Over 90,000 board gamers have taken our Board Game Motivation Model to get their personalized profile. We'll soon be diving into this data in our blog posts. To set the stage for this, we've put together some handy reference material.What's your Board Game Motivation Profile? Take a 5-minute survey to find out!Quick Reference ChartFirst, we [...]
In the Gamer Motivation Profile (for video games), we measure 12 distinct motivations for each gamer. One way to get a concise picture of all the data we’ve collected is to focus on primary motivations—the motivation that each gamer scores highest on and is most important to them. In this post, we’ll step through what [...]
Note: This feature has been discontinued. Sorry for the inconvenience! Let’s start with the basics: Take a 5-minute survey to get your own profile, and then create or join a group. The group’s aggregate profile is then automatically updated as membership grows. Anyone can create a new group tag. You can join as many groups [...]
Since releasing the initial version of the Board Game Motivation Profile, we’ve gathered data from over 40,959 gamers. This has allowed us to revise the motivation model, improve the survey inventory, and generate more representative norms for the profile reports. In this blog post, we’ll describe how we developed the current model and how it’s [...]
Here at Quantic Foundry, we’re always experimenting with new ways of visualizing and making sense of the data we have collected via the Gamer Motivation Profile. In this post, we’ll describe a Design Rubric Map that we’re working on. If you’re a regular reader of our blog and familiar with how we collected our data, [...]
The data we’ve collected from over 239,000 gamers via the Gamer Motivation Profile allows us to explore how gaming motivations do and do not change with gender and age with incredible detail. Back when we had a sample size of around 140,000, we blogged about the Competition and Strategy motivations. With the larger sample size, [...]
What are the main motivation axes in tabletop gaming? Are there 3 core motivations, or 8? Do people who care about strategy also tend to care about winning, or is that more related to people who enjoy high conflict mechanics? See how you compare with other board gamers. Take a 5-minute survey and get your [...]
In mid-April, we got an email query from Eric Jordan, the CEO of Codename Entertainment. Codename makes an Idle Clicker game called Crusaders of the Lost Idols and because the genre is still relatively new, Eric wanted to learn more about the psychological profile of these gamers. At this point in time, Nic Ducheneaut and [...]
Previously on our blog, we’ve looked at genre maps of Strategy games and Open World games. This week, we’re doing maps of the Shooter genre. The Shooter genre is much maligned in mainstream media, and it's easy to end up with a monolithic view of who Shooter gamers are. In this post, we'll dive into [...]
In case you missed our GDC talk, you're in luck! During GDC week, apart from presenting at Moscone Center, we also presented the same talk at the GamesUR Summit. Hosted by EA on their Redwood Shores campus, the conference provided speakers with an amazing stage with wonderful audio-visual support. They recorded all the talks and [...]