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Designing games and interactive media

Designing games and media with an educational or persuasive purpose, and design guidance for others.

Designing and building games and other interactive media, often with an educational or persuasive purpose, and producing design guidance such as guidelines for games for older adults and persuasive design cards for novice designers.

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Evaluating the Use of Persuasive Design Cards for Novice Designers JournalFull paper Alkhuzai, K., & Denisova, A. · 2021 · Journal of Usability Studies PDF of Evaluating the Use of Persuasive Design Cards for Novice Designers

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Narrative-Driven VR Exergames for Active Older Adults: Examining the Impact of Narrative Styles and Themes on Motivation and User Experience JournalCORE journal ranking: CORE AFull paper Zhou, M., Jin, M., Peng, X., Stawarz, K., Denisova, A., Huang, J., & Barathi, S. C. · 2026 · International Journal of Human-Computer Studies PDF of Narrative-Driven VR Exergames for Active Older Adults: Examining the Impact of Narrative Styles and Themes on Motivation and User Experience Publisher's version of Narrative-Driven VR Exergames for Active Older Adults: Examining the Impact of Narrative Styles and Themes on Motivation and User Experience
Emotionally Challenging Games Can Satisfy Older Adults' Psychological Needs: From Empirical Study to Design Guidelines ConferenceCORE conference ranking: CORE A*Full paper Zhou, M., Peng, X., Liu, B., Denisova, A., Barathi, S. C., Li, Z., Xie, X., Huang, J., & Tian, F. · 2025 · Proceedings of the 2025 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI'25) PDF of Emotionally Challenging Games Can Satisfy Older Adults' Psychological Needs: From Empirical Study to Design Guidelines Publisher's version of Emotionally Challenging Games Can Satisfy Older Adults' Psychological Needs: From Empirical Study to Design Guidelines
Exploring the (Placebo) Effect of an AI-Powered Dialogue System on Player Experience ConferenceFull paper Sridharan, S., Villa, S., Denisova, A., & Pirker, J. · 2025 · IEEE Conference on Games (CoG'25) PDF of Exploring the (Placebo) Effect of an AI-Powered Dialogue System on Player Experience Publisher's version of Exploring the (Placebo) Effect of an AI-Powered Dialogue System on Player Experience
Non-Euclidean Video Games: Exploring Player Perceptions and Experiences inside Impossible Spaces JournalFull paper Osudin, D., Denisova, A., & Child, C. · 2025 · IEEE Transactions on Games PDF of Non-Euclidean Video Games: Exploring Player Perceptions and Experiences inside Impossible Spaces Publisher's version of Non-Euclidean Video Games: Exploring Player Perceptions and Experiences inside Impossible Spaces
Acceptability of a Plasticity-Focused Serious Game Intervention for Posttraumatic Stress Disorder: User Requirements Analysis JournalFull paper Jones, M., Denisova, A., Mitchell, S., & Owen, T. · 2019 · JMIR Serious Games PDF of Acceptability of a Plasticity-Focused Serious Game Intervention for Posttraumatic Stress Disorder: User Requirements Analysis Publisher's version of Acceptability of a Plasticity-Focused Serious Game Intervention for Posttraumatic Stress Disorder: User Requirements Analysis
AI for Romantic Comedies Dagstuhl report Cook, M., Awiszus, M., Cakmak, D., Denisova, A., Dockhorn, A., Harteveld, C., Liapis, A., Palosaari Eladhari, M., Perez Liebana, D., Rombout, L., & Thompson, T. · 2022 · Extended abstract in Dagstuhl Reports from Dagstuhl Seminar 22251 on Human-Game AI Interaction Dagstuhl 22251 page Publisher's version of AI for Romantic Comedies
Breaking a Game to Prove a Point About Medicinal Maggots Poster Walton, S., Mitchell, S., Denisova, A., & Nigam, Y. · 2019 · Sêr Cymru Celebration, Cardiff