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This is a research project that ran through the Human Computer Interaction lab at the University of Saskatchewan. The project was designed in order to explore the effects of player identification with their avatars while playing a video game.

I developed a character creator using the Unity game engine and the Unity Multipurpose Avatar (UMA) system. I incorporated these characters into multiple games, including a 3D infinite runner and a match-3 game.

Publications

• The Motivational Push of Games
• Fostering Intrinsic Motivation through Avatar Identification in Digital Games