Gaming Study - Far Cry 4

GAMING STUDY

Demographic and Interface Analysis of Far Cry 4

Jeremy Walker

Cognitive Dimensions

August 11, 2015

Survey 3

Survey Demographics 3

Analysis Criteria and Exclusions 4

Survey Findings 5

Personas 7

Joe 8

Steve 9

Far Cry 4: UI Eye-Tracking Analysis 10

Scope of Study 10

UI Element Analysis 10

Gameplay UI Focus Analysis 10

Final Design Recommendations 11

Target audience Recommendations 11

UI Element Recommendations 11

Lessons Learned and Future Opportunities 15

Lessons Learned 15

Potential Follow-up Studies 15

Appendices 17

Cognitive Dimensions Jeremy Walker Page of 2 42

SURVEY

SURVEY DEMOGRAPHICS

Overview

See Appendix A for Survey Questionnaire.

The gaming survey was distributed to students friends and family via Facebook and other social networks as well as the Reddit community on June 11, 2015 via a Google Survey link.

Total Respondents

785

Age and Sex of Respondents

Respondents by Hours of Gaming Per-Week


100

200

300

400 333

138208

84174

0 0 to 2h 3 to 6h 7 to 10h 11 to 14h Over 15h

100

200

300

400

263882205

399

18 to 22 23 - 27 28 - 32 33 - 37 38 +

15 4 50 0

Male

Female

ANALYSIS CRITERIA AND EXCLUSIONS

The focus of our analysis is to understand potential users and motivations that could influence the purchase of and overall experience playing the game Far Cry 4. The game is available on current generation home console hardware only and for that reason I have removed all survey responses from individuals with only 1) Mobile 2) Portable Console or 3) no applicable technology that they own.

User Groups

To begin, respondents were assigned to buckets depending on the average number of hours they play video games every week (0-2, 3-6, 7-10, 11-14, 15+) and then at a normalized (1 - Like to 5 - Dislike) scale of their appreciation of different game genres. Utilizing a box plot (Appendix B), value ranges were highlighted where 95% of users within each time bucket had responded. By utilizing a variation of a Net Promoter scale user groups could then be visualized as detractors or promoters for each genre.

0 - 2h 3 - 6h 7 - 10h 11 - 14h 15h+Shooters

Adventure

Role Playing

Strategy

Puzzle

Sim

Sports

Trivia / Board


Promoter(Score 1 to 2)

Detractors(Score 3 to 5)

Genre Responses

Moving from understanding how different user groups might favour different genres, the focus turned to the two primary genres that the focus game falls into: Shooter and Action / Adventure. Looking at each genre, primary motivation factors were broken out which respondents felt make games of each of those genres shine.

SURVEY FINDINGS

Genre Demographic Preferences

See Appendix C for Genre Analysis Data.

Sports games were the only category that achieved a median detractor score (for players spending more than 11h a week gaming). It appears this is one genre that should not focus on heavy gamers.

Adventure and Shooter games achieve promoter scores almost unanimously except for the 0-2h per week group.

Both appear to require a deeper commitment of time and dedicated concentration that limited play would not allow.

Strategy and Puzzle games only achieve promoter scores with the 0-2h per week casual group.

Genre Motivations

For both Action and Adventure genres, Story, Immersion, and Social content were primary areas that created positive gameplay for users. For both genres, 67% of users focused on these game aspects.

For both Shooter and Adventure seekers, Plot and creative Settings drove the most responses. Similarly, for both groups Immersion benefited gameplay as immersive environments require a rich story and world, allowing users to escape from reality.

From a Social aspect, the primary driver of enjoyable social experiences was found overwhelmingly to be playing the game with existing friends and family.


This was particularly interesting, as a large focus of many high-profile games has traditionally been a focus on open worlds or sharing experiences and interacting with strangers from around the world or particular geographies.


PERSONAS


Joe Walton Self-Employed

I would play more video-games if they were more active. I dont like sitting for hours at a time - its unhealthy.

