Dr. Pascal Lessel
Post-Doctoral Researcher
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Research Interests
GamesGamificationBehavior Change Support SystemsLive-Streaming of GamesCrowdsourcingOpen Practical Assignments (Master)
In this project, your main task is to conceptualize a proper systematic literature review and to carry it out. We are interested in learning about studies that investigated adaptive gamification or behavior changes interventions and that reported on results how to tailor (e.g., “interventions for achiever user types need to offer competition as game element” or “people scoring high on extraversion, need an intervention where they can assist virtual characters”). We already did this in the past, which can inform the literature review to a certain extent.
Prerequisites
- Strong interested in searching for scientific literature and reading it.
How to apply
Please send me an email with the following pieces of information (if you do not answer every point, your application will not be considered):
- When you plan to start the project
- When you plan to finish the project
- A short motivational statement why this project is interesting for you
- A summary why you be a good fit for this project
- Your transcript of records
- Which literature on "How to do systematic literature reviews" you have already read
- On one page, how you would do the systematic literature review for the above topic
Further Topics for BSc / MSc Theses
If the above topics are not a good fit for you, I'm open to your suggestions, if they are in my area of interest. More specifically, a good topic fits to one of these categories:
- Boardgame-related research
- "Bottom-up" gamification/customization in gamification
- Games User Reserach
- Player-controlled game design (e.g., see PleaseBeNice)
- Audience-participation games for live-streams (e.g., games like ChoiceChamber or Twitch Plays Pokémon)
- Improved interaction channels between streamer and audience in live streaming scenario
If you contact me, please add a one pager describing your idea.
I am also coordinating aspects related to the Media Informatics program at Saarland University. If you have questions to the program, you can also contact me.
Teaching
- Media Projects: Overall Organization (WS 26/27)
- Seminar: GameCraft: Spielmechaniken und Spiele-Prototyping (SS 2026)
- Seminar: GameCraft: Spielmechaniken und Spiele-Prototyping (SS 2025)
- Proseminar: Wissenschaftliches Arbeiten im Bereich digitaler und analoger Spiele und darüber hinaus (WS 2024/2025)
- Media Projects: Overall Organization & Motivierende ToDo-Listen Medienprojekt (Winter 2024/2025)
- Seminar: GameCraft: Spielmechaniken und Spiele-Prototyping (SS 2024)
- Media Projects: Overall Organization & Interaktives Schaufenster Medienprojekt (Winter 2023/2024)
- Proseminar: Wissenschaftliches Arbeiten im Bereich digitaler und analoger Spiele und darüber hinaus (WS 2023/2024)
- Lecture Series: Perspektiven der IT-Sicherheit und der KI (Summer 2023)
- Seminar: Rapid Game Development: Erstellung eines Computerspiels in einem interdisziplinären Team (Summer 2023)
- Media Projects: Overall Organization (Winter 2022/2023)
- Seminar: Games User Research (Winter 2022/2023)
- Proseminar: Interacting for Fun - Spiel und Spaß mit dem Computer (Summer 2022)
- Seminar: Walk While Work - UX-Driven Development of Player Type-Centric Motion Games (Winter 2021/2022)
- Media Projects: Overall Organization (Winter 2021/2022)
- Lecture Series: Decisions² - Analoges und Digitales Game Design - Co-Organization (Winter 2021/2022)
- Media Projects: Overall Organization & Smart City Saarbrücken Media Project (Winter 2020/2021)
- Advanced Lecture: Gamification & Game Studies (Summer 2020)
- Media Projects: Overall Organization & User-Driven Game Development Media Project (Winter 2019/2020)
- Internship Seminar: Organziation (Since WS 2019/2020)
- Seminar: Rapid Game Development: Erstellung eines Computerspiels in einem interdisziplinären Team (Summer 2019)
- Seminar: Innovative Retail Technologies (Winter 2018/2019)
- Seminar: Games User Research (Summer 2018)
- Seminar: Livestreaming meets HCI (Summer 2017)
- Seminar: Gamified Life - Integration of Gamification Elements into Everyday Life (Winter 2014/15)
- Lecture: User Interface Design (Summer 2014) - Coordination
- Seminar: Multi-User Gaze-Based Interaction (Summer 2014)
- Seminar: From Analog to Digital: Moving from Paper-Based Artifacts to Digital Counterparts (Winter 2013/14)
- Lecture: Ubiquitous Media (Summer 2013) - Coordination
- Lecture: User Interface Design (Summer 2013) - Coordination
- Proseminar: Programmierung mobiler Geräte mit Android (Winter 2012/13)
Ongoing Theses / Media Projects
- Improving Skills in Fighting Games (Bachelor)
- Rogue-Like Mechanics (Bachelor)
- Challenge Runs++ (Master)
- Foosball++ (Master)
Academic Services & More
Reviewer: CHI 2027 Full Papers, CHI Play 2026 Full Papers, CHI Play 2024 Work-in-Progress, CHI Play 2024 Full Papers, CHI 2024 Papers, UIST 2023 Papers, CHI PLAY 2023 Full Papers, INTERACT 2023, GamiFIN 2023, CHI 2023 Papers, CHI Play 2022 Work-in-Progress, MuC 2022 (Part of PC for Short Papers), CHI Play 2022 Full Papers, IEEE Transactions on Games, CHI 2022 Papers, CHI Play 2021 Papers, INTERACT 2021, CHI 2021 Papers, MUM 2020 (PC), CHI Play 2020 Work-in-Progress, IMX 2020 Work-in-Progress, CHI 2020 Late Breaking Work, CHI 2020 Papers, CHI Play 2019, INTERACT 2019, TVX 2019, CHI 2019 Late Breaking Work, CHI 2018 Papers, CHI 2017 Papers and Notes, CHI PLAY 2017 Full Papers, CHI 2016 Papers and Notes, MobileHCI 2016 Papers Program, UbiComp 2016 Papers and Notes, Interacting with Computers 2016, CHI 2015 Papers and Notes, Mobile HCI 2015 Papers Program, Social Science Computer Review 2015, MUM 2015 Papers, Mobile HCI 2014 Papers Program, NordiCHI 2014 Papers, NordiCHI 2014 Posters, Mobile HCI 2013 Posters, UbiComp 2013 Adjunct
More: Member of the Game Award Saar 2023 jury. Member of the GamesTalente jury since 2020.
