Enhancing Collaboration in Competitive Games in Multi-Display Environmen

Abstract

In the Multi-Display Environment (MDE), we introduce a mechanism containing private, public and group workspaces for a computer-mediated tabletop board game through combination of the tabletop and mobile phones. It can sustain the important sociality between players while ensuring privacy and enhancing visual effect. Based on the popular board game Monopoly, we design Copoly on a multi-touch tabletop and mobile phones where players can form groups for collaboration. We explore the patterns of collaboration and its effect on tabletop game experience. Results show that social bonding play an important role on the frequency and patterns of collaboration in tabletop games, and players gain a more joyful experience through both competition and collaboration.