Lennart E. Nacke

97 papers · ORCID · OpenAlex

Affiliations over time

University of WaterlooCanada2015–2026 · 74
Ontario Tech UniversityCanada2012–2015 · 20
Lakeridge HealthCanada2012 · 1
University of SaskatchewanCanada2011 · 3

Frequent co-authors

Papers

Theory, Experience, and Instinct: How AAA Game Studio UX Leaders Navigate Pre-ProductionCHI Games & Play 2026
Beyond Competitive Gaming: How Casual Players Evaluate and Respond to Teammate PerformanceCHI PLAY 2025
Designing Biofeedback Board Games: The Impact of Heart Rate on Player ExperienceCHI Games & Play 2025
ExerCube vs. Virtual Reality: A Comparative Study of Exergame Technologies for Older AdultsCHI PLAY 2025
First Interdisciplinary Workshop for Human-Computer Narrative Interactions (HCNI)CHI PLAY 2025
From Solo to Social: Exploring the Dynamics of Player Cooperation in a Co-located Cooperative ExergameCHI Games & Play 2025
Support Autonomy: Exploring Player Perspectives on AI-Supported Onboarding in Video GamesCHI Games & Play 2025
Computer-based Deceptive Game Design in Commercial Virtual Reality Games: A Preliminary InvestigationCHI PLAY 2024
Culture Clash: When Deceptive Design Meets Diverse Player ExpectationsCHI PLAY 2024
From Motivating to Manipulative: The Use of Deceptive Design in a Game's Free-to-Play TransitionCHI PLAY 2024
Juicy Audio: Audio Designers' Conceptualization of the Term in Video GamesCHI PLAY 2024
Ten Years of CHI PLAY: A Panel on the Past, Present, and Future of the ConferenceCHI PLAY 2024
The Jade Gateway to Exergaming: How Socio-Cultural Factors Shape Exergaming Among East Asian Older AdultsCHI PLAY 2024
User Experience Research and Design in Video GamesCHI Games & Play 2024
From Points to Progression: A Scoping Review of Game Elements in Gamification Research with a Content Analysis of 280 Research PapersCHI PLAY 2023
Hexad-12: Developing and Validating a Short Version of the Gamification User Types Hexad ScaleCHI Games & Play 2023
LEVI: Exploring Possibilities for an Adaptive Board Game SystemCHI PLAY 2023
Multimedia Showdown: A Comparative Analysis of Audio, Video, and Avatar-Based CommunicationCHI PLAY 2023
Never Skip Leg Day Again: Training the Lower Body with Vertical Jumps in a Virtual Reality ExergameCHI Games & Play 2023
The Role of Generative AI in Games ResearchCHI PLAY 2023
User Experience Design and Research in GamesCHI Games & Play 2023
"I Don't Want To Shoot The Android": Players Translate Real-Life Moral Intuitions to In-Game Decisions in Detroit: Become HumanCHI Games & Play 2022
Communication Sequences Indicate Team Cohesion: A Mixed-Methods Study of Ad Hoc League of Legends TeamsCHI PLAY 2022
Here Comes No Boom! The Lack of Sound Feedback Effects on Performance and User Experience in a Gamified Image Classification TaskCHI Games & Play 2022
How to do User Experience Research in GamesCHI PLAY 2022
LightPlay: Using an External Ambient Lighting Strip for Video Game IndicatorsCHI PLAY 2022
miniPXI: Development and Validation of an Eleven-Item Measure of the Player Experience InventoryCHI PLAY 2022
Much Realistic, Such Wow! A Systematic Literature Review of Realism in Digital GamesCHI Games & Play 2022
PACMHCI V6, CHI PLAY, October 2022 EditorialCHI PLAY 2022
Feels like Team Spirit: Biometric and Strategic Interdependence in Asymmetric Multiplayer VR GamesCHI Games & Play 2021
On Social Contagion in Gamification: The Power of Influencers in a Location-Based Gameful SystemCHI PLAY 2021
The Quirks of Being a Wallflower: Towards Defining Lurkers and Loners in Games Through A Systematic Literature ReviewCHI Games & Play 2021
Game Atmosphere: Effects of Audiovisual Thematic Cohesion on Player Experience and PsychophysiologyCHI PLAY 2020
HexArcade: Predicting Hexad User Types By Using Gameful ApplicationsCHI PLAY 2020
Personal Space in Play: Physical and Digital Boundaries in Large-Display Cooperative and Competitive GamesCHI Games & Play 2020
The Potential Disconnect between Time Perception and Immersion: Effects of Music on VR Player ExperienceCHI PLAY 2020
"It Started as a Joke": On the Design of Idle GamesCHI PLAY 2019
Cross-Car, Multiplayer Games for Semi-Autonomous DrivingCHI PLAY 2019
Crushed it!: Interactive Floor DemonstrationCHI Games & Play 2019
Player Characteristics and Video Game PreferencesCHI PLAY 2019
The Development of "Orbit": The Collaborative BCI Game for Children with AD(H)DCHI PLAY 2019
User Experience (UX) Research in GamesCHI Games & Play 2019
Exploring the Role of Non-Player Characters and Gender in Player IdentificationCHI PLAY 2018
