Playing Remotely
Locative Games and Covid-19 pandemic in Northeast Brazil
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https://doi.org/10.30962/ecomps.3064Keywords:
Locative games, Mobility, Covid-19, Mobile revenue modelAbstract
Locative game consists of a subset of mobile games that encourage players to go outside, by promoting outdoor activities and physical meetings. Their gameplay breaks the core of social distancing strategies implemented since the beginning of the Covid-19 pandemic, however, developers implemented changes in their locative games supported by the mobile game revenue model, which enabled a strategy called playing remotely. This study analyzes the impacts of the Covid-19 pandemic in locative gaming, by examining the behavior of players from the Northeast Brazil. We have conducted an online survey among communities of players located in Northeast Brazil, by sharing a questionnaire. We have found that players’ preference is to invest their time in gathering resources by playing the game, instead of spending their money in microtransactions for playing remotely.
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