Reading 3

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This week I focused on researching the topics I've chosen. For this I also had to complete a Matrix which I think is basically like a summary of the sources you plan to use. It was very confusing on how you fill it out but hopefully I did it right.

While researching, I found many articles that seemed useful for my topics. Some of the things I found and learnt about my topics:

5 Domains of play:
As mentioned before, this topic focuses on the relation between "The Big 5", which are the main 5 personality traits players can have, and how those personalities determine what type of games/game domains they might enjoy. "The Big 5" relates more to psychology but it was translated and used for research for game development to find "The 5 Domains of Play". The traits are;Openness to experience, Conscientiousness, Extraversion, Agreeableness and Neuroticism (O.C.E.A.N). The 5 domains consist of; Novelty, Challenge, Stimulation, Harmony and Threat.
For this topic, some of the sources I found that seemed like they would be helpful for my research are:

https://www.darklorde.com/the-five-domains-of-play/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6uX6ye66NK0

Demographics of Players(Types of Players):
This topic focuses more on statistics and the different types of players found in games. Demographics can relate to a number of things such as age,gender,occupation,education level,etc. of a person but for games I think it mainly focuses on age and gender. This is about how those factors affect the players enjoyment of games, their motivations to play, preferences and how the overall gaming experience is for them. Along with this, this topic also will talk about the different types of players found in games. There are 4 main types: Achievers, Explorers, Socialisers and Killers.
For this topic, some of the sources I found that seemed like they would be helpful for my research are:

https://www.gamasutra.com/view/feature/130552/unmasking_the_avatar_the_.php
https://www.gamesparks.com/blog/the-average-gamer-how-the-demographics-have-shifted/
http://mud.co.uk/richard/hcds.htm