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Embedded Minigame survey

Welcome and thank you for your interest in this survey!


The following survey is part of a media project in Media Informatics at Saarland University, conducted in cooperation with the German Research Center for Artificial Intelligence (DFKI). Our goal is to find out how players perceive and rate different types and categories of embedded minigames.

Participation requirements:

- You are at least 18 years old
- You have played video games with embedded minigames like Final Fantasy VII (G-bike, Snowboarding,...), Mass Effect 2 (Hacking), Hades II (Fishing),...

Participation takes about 15-20 minutes.


Your participation in the study involves answering a few questions about yourself, followed by questions about your personal assessment of various characteristics of minigames.

You are not obligated to participate in our study. Participation is voluntary. Even if you decide to participate now, you can change your mind at any time and withdraw from the study.
 

 

All data is processed anonymously. You can find more information in the privacy policy below.
Questions or comments? Feel free to write to us:
- Doreen Hawner (doha00001@stud.uni-saarland.de)
- Mathieu Schons (s8muscho@stud.uni-saarland.de)
- Frederic Clement (frcl00002@stud.uni-saarland.de) or
- Oliver Lang (s8ollang@uni-saarland.de)

 

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Privacy Policy

General information

The following study "Minigames in Video games" is conducted as a part of a media project in Media Informatics at Saarland University, conducted in cooperation with the German Research Center for Artificial Intelligence (DFKI).

Voluntary participation and freely given consent

Your participation in this study is entirely voluntary. By continuing with the survey, you provide informed consent. You can withdraw your consent at any time before the end of data collection without providing any reason. Simply close your browser window or use the "Exit and clear survey" button. Any incomplete or withdrawn datasets will be deleted.

Once data collection is complete, data will be anonymized and cannot be linked to individual participants, given that no personal data was entered into any of the free-text fields in the survey. At that point, data protection rights such as access, correction, or deletion can no longer be applied.

What data do we collect from you?

After consent to the collection of data, the following data are collected and processed anonymously:

- Demographic data (age, gender, nationality – all optional)
- Information about your personal gaming behavior and preferences
- Personal assessment of various aspects and characteristics of embedded minigames
   

Please do not enter personal or sensitive information into any free-text fields in the survey.

Survey Structure

For technical reasons, data such as the following, which your internet browser transmits to us or to our web space provider (so called server log files), is collected:

- type and version of the browser you use
- operating system
- websites that linked you to our site (referrer URL)
- date and time of your visit
- your Internet Protocol (IP) address

The aforementioned listed data is not merged with the survey data. On this website we use so-called cookies. Cookies are small files that are stored by your web browser. The cookies used on our website do not cause any damage to your computer and do not contain any malicious software. They enable a user-friendly and effective use of this website. We use permanent cookies with a maximum validity period of 365 days. We use these cookies exclusively to exclude multiple participation.

Data Anonymization and Storage

With the transfer of the collected data to our server, an anonymization takes place, which makes it practically impossible to assign the collected data to a person, as long as no personal data is entered in free text fields.

Survey data from completed responses remain stored on the DFKI LimeSurvey server and are transferred locally.

What do we use your data for?

The results and data are used exclusively for scientific research purposes. Specifically, they will be used in our media project and may be published there in whole or in part. In addition, the anonymized survey and character data will be made available to employees of the DFKI and Saarland University, who may also use them exclusively for scientific research purposes (e.g. writing a publication on this topic). Data that is published cannot be related back to you personally.

This study is conducted by Doreen Hawner (doha00001@stud.uni-saarland.de), Mathieu Schons (s8muscho@stud.uni-saarland.de), Frederic Clement (frcl00002@stud.uni-saarland.de) and Oliver Lang (s8ollang@uni-saarland.de) under the supervision of Dr.-Ing. Pascal Lessel (pascal.lessel@dfki.de).

If you have any questions that are not answered in this privacy statement, or if you would like further information on data protection, please contact our data protection officer (datenschutz@dfki.de).

Right of Appeal

You have the right to complain to a supervisory authority if you are of the opinion that the processing of your personal data violates statutory data protection regulations.