Joe has available free-time, but although he enjoys video games, his gaming is limited to casual games when he is on transit or in waiting situations. Console gaming is too sedentary and unhealthy physically for him to dedicate considerable time.

Always on person (8hr+)

2

0

AVAILABLE FREE TIME

Average hours per day

9 Hr

1 Hr

5 Hr

5 Hr

4 Hr

Work HoursBusyFreeTelevisionSleep

AGE GENDER

36 Male

RELATIONSHIP EDUCATION

Partnered Masters

WORK EXPERIENCE

Healthcare and Pharmaceutical research and marketing

Physiotherapy

AVAILABLE TECHNOLOGY

Average hours used per day

PREVIOUS FAVORITE GAMES

Zelda (Adventure), Mario Bros (Platform), Diablo III (Dungeon Crawler), Just Dance (Dancing / Party)

FAVORITE GAME ATTRIBUTES

Escapism, Complex Storyline, Exploration, Challenging.

STEVE WALKER Student

I would play more games if I had the timelately I usually rely on the series that have already gained my interest.

I love video games - theyre interactive art. From big budget blockbusters to smaller indie titles, I love seeing what people are creating. The majority of my time spent away from video games is used learning how to create them.

AVAILABLE FREE TIME

Average hours per day

7 Hr

2 Hr

4 Hr

5 Hr

6 HrWork HoursBusyFreeMusic PracticeSleep

AGE GENDER

23 Male

RELATIONSHIP EDUCATION

Single Undergrad

WORK EXPERIENCE

Warehousing and Logistics

AVAILABLE TECHNOLOGY

Average hours used per day

PREVIOUS FAVORITE GAMES

Last of Us (Action / Adventure), Dark Souls (Action RPG), Batman Arkham (Action / Adventure), Shadow of the Colossus (Action / Adventure), Shovel Knight (Platformer).

FAVORITE GAME ATTRIBUTES

Storyline, Exploration, Customizable characters (stats, equipment, etc).

Always on person (8hr+)

4 - 6 Hr

3 Hr

FAR CRY 4: UI EYE-TRACKING ANALYSIS

SCOPE OF STUDY

Utilizing SensoMotoric Instruments Eye Tracking devices as well as recorded footage of volunteer test players, FarCry 4 gameplay UI elements were categorized and scored, and player focus points were calculated in order to make considerations on element effectiveness and overall benefits to gameplay.

Eight test players were selected from the class and broken into two groups: four novices with no play experience and four Experts who have previously played at least one of the FarCry games for a minimum of 5 hours. Each player ran through the first 10 playable minutes of the game.

UI ELEMENT ANALYSIS

See Appendix D for UI Element data.

All visible UI elements during the gameplay sessions were defined and assigned attributes. Each was then rated on a simple scale of 1-Low to 3-High for their overall consistency as well as visibility for players.

Initial recommendations were also plotted prior to eye-tracking analysis for pre-vs post-analysis perspective.

GAMEPLAY UI FOCUS ANALYSIS

See Appendix E for Gameplay UI Focus data.

Unfortunately due to technical issues there were only three (of eight total) acceptable gameplay videos that met a standard gameplay period, scenario, and which captured full screen visibility for UI tracing purposes.

Two expert and one novice video were analyzed by tracking all UI elements via a standard timeline and observing whether they received eye focus. For each focus or failure game environmental factors were also considered (i.e. stress from combat, overwhelming numbers of elements on screen at once, etc).


FINAL DESIGN RECOMMENDATIONS

TARGET AUDIENCE RECOMMENDATIONS

Core Demographic Preferences

Players that game over eleven hours per week were not only the most numerous respondents to our survey, but also unanimously promoters of the FarCry 4 Shooter/Adventure genre.

This same demographic was also the only detractor group for the sports genre. Mini-games or gameplay additions that introduce traditional sport mechanics or references would be ill-advised.

Immersive storyline and creative environments drove the greatest satisfaction (~40% of respondents) in the genre, though social gameplay followed at a close second (~20%). It should be noted that players predominantly preferred social interactions with family and close friends as opposed to strangers.

