Master the Linguistic Landscape: Puzzle Integration in a 3D NLP Game

Many research studies have investigated the effects of game design elements in gamified applications, but to our knowledge, none have specifically focused on the puzzle game element. This paper addresses this gap by exploring how puzzle game elements impact NLP gamified applications. We explored the effect of such an approach on players’ enjoyment, competence, pressure, effort, choice, and performance (annotation accuracy). Our results showed that players derive greater enjoyment when playing the game with puzzles than those who only played the base game.