This applies first and foremost to character customization.
If creativity is conceptualized as a continuum ranging from low to high levels ( Amabile, 2012) this response could be positioned near the low-creativity end of the continuum.īesides technical aspects, many games allow players to adjust parameters that are directly related to the game’s narrative and content. While this is certainly not intended by the game developers, such behavior can still be considered a creative response by the players to a game play situation where speed matters more than graphics. For example, there is anecdotal evidence that users of first-person shooter (FPS) games like Counter-Strike who compete online against other players set the graphic details to the lowest possible level in order to compensate for slow internet connections, even if their computers are perfectly capable of displaying all graphic details. However, technical game features can be used in creative ways. Using game settings to adjust the sound volume is neither a response to an open-ended task nor a novel response. Players can also adjust these game settings to avoid frustration caused by tasks that are perceived as too difficult or too easy, or that otherwise prevent success in the game.Īdjusting a game to computer performance and individual skills would probably not be considered particularly creative. These mostly technical features ensure that users can avoid frustration caused by delayed feedback from the game or from sounds and music that are experienced as annoying. Games that are played on personal computers usually offer additional options to adjust the game to the computer’s performance (e.g., changing the displayed graphic details), and in most computer and video games users can adjust the game control layout according to their preferences.
Browser-based casual games like Bejeweled (PopCap Games) and FarmVille (Zynga) usually offer very few options to adjust game settings (e.g., choosing the level of difficulty from one out of several game modes). Video games vary considerably in the degrees of freedom they offer players to customize the game according to their preferences. René Weber, in Video Games and Creativity, 2015 Customizing Game Content
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