Persona Recommendations

Potential players like Steven who are active gamers but limited for time are excellent focus targets for games like FarCry 4. Their love of games means they're active consumers willing to pay for quality while their time limitations lead them to invest in proven franchises. Frequent save checkpoints and short burst storylines and achievements would greatly benefit this group.

UI ELEMENT RECOMMENDATIONS

Instructional Elements for Player On-boarding

Experts aren't using instructional UI elements - there should be a way to recognize or set familiarity level and deactivate their appearance to prevent user frustration.

If these elements are for novice use, their placement and timing should be adjusted in order to ensure players recognize them and have due time to process their instructions. The first scene of FarCry 4 begins slow, with users able to fumble through basic interaction controls. However, the second scene proved extremely stressful for novice players even though it was an essential learning


period for actions like running and recognizing HUD items that identifying enemies and objectives. Novices in our tests were overwhelmed and missed gameplay tips altogether.

The third scene proved better, with full screen tutorial slides - however learning new actions and putting them to use proved frustrating as enemy combat prevented testing out new abilities without the of stress of being under attack.

Repeatedly dying and reviving is a valid learning process, however it is nonetheless time consuming and frustrating for players. Minimal planning on timing these scenes could easily allow a smoother transition to more advanced gameplay mechanics.


Overall Element Recommendations

Element Recommendation

Checkpoint Game save and checkpoint identifiers could be merged into an improved animation or better - removed completely.

Current Objective

Appear in top-middle of viewport instead of sharing top-left with non-essential gameplay tips.

Saving Game save and checkpoint identifiers could be merged into an improved animation or better - removed completely.

Objective Locators

Novice players did not recognize purpose and were confusing this arrow with the incoming enemy arrow.

Adding a tooltip or tutorial point for Objective UI elements would help.

Currently both Objective locators and incoming enemy arrows are introduced during a stressful field run scenario. The confusion and panic meant novices did not pick up on any of the control or UI hints.

Gameplay Control Tips

Appear just prior to requiring the controls. Users often panic and do not see it.

Incoming Enemy Arrow

As with Objective locators, novices require some preparation/instruction as to their use.

Primary Map HUD

Requires overhaul, or delayed / staggered visibility until its components can be illustrated to players.

Neither Expert or Novice players looked at it during gameplay yet it was visible the most of all elements.

None of the novices could identify its components or their usefulness and the objective locator was redundant considering the objective arrows and diamond already often on screen.


Element Recommendation

Full Screen Tutorial

Identify user experience (not merely difficulty level) at onset of game to benefit novices and prevent frustrating immersion-breaks for experts.

(LB) Button Menu

Mid-Screen

Beautiful but novices found it overwhelming. Hide components until first usable in game.

(LB) Button Menu

Bottom-Left

Confusing for most players who were unable to identify icons.

Hide until usable and seriously consider better iconography.

Unite with centre item ring (peripheral ring).

(LB) Button Menu

Bottom-Right

Hide components until first usable in game.

Unite with centre item ring (peripheral ring).

XP Gained Hide until explained or useful part of gameplay.

Consider merging XP bar with another element in the UI.


LESSONS LEARNED AND FUTURE

LESSONS LEARNED

Study Focus

As a learning campaign, the mix of a generalized survey, persona analysis, and technical user tracking proved beneficial to understanding the foundations for demographic and product study.

Follow-up studies will benefit from a focused problem and scope of analysis where exercises like surveys can be targeted to particular audiences and technical analysis can be planned around standardized scenarios and criteria with controlled environments and enough participants for statistically significant results.

POTENTIAL FOLLOW-UP STUDIES

Demographic Analysis

A closer investigation of specific subsets of the Action / Adventure promoter group (11+ hours of gameplay) to better understand positive game mechanics, desirable environments, and what types of UI / Gameplay consistencies define the genre (and how they are maturing).