Games and Play SIG: Engaging Small Developer CommunitiesCHI Games & Play 2018
Games User Research MethodsCHI PLAY 2018
Gamification: Tools and Techniques for Motivating UsersCHI Games & Play 2018
Information Visualisation, Gamification and Immersive Technologies in Participatory PlanningCHI Games & Play 2018
Investigating the Impact of Annotation Interfaces on Player Performance in Distributed Multiplayer GamesCHI Games & Play 2018
KickAR: Exploring Game Balancing Through Boosts and Handicaps in Augmented Reality Table FootballCHI Games & Play 2018
Personalizing Persuasive Strategies in Gameful Systems to Gamification User TypesCHI Games & Play 2018
Vanishing Importance: Studying Immersive Effects of Game Audio Perception on Player Experiences in Virtual RealityCHI Games & Play 2018
A Framework and Taxonomy of Videogame Playing PreferencesCHI PLAY 2017
Applying Gameful Design HeuristicsCHI Games & Play 2017
Curiously Motivated: Profiling Curiosity with Self-Reports and Behaviour Metrics in the Game "Destiny"CHI PLAY 2017
Defining Gamification VideoCHI Games & Play 2017
Elements of Gameful Design Emerging from User PreferencesCHI PLAY 2017
From Joysticks to Pokémon Go: Games and Play Research in SIGCHICHI Games & Play 2017
Gamification through the Application of Motivational Affordances for Physical Activity TechnologyCHI PLAY 2017
How Multidisciplinary is Gamification Research?: Results from a Scoping ReviewCHI PLAY 2017
Positive Gaming: Workshop on Gamification and Games for WellbeingCHI PLAY 2017
Testing Incremental Difficulty Design in Platformer GamesCHI Games & Play 2017
Towards Personality-driven Persuasive Health Games and Gamified SystemsCHI Games & Play 2017
"The Collecting Itself Feels Good": Towards Collection Interfaces for Digital Game ObjectsCHI PLAY 2016
ABOVE WATER: An Educational Game for AnxietyCHI PLAY 2016
Design and Preliminary Validation of The Player Experience InventoryCHI PLAY 2016
Heuristic Evaluation for Gameful DesignCHI PLAY 2016
Lightweight Games User Research for Indies and Non-Profit OrganizationsCHI Games & Play 2016
SIGCHI Games: The Scope of Games and Play Research at CHICHI Games & Play 2016
The Gamification User Types Hexad ScaleCHI PLAY 2016
Actionable Inexpensive Games User ResearchCHI Games & Play 2015
All about that Base: Differing Player Experiences in Video Game Genres and the Unique Case of MOBA GamesCHI Games & Play 2015
CHI PLAYGUE: A Networking Game of Emergent SocialityCHI PLAY 2015
Gamifying Research: Strategies, Opportunities, Challenges, EthicsCHI Games & Play 2015
Personalization in Serious and Persuasive Games and Gamified InteractionsCHI PLAY 2015
Towards Understanding the Importance of Co-Located GameplayCHI PLAY 2015
Understanding Player Attitudes Towards Digital Game ObjectsCHI PLAY 2015
Validating Test Chambers to Study Cooperative Communication Mechanics in Portal 2CHI PLAY 2015
Developing iconic and semi-iconic game controllersCHI PLAY 2014
Engaged by boos and cheers: the effect of co-located game audiences on social player experienceCHI PLAY 2014
Games and entertainment community SIG: reaching beyond CHICHI Games & Play 2014
Player experience: mixed methods and reporting resultsCHI Games & Play 2014
The edge of glory: the relationship between metacritic scores and player experienceCHI PLAY 2014
Understanding expectations with multiple controllers in an augmented reality videogameCHI PLAY 2014
Unified visualization of quantitative and qualitative playtesting dataCHI Games & Play 2014
Assessing user preference of video game controller button settingsCHI Games & Play 2013
Designing and evaluating sociability in online video gamesCHI Games & Play 2013
Designing gamification: creating gameful and playful experiencesCHI Games & Play 2013
EEG-based assessment of video and in-game learningCHI Games & Play 2013
Exploring social interaction in co-located multiplayer gamesCHI Games & Play 2013
Games user research: practice, methods, and applicationsCHI Games & Play 2013
How does it play better?: exploring user testing and biometric storyboards in games user researchCHI Games & Play 2013
Biometric storyboards: visualising game user research dataCHI Games & Play 2012
Full-body motion-based game interaction for older adultsCHI Games & Play 2012
Game user researchCHI Games & Play 2012
Accessible games SIGCHI Games & Play 2011
Biofeedback game design: using direct and indirect physiological control to enhance game interactionCHI Games & Play 2011
Gamification. using game-design elements in non-gaming contextsCHI Games & Play 2011