few minutes of
    gaming. Hours pass and you suddenly become
    aware that you're making ridiculous faces and
    moving like a contortionist while trying to reach
    that new high score. You ask yourself: Where did
    the time go?
C OGNITIVE F LOW

   These heightened levels of engagement have
    been studied by psychologists. They even have a
    name for it: Cognitive Flow.
I NTRODUCTION

               He found that a person's skill and the difficulty of
                a task interact to result in different cognitive and
                emotional states.




Figure 1: Flow, boredom, and anxiety as they relate to task difficulty and user skill level. Adapted from Csikszentmihalyi, 1990.
I NTRODUCTION

   While in these states, people experience:
       Extreme focus on a task.
       A sense of active control.
       Merging of action and awareness.
       Loss of self-awareness.
       Distortion of the experience of time.
       The experience of the task being the only
        necessary justification for continuing it.
I NTRODUCTION

   Increasing the probability of Flow states.
       Have concrete goals with manageable rules.

       Demand actions to achieve goals that fit within
        the person's capabilities.

       Have clear and timely feedback on performance
        and goal accomplishment.

       Diminish extraneous distraction, thus facilitating
        concentration.
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Cognitive flow

  • 1. C OGNITIVE F LOW: T HE P SYCHOLOGY OF G REAT G AME D ESIGN
  • 2. C OGNITIVE F LOW  You sit down, ready to get in a few minutes of gaming. Hours pass and you suddenly become aware that you're making ridiculous faces and moving like a contortionist while trying to reach that new high score. You ask yourself: Where did the time go?
  • 3. C OGNITIVE F LOW  These heightened levels of engagement have been studied by psychologists. They even have a name for it: Cognitive Flow.
  • 4. I NTRODUCTION  He found that a person's skill and the difficulty of a task interact to result in different cognitive and emotional states. Figure 1: Flow, boredom, and anxiety as they relate to task difficulty and user skill level. Adapted from Csikszentmihalyi, 1990.
  • 5. I NTRODUCTION  While in these states, people experience:  Extreme focus on a task.  A sense of active control.  Merging of action and awareness.  Loss of self-awareness.  Distortion of the experience of time.  The experience of the task being the only necessary justification for continuing it.
  • 6. I NTRODUCTION  Increasing the probability of Flow states.  Have concrete goals with manageable rules.  Demand actions to achieve goals that fit within the person's capabilities.  Have clear and timely feedback on performance and goal accomplishment.  Diminish extraneous distraction, thus facilitating concentration.