HKViz has been developed to allow research on map-based player-analytics for Metroidvania games, in particular Hollow Knight. So far, this project resulted in 2 publications:
In a interview and insight-based user-study with 12 participants we study insights gained from the dashboard and use cases that could be enabled by analytics tools in Metroidvania games.
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We introduce HKViz, which consists of a mod — tracking player data and a website containing a dashboard for data analysis and present preliminary user feedback and discuss potential extensions.
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