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Emotion Detective Game

Scientific-head: Manuel Sprung

Idea, coordination, concept: Jakob Leyrer

Concept, story, level-design, graphics, game-design : Christiane Brojer, Julia Kornely, Jasmin Niederwolfsgruber, Janina Wald,

Game-design: Meagan Bromley, Fares Kayali

Programming: Patrick Stapfer, Armin Mehryar, Benjamin Steindl

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The premise…

• It is not only about interpreting facial expression but about understanding the cause (antecedens) and effect (consequence) of experiencing and behaving in situations bearing emotional value.

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EXTERNAL

MENTAL

REFLECTIVE

The components of emotion understanding (Pons, Harris & Rosnay,

2004) • Recognition• Reminder• Cause• Belief• Desire• Hiding• Morality• Regulation• Mixed

Which emotion does the following subtle facial expression show?

ANGER

„It‘s nothing…“

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And now… continuing with the game

LEVEL UP !

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Inspiration…

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Location…

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Intro

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The Professor explains…

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The final exam…

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Change of perspective…

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Opening the test book…

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Map of movement…

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Typical scene…

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Zooming in on the character…

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Notebook…

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… contains all important information

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Reviewing the case…

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Thank you for your attention!

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References

• Pictures on slides 6 to 17 and facial pictures of the man with the brown hair and the woman with the blonde hair on slide 3: Christiane Brojer, Julia Kornely, Jasmin Niederwolfsgruber, Janina Wald

• Pictures of the garden scene on slide 3: Antonia Eder, Viktoria Helmreich, Jana Maier

• Picture on slide 3 from the „Grimace Project“: Oliver Spindler, Thomas Fadrus (grimace-project.net)

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