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Survey 1: Storytelling Preferences in Media Overview
| What is your age? |
| Calculation |
Result |
| Count |
180 |
| Sum |
4539 |
| Standard Deviation |
13.800271736455 |
| Average |
25.2166666666667 |
| Minimum |
13 |
| 1st Quartile (Q1) |
193.75 |
| 2nd Quartile (Median) |
22 |
| 3rd Quartile (Q3) |
26 |
| What is your gender? |
| Answer |
Count |
Percentage |
| Female |
48 |
26.67% |
| Male |
132 |
73.33% |
| 1. On average, how many hours a week do you spend playing video games: |
| Answer |
Count |
Percentage |
| 0-5 |
33 |
18.33% |
| 6-10 |
50 |
27.78% |
| 11-15 |
33 |
18.33% |
| 16-20 |
20 |
11.11% |
| 20+ |
43 |
23.89% |
| Non completed |
1 |
0.56% |
| 2. Mark your three favorite types of video games: |
| Answer |
Count |
Percentage |
| Action |
39 |
21.67% |
| Adventure |
72 |
40.00% |
| Fighting |
18 |
10.00% |
| FPS (First Person Shooter) |
52 |
28.89% |
| MMORPG (Massively Multiplayer Online Role Playing Game) |
41 |
22.78% |
| Music/Rhythm |
16 |
8.89% |
| Platformer |
31 |
17.22% |
| Puzzle |
26 |
14.44% |
| Racing |
9 |
5.00% |
| RPG (Role Playing Game) |
131 |
72.78% |
| Sports |
13 |
7.22% |
| Strategy |
47 |
26.11% |
| Other |
13 |
7.22% |
| 3. When playing games I generally: |
| