
Podcast 37: Cognitive Psychology and User Experiences
Psychology of Video Games Podcast
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The Importance of Intuitive Art Assets in Games
In a game like Fortnite, wherever you point towards something, and it means you can interact with that thing. It's all these little things that players don't necessarily realize it is there, but it's there. And this is where we're saying it's intuitive. We look at emotion because emotions are here to sustain motivation and support motivation. So we look more into human motivation. What makes people tick? What are they motivated into doing things and why they do the things they do. You want games to be fun and engaging; I wanted to have some overall understanding of how it works. That's really important for games."
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