Eye-Tracking Analysis - User On-boarding

Observing novices to determine when they utilize instructional UI elements, how they react to them, and at what point do they master mechanics and ignore them. This would help flatten learning curves while also recognizing when elements can be hidden from players to improve expert experiences as well.

Eye-Tracking Analysis - Environment Planning

Utilize eye tracking software to understand how players decode environmental queues and navigate through open environments like that in FarCry 4. Linear gameplay can easily be curated, but open world environments can be frustrating (where do I go?), overwhelming (where do I go first?), and even boring (no


incentive to make an immediate decision). It would allow a better understanding on how to keep player interest, develop secret areas, and promote focused movement throughout these wide spaces.


APPENDICES


APPENDIX A: SURVEY QUESTIONNAIRE

Age Gender

18-22 Male

23-27 Female

28-32 Prefer not to Answer

33-37

38+

Education Annual Earnings

High School Up to $20,000

Undergraduate $20,000 to $45,000

Graduate $45,000 to $65,000

Post-Graduate $65,000 to $80,000

Not Applicable Above $80,000

Prefer not to disclose

Gaming Overview

What gaming technology do you own?

Hours per week playing video games

Mobile 0 - 2

Gaming Computer 3 - 6

Console 7 - 10

Handheld Gaming 11 - 14

Not Applicable 15+

I do not play video games


Gaming Overview

I find Shooter Games Exciting I find action / adventure games enjoyable

1 (Strongly Agree) 1 (Strongly Agree)

2 - 4 2 - 4

5 (Strongly Disagree) 5 (Strongly Disagree)

I find role playing games boring I get confused playing strategy games


2 - 4 2 - 4


I find playing puzzle games pointless

I find simulation games complicated


2 - 4 2 - 4


I have a great time playing sports games

I get bored playing trivia and board games


2 - 4 2 - 4



Motivation

Select your primary motivation for playing video games

Story

Immersion

Social Aspects

Competition

Graphics

Music

Completion / Achievements

Other

Motivation: Story Motivation: Immersion

Story is my main motivation for playing video games because of:

Immersion is my main motivation for playing video games because:

the length of story immersive games have good game play, graphics, story, etc

the plot the escape from reality

the characters feeling like I am in the game

the themes and settings I enjoy role playing

the inspiration it provides Other

Other


Motivation: Social

The social aspect that motivates me to play video games is:

playing with existing friends or family

sharing achievements and accomplishments with others

meeting new gamers playing as part of a team (game only friends).

keeping in touch with people Other

Follow Up Questions

I generally play games on this difficulty:

How many players in a game at once do you feel is best?

Easy / Casual 1 - 5 players

Normal / Default 6 - 10 players

Hard / Extreme / Hardcore 11 - 15 players

16 - 20 players

20+ players

What do you care about most when competing?

What kind of competition do you prefer?

High Score Competition for limited resources

Equipment and Weapons Coop against common enemy

Experience gained Player vs Player

Showing your skills Competition for score / experience

Other



Do you prefer cooperating with other players or fighting against others?

Do you care about ranking?

Cooperation Yes

Player vs player No

Motivation: Graphics

My motivation for gaming is graphics because:

I like playing in the highest quality visuals

I like high fidelity effects

I appreciate clean presentation the immersion great visuals can provide

Other

Motivation: Music

When playing video games, music is important because:

I want to listen to music I like while I play

I want to hear the latest music

I want to feel immersed in the game

I want to feel relaxed while playing the game

It helps me feel energized I want to listen to the same music my friends or other players listen to

It helps me focus on the game Other

Motivation: Achievements

My motivation for playing games is Achievements / Completion because:

I like the feeling of completion or achievement

I want to outdo my personal best

Having a goal helps me stay focused

I like competing with my friends, peers, and family

I like to compete with the best gamers

Other


APPENDIX B: SURVEY GENRE BOX PLOT BY HOUR GROUPS


APPENDIX C: SURVEY GENRE ANALYSIS DATA

SHOOTER GENRE PROMOTERS - PRIMARY MOTIVATION FOR PLAYING

Story Motivation Breakdown


Social Motivation Breakdown

Immersion Motivation Breakdown


ADVENTURE GENRE PROMOTERS - PRIMARY MOTIVATION FOR PLAYING

Immersion Motivation Breakdown


Story Motivation Breakdown

Social Motivation Breakdown


APPENDIX D: UI ELEMENT ANALYSIS DATA


ID Image Name Description Attributes Consistency(1 Low - 3 High

Score)