Selected Videos
If you are interested in my work, you can also watch these videos
- BU-ToDO: Example of "Bottom-up" Gamification in a task management application
- Helpstone: An example of enhanced audience interaction options in a game live-stream
- More Autonomy in Gamification Systems: A study that revealed that allowing users to disable gamification in a system is useful
PDF Access to Selected Publications
- Streamer's Hell - Investigating Audience Influence in Live-Streams Beyond the Game (CHI Play 2022)
- "Absolute or Relative" - Exploring the Choice between Leaderboard Types in an Image Tagging Task (CHI Play 2022 Extended Abstracts)
- Viewer Types in Game Live Streams: Questionnaire Development and Validation (User Modeling and User-Adapted Interaction Journal 2022)
- Investigating User-Created Gamification in an Image Tagging Task (CHI 2020)
- Understanding and Empowering Interactions Between Streamer And Audience in Game Live Streams (ACM Interactions 2020)
- Crowdjump: Investigating A Player-Driven Platform Game (CHI Play 2019) [Honorable Mention]
- HedgewarsSGC: A Competitive Shared Game Contol Setting (CHI 2019)
- "Enable or Disable Gamification?" - Analyzing the Impact of Choice in a Gamified Image Tagging Task (CHI 2019)
- Gamified Ads: Bridging the Gap Between User Enjoyment and the Effectiveness of Online Ads (CHI 2019)
- Viewers’ Perception of Elements Used in Game Live-Streams (Mindtrek 2018)
- Users As Game Designers: Analyzing Gamification Concepts in a “Bottom-Up” Setting (Mindtrek 2018)
- Extending a Gamified Mobile App with a Public Display to Encourage Walking (Mindtrek 2018)
- Investigating Gamification for Seniors Aged 75+ (DIS 2018)
- SilverCycling: Evaluating Persuasive Strategies to Promote Physical Activity among Older Adults (DIS 2018 Companion)
- CrowdChess: A System to Investigate Shared Game Control in Live-Streams (CHI Play 2017)
- Tabletop Game Meets Live-Streaming: Empowering the Audience (CHI Play 2017 Workshop)
- The Importance of Social Relations for Well-Being Change in Old Age – Do Game Preferences Change As Well? (CHI PLAY 2017 Workshop)
- Measuring the Effect of "Bottom-Up" Gamification in a Microtask Setting (Mindtrek 2017)
- Let's Play My Way: Investigating Audience Influence in User-Generated Gaming Live-Streams (TVX 2017)
- Expanding Video Game Live-Streams with Enhanced Communication Channels: A Case Study (CHI 2017)
- "Don't Whip Me With Your Games": Investigating "Bottom-Up" Gamification (CHI 2016)
- WaterCoaster: A Device to Encourage People in a Playful Fashion to Reach Their Daily Water Intake Level (CHI 2016 Extended Abstracts)
- Expense Control: A Gamified, Semi-Automated, Crowd-Based Approach For Receipt Capturing (IUI 2016)
- Using Microtasks to Enhance the Recognition of Receipt Entities to Keep Track Of Expenses (IUI 2016 Workshop)
- Analysis of Recycling Capabilities of Individuals and Crowds to Encourage and Educate People to Separate Their Garbage Playfully (CHI 2015) [Honorable Mention]
- Experiences with a Gamified Online Questionnaire for Crowdsourcing Human Recycling Capabilities (CHI 2015 Workshop)
- Towards a Novel Issue Tracking System for "Industry 4.0" Environments (CHI 2015 Extended Abstracts)
- OmniSports: Encouraging Physical Activities in Everyday Life (CHI 2014 Extended Abstracts)
- Towards A Novel Digital Household Account Book (CHI 2014 Extended Abstracts)
- User Requirements and Design Guidelines for Digital Restaurant Menus (NordiCHI 2012)
Publications ()
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