Robot Behavior

This is the text-based game to go along with a study on NPC behavior for a Master's Thesis at Stockholm University. Once the game concludes, you will be linked to a Google Form to answer some further questions. Reading the text in the game carefully as you play it will allow you to answer the subsequent questionnaire quicker.

By clicking "Run game", you consent to the below terms. Please read them before running the game.

Background and purpose: The purpose of this study is to investigate users perception of non-verbal behaviors in NPC's (Non-Player Characters). Participating in this study may help us and other researchers to better understand how to accurately convey character traits and personality in NPC's. This study is part of a Master's thesis at Stockholm University.

Procedure:  In this study, you will be asked to play a game and answer an online questionnaire. Your participation consists of playing through the text-based game available above and answer some questions within it, as well as a questionnaire which asks questions relating to your experience of the game afterwards. The whole participation takes about 15-20 minutes. 

Risks of this study: Your participation in this study is not associated with any risks. Your participation is completely voluntary and you can cancel participation at any time without further explanation or negative consequences.

Confidentiality: The information we collect will be de-identified and thus not associated with the individual results of each participant. The data will be handled only by the research responsible. No video or audio recording will be used in this study. Your responses and data will be used solely for research purposes. No names or identifying information will be included in any presentation of this study.

Results: The final results of this study will be presented in a Master's thesis at Stockholm University.

Contact: If you want to contact us, you can contact Mattias Victorin who is responsible for this study, at mavi7945@su.se

Please click "Run Game" to start.