Visibility(1 Low - 3 High

Score)

Recommendations

A Chapter / Scene Title Identifies chapter in game Center Fade-in / out Elevation Only occurs once in

the gameplay coverage

- -

1 Checkpoint Notifies that this position in space / time / story is now set as the fall-back state.

Top Right Corner Flash (2)

3 Simple message, consistently appears.

3 Only appears when checkpoint reached. Non-intrusive.

Saving and checkpoint identifiers could be merged into an improved animation or better - removed completely.

2 Current objective Identifies current to-do for player.

Top Left Corner Sphere burst (2) Symbol corresponds

to in game HUD symbol that dynamically identifies physical location to move towards

1 Second half this appears to stick for much of the scene. First half it dissapears and comes back.

Shared space with gameplay tips.

1 Your objective is mixed in the same viewspace as gameplay tips. Theres a lack of consistency in level of importance for this area of the screen (sometimes I look and its useful, others not).

Make objective updates appear in top middle instead of sharing top left with non-essential gameplay tips.

3 Interaction Object Can be opened / picked up / etc

Object shines as you move near it.

3 Interactive objects all have this effect.

Essential vs Optional interactions are not differentiated - but doing so could negatively affect gameplay (too easy).

3 Again, all interactive objects share this noticeable affect. Although its not blatantly obvious, creating anything more conspicuous might ruin the placement of secret items and in turn negatively impact gameplay.

ID Image

4 Action available popup (interaction)

On approach of interaction object, a pop-up appears identifying (X) button to interact

Center of Screen Pop-up

3 It appears most button specific interactions share this pop-up.

Prolonged press actions share the same styling and effects while single click share a separate style.

3 Impossible to miss. These appear direct centre of screen and are easy to follow.

These are great.

Wonder if they still appear late in game?

5 Action available popup (heal) When damage taken will pop up to advise on healing yourself

Center of Screen Pop-up

6 Saving Indicates when the game is saving content.

Top Right Corner Pulse

1 Symbol meant nothing to me. No similarity to other traditional save icons.

1 This randomly pops up in the top right, no players looked at it, and it doesn't seem to hold any real benefit for a player.

Remove altogether. Why would a player care if they already know the game is regularly saving?

Name Description Attributes Consistency(1 Low - 3 High

Score)


Score)

RecommendationsID Image

7 Right Arrow Indicates objective in the physical world is to the right.

Mid-Right side of screen

Ease-in and out back and forth

2 Consistent color with the objective locator.

2 Novice players dont know what this is at first. They also dont know what differentiates it from the white danger arrows that also appear at the same time in the game.

This is great. Its unobtrusive, centrally focused, and useful.

ISSUEThe novice users didn't seem to know what it was for at first. They dont know what this is vs the danger arrows.

BOTH appear at the same time in a VERY stressful point in the games first scene. With the chaos, novices shouldn't suddenly be presented every UI element without explanation.

8 Objective locator Indicates position of objective in physical world (within viewport)

In front of objective as long as objective is within viewport

Initial Sphere Burst (2)

3 Bright color, conspicuous.

2 Novice players dont know what this is.

ISSUEThe novice users didn't seem to know what it was for at first.

Appears at the same time as other UI in a VERY stressful point in the games first scene. With the chaos, novices shouldn't suddenly be presented every UI element without explanation.

9 Gameplay tip Pop-up to identify useful gameplay control for current situation

Top Left Fade in / out

2 Appear as needed to indicate useful controls.

Share space with important objective updates.

1 Novice players don't notice these. Experts ignore it.

They often appear right when needed under stressful situations. Novices might benefit from more foresight on this, or greater emphasis.

