Elevating Game User Research with a Guided Interface for Data Analysis

Utilizing a validated scale to assess player experience (PX) in video games can yield important findings.Nevertheless, insufficient quantitative data analysis expertise among games user research (GUR) self-taught practitioners, poses obstacles to effectively analyzing and interpreting the data obtained from various measurement scales.Hence, in this paper, we present a guided interface based web platform to support data analysis of the Player Experience Inventory (PXI ), following a user-centered design (UCD) process, incorporating insights from Games User Research (GUR) specialists.The interface, extending a current platform for PXI data evaluation, aspires to enable data analysis with a high degree of flexibility, offering explanatory support for both, inexperienced and experienced analysts.The findings from user testing sessions indicated that the platform was perceived as user-friendly.However, findings also suggest that more accessible explanations of the statistical approaches are needed to aid in understanding data analysis and interpretation of outcomes.