GamiFIN 2021
GamiFIN Conference 2021

Table of Contents

• Preface
  Summary: There were 57 papers submitted for peer-review to the GamiFIN 2021 conference. Out of these, 20 papers were accepted for the conference and for publication in this proceedings volume.

Session 1: Gamification & Education

• An industry experiment of academic performance and drop-out in gamified distance education. 1-10
  Izabella Jedel, Adam Palmquist, Robin Munkvold, Ole Goethe, Hildur Jonasdottir, Erik Olsson
• My school is Hogwarts: Students’ social behavior in storified classes. 11-20
  Isabella Aura, Lobna Hassan, Juho Hamari
• “If the game does not work, it is lagging, or you die in game, you just get furious” – Children’s experiences on gamer rage. 21-29
  Juho Kahila, Satu Piispa-Hakala, Sanni Kahila, Teemu Valtonen, Henriikka Vartiainen, Matti Tedre
• Teachers’ perception and adoption of a gamified blended learning implementation in upper secondary education. 30-39
  Izabella Jedel, Adam Palmquist

Session 2: Gamification & Health

• Design guidelines to increase the persuasiveness of achievement goals for physical activity. 40-49
  Maximilian Altmeyer, Pascal Lessel, Atiq Ur Rehman Waqar, Antonio Krueger
• Using gamification to develop shared understanding of the pandemic: COVID-19 in indigenous communities of Choco, Colombia. 50-59
  Agnessa Spanellis, Paula Andrea Zapata-Ramirez, Polina Golovátina-Mora, Anna Borzenkova, Jose Mauricio Hernandez-Sarmiento
• A long-term investigation on the effects of (personalized) gamification on course participation in a gym. 60-69
  Maximilian Altmeyer, Marc Schubhan, Antonio Krueger, Pascal Lessel
• “Switch” up your exercise: An empirical analysis of online user discussion of the Ring Fit Adventure exergame. 70-79
  Chien Lu, Lobna Hassan, Oğuz Buruk, Timo Nummenmaa, Jaakko Peltonen

Session 3: Psychology of Gamification

• The role of gameful perception as a mediator for intrinsically motivating gamification. 80-89
  Henrik Wesseloh, Niklas Buddensiek, Tim Pantel, Felix M. Stein, Phillip Szelat, Matthias Schumann
• Do people’s user types change over time? An exploratory study. 90-99
  Ana Cláudia Guimarães Santos, Wilk Oliveira, Juho Hamari, Seiji Isotani
• Designing gamification and persuasive systems: A systematic literature review. 100-109
  Jeanine Krath, Harald F. O. von Korflesch
• Does gamification affect flow experience? A systematic literature review. 110-119
  Wilk Oliveira, Olena Pastushenko, Luiz Rodrigues, Armando M. Toda, Paula T. Palomino, Juho Hamari, Seiji Isotani
• Relationships between the consumption of gamblified media and associated gambling activities in a sample of esports fans. 120-129
  Joseph Macey, Juho Hamari, Max Sjöblom, Maria Törhönen

Session 4: Gamification & Culture

• Urban gamification during lockdown and social isolation – From the teddy bear challenge to window expeditions. 130-139
  Mattia Thibault, Manuel F. Baer
• Video games and religion: Lutheran Church employees’ perspectives on similarities between virtual and spiritual worlds. 140-149
  Samuli Laato, Sampsa Rauti
• The art of speed: The ludification of cinematic television – The case of 24. 150-159
  Bo Kampmann Walther, Lasse Juel Larsen
• Etsijä’s call: Gamifying virtual conferences with alternate reality games. 160-169
  Mattia Thibault, Nikoletta Zampeta Legaki, Oğuz Buruk, Juho Hamari

Session 5: Gamification & Rising Industries

• Migrated/ing game work: A case study of Korean game expats in Finland. 170-179
  Solip Park
• Game changer – A systematization of sport teams participating in esports. 180-189
  Tobias M. Scholz, Lisa Völkel, Carolin Uebach, Volker Stein
• Aiming for validity: The experience of conflicts in legitimacy judgments in esports actors and new grassroots activism. 190-199
  Joaquin Cestino-Castilla, Joseph Macey, Brian McCauley