By sharing the same screenspace as objective updates, may cause experts to ignore objectives (negative).


Score)


Score)


10 Nearby enemy and Detection Level

Identifies location of incoming danger

White fills based on whether you have been detected (?)

Mid-Right side of screen

Follows wide angle diameter of invisible circle - pointing at source of danger.

RED when damage taken

2 2 Placement is great. Very useful element.

ISSUEWithout description of usage for novices however their benefit is lost. What are these for, what makes them different than yellow objective arrows, etc.

11 Ammunition Identifies available ammunition Bottom-right Fade-in / out Only when using

weapon

3 3 No players looked at this, but none needed to.

It only appears when weapon ready (positive)

None.

12 Weapon Crosshairs Identifies point of attack for player

Center of Screen Widens if spread of

ammunition is greater, shrinks if accurate weapon

Only when using weapon

3 3 Like how the breadth expanded for wider spread ammunition / weapons.

13 Primary HUD +:^:Distance to ObjectiveDirection FacingNorth

Bottom-left of screen

Semi-transparent

1 What is +?What does the elevation mean?What is the bar on the bottom?

1 No players looked at this but it was visible all the time.

Until there is an actual use for this, I have to question why it would be introduced at all. Especially without introduction.


Score)


Score)


14 1 2 Extremely useful for novices. However apparently extremely annoying for experts.

Instead of breaking out gameplay options into easy, normal, hard, maybe new player, normal, hard or allow to flag if new player for more tooltips like this.

Does anyone play easy?

14 Mini-Tutorial Three screenshots with gameplay tutorials below.

Center of Screen Stops gameplay Demands focus Requires input to

exit

15 (LB) Button menu List of weapons and items with quantities.

Use with RB.

2 Not immediately familiar, but a great element and familiar iconography.

3 On demand. Hide parts until introduced in game.

16 (LB) Button menu Mine InventoryMercenariesCamera OptionsRock Throw

1 Not immediately familiar. Confusing icons.

1 + On demand with LB Menu.

- Lost in the corner

Better icons. Maybe mid left placement (outer ring?)

Hide until introduced in game.


Score)


Score)


17 (LB) Button menu Fire Arrow InventoryExplosive Arrow Inventory

1 Why does this have buttons but other items dont?

2 Unfamiliar icons for novices.

Hide until part of gameplay.

18 XP Gained 1 Does the circle represent XP till next level?

Does takedown vs other actions have specific levels?

Unfamiliar use for novices.

1 No players looked at this. Placed on left of screen - any reason?

Hide until explained or useful part of gameplay.

Integrate with world perhaps? or have filling XP bar only, integrated with another UI element.


Score)


Score)


APPENDIX E: GAMEPLAY UI EYE-FOCUS DATA


KeyPoint UI ID

P7 - Focus?

P7 - Time Stamp

Notes P6 - Focus?

P6- Time Stamp

Notes P2 - Focus?

P2 - Time Stamp

Notes

A TRUE 9:00 TRUE 10:15 TRUE 0:03

1 FALSE 9:00 FALSE 10:15

3 FALSE 9:07 ChestDoes not notice or disregards this area.


3 FALSE 9:17 LetterDoes not notice or disregards this area.

TRUE 10:27 Letter TRUE 0:45

4 FALSE 10:27 Press XUses but does not focus

TRUE 0:45 LETTERLooks at controller. Follows direction.

4 TRUE 0:54 LETTERClicks Cancel

TRUE 0:56 DRAWER

3 TRUE 20:38 Letter 2

KeyPoint

4 FALSE 10:27 Press XUses but does not focus

TRUE 1:18

4 FALSE 9:20 X to open DoorDoes action, but does not focus.

FALSE 10:44 X to open DoorDoes action, but does not focus.

