Crafting User Experience via Game Metrics Analysis

Game metrics are numerical data obtained from the userinteraction with the game software, and form a valuable data source to user experience research and –design, because these data offer quantitative, time-stamped information about the specific behavior of players of computer games. By combining this game metrical data with traditional user experience measures – biofeedback, surveys and usability-methods – it is possible to directly link game experience with design elements.

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