Play, watch, analyze, repeat: How do players develop
competitive gaming skills?

J 2025

Play, watch, analyze, repeat: How do players develop competitive gaming skills?

WALLNER, Günter; Aakash JOHRY; Marnix van WIJLAND; Regina BERNHAUPT; Simone KRIGLSTEIN et al.

Základní údaje

Originální název

Play, watch, analyze, repeat: How do players develop competitive gaming skills?

Autoři

WALLNER, Günter; Aakash JOHRY; Marnix van WIJLAND; Regina BERNHAUPT a Simone KRIGLSTEIN

Vydání

Entertainment Computing, Elsevier, 2025, 1875-9521

Další údaje

Jazyk

angličtina

Typ výsledku

Článek v odborném periodiku

Obor

10200 1.2 Computer and information sciences

Stát vydavatele

Nizozemské království

Utajení

není předmětem státního či obchodního tajemství

Odkazy

URL

Impakt faktor

Impact factor: 2.400 v roce 2024

Označené pro přenos do RIV

Ano

Kód RIV

RIV/00216224:14330/25:00140442

Organizační jednotka

Fakulta informatiky

Klíčová slova anglicky

Games; Players; Competitive gaming; Gaming skills; Self-efficacy

Příznaky

Mezinárodní význam, Recenzováno

Změněno: 1. 4. 2026 10:40, RNDr. Pavel Šmerk, Ph.D.

Anotace

V originále

Players usually have a strong desire to improve their game-specific skills to perform well in a game. A desire which has been further reinforced by the increase of multiplayer games and the rise of competitive gaming. While research on learning through games is extensive, work on how players gain expertise in competitive games is less common. This paper presents an exploratory mixed-methods study examining how players learn to play video games across three competitive game genres and which factors influence their self-efficacy. Our results show that the approaches to learning as well as influential factors on self-efficacy are largely independent across the investigated genres. Moreover, learning to play extends beyond the act of play itself and is strongly reflective and social. Based on the results, we discuss high-level characteristics of learning and self-efficacy which can serve as a starting point for future research and design interventions aimed at supporting learning processes of players.

Citovat

WALLNER, Günter; Aakash JOHRY; Marnix van WIJLAND; Regina BERNHAUPT a Simone KRIGLSTEIN. Play, watch, analyze, repeat: How do players develop competitive gaming skills? Entertainment Computing. Elsevier, 2025, roč. 52, č. 52, s. 1-14. ISSN 1875-9521. Dostupné z: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.entcom.2024.100908.

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WALLNER, Günter; Aakash JOHRY; Marnix van WIJLAND; Regina BERNHAUPT a Simone KRIGLSTEIN. Play, watch, analyze, repeat: How do players develop competitive gaming skills? \textit{Entertainment Computing}. Elsevier, 2025, roč.~52, č.~52, s.~1-14. ISSN~1875-9521. Dostupné z: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.entcom.2024.100908.

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