6 FALSE 9:24 SaveDoes not notice

FALSE 10:46 SaveDoes not notice

FALSE 1:25

15 TRUE 9:50 Checks to see if he has items to affect scene

4 TRUE 10:00 X to open Door FALSE 10:58 X to open Door

TRUE 1:50


2 FALSE 11:01 New Objective FALSE 2:518 TRUE 11:03 Objective in Sight

Focus area around this point

FALSE 11:58 TRUE 2:56

9 FALSE 11:59 Press LS to Run

UI ID

P7 - Focus?

P7 - Time Stamp

Notes P6 - Focus?

P6- Time Stamp

Notes P2 - Focus?

P2 - Time Stamp

NotesKeyPoint

1 FALSE 11:59 Checkpoint

10 FALSE 11:07 Does not appear to focus on danger notifications. However is likely peripherally acknowledged.

FALSE 03:06 Panic towards objective does not focus on specific white arrows

8 TRUE 12:04 Objective Diamond

4 TRUE 11:12 Hold X to Enter CarNot only focuses, but audibly reads aloud.

FALSE 12:10 TRUE 03:07

2 FALSE 11:15 Escape the truck4 TRUE 11:18 Hold Y to Heal

Visual and Audible focus

9 FALSE 11:30 Default Controls (Gun)

FALSE 12:29 TRUE 03:26 Repeatedly looksAudibly resays

11 FALSE 12:30 Ammunition

UI ID

P7 - Focus?

P7 - Time Stamp

Notes P6 - Focus?

P6- Time Stamp

Notes P2 - Focus?

P2 - Time Stamp

NotesKeyPoint

15 TRUE 11:31 Checks for gun / ammo

4 TRUE 11:38 RELOAD FALSE 12:55 RELOADIs reloading, but no focus.

FALSE 03:35 Reloads but does not focus

2x4 TRUE 12:11 Hold Y to Heal

Visual focusDoes action

10 TRUE 12:17 Incoming Dangerfocuses on direction of danger arrows due to audible cues

6 FALSE 13:28 Save FALSE 04:28

1 FALSE 13:22 Checkpoint FALSE 14:17

FALSE 14:18 Hold Y to Heal

2 FALSE 13:22 New Objective FALSE 14:20 TRUE 05:1815 TRUE 14:26 Checks

inventory

7 TRUE 14:29 Focus on Objective Arrow

UI ID

P7 - Focus?

P7 - Time Stamp

Notes P6 - Focus?

P6- Time Stamp

Notes P2 - Focus?

P2 - Time Stamp

NotesKeyPoint

14 FALSE 13:32 Stealth FundamentalsClicked through immediately. Audible dismissal.

FALSE 14:32 Stealth FundamentalsClicked through immediately. Audible dismissal.

TRUE 05:36 Fully reads

9 FALSE 15:00 Rock instructions

TRUE 08:55 Already started doing it prior

10 TRUE 13:35 Checks for position of enemies

5 TRUE 09:16 Hold Y to Heal18 FALSE 13:46 TAKEDOWN FALSE 15:07 TAKEDOW

N4 FALSE 15:10 Pick up gun

Picks it up but doesn't focus

9 FALSE 13:46 Swimming instructions

FALSE 15:11

2 FALSE 14:08 Checkpoint update

1 FALSE 14:09 Checkpoint reached

UI ID

P7 - Focus?

P7 - Time Stamp

Notes P6 - Focus?

P6- Time Stamp

Notes P2 - Focus?

P2 - Time Stamp

NotesKeyPoint

14 FALSE 14:48 BaitClicked through immediately. Audible dismissal.

UI ID

P7 - Focus?

P7 - Time Stamp

Notes P6 - Focus?

P6- Time Stamp

Notes P2 - Focus?

P2 - Time Stamp

NotesKeyPoint

NOTABLE OBSERVATIONS

UI ID P7 - Focus?

P7 - Time Stamp

Notes P? - Focus?

P? - Time Stamp

13 FALSE - Primary HUDAlthough this view was visible for most of the gameplay, P7 did not focus on this area once.

Could not be useful at this point in the game (linear storyline and map for intro).

Documents

Gaming Study - Far Cry 4