Analyzing the Distinctive Impact of Personality Traits on Serious Gameplay Experience

With the advancement of technology, the handheld devices equipped with various sensors are playing vital role in video game sector. In serious games where the goal is beyond entertainment, handheld devices act as an expedient medium. The accessibility of gaming has been leveraged enhancing its scope of application in various sectors including mental health. Qualitative analysis of gameplay experience is key to perpetuate the standard of game. While it comes to serious games, the impact of gameplay experience may significantly vary depending on the personality of the player. In serious games, where the primary goal is people's cognitive, social, motivational, and emotional enhancement, analyzing this differential impact is crucial. In this paper, we have presented an analysis of the differential impact of personality traits in serious gaming context. To conduct the experiment we have adopted our previously developed game Militant of the Maze (MoM) [38] that comprises one of the efficacious strategies of Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Find alternative as underlying gameplay strategy, which is used to treat Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD). After conducting a large-scale user experiment and statistical analysis we have demonstrated that individual PX can be significantly impacted by the player's personality trait in a serious gaming context, which may significantly impact the efficacy of the framework to treat neonle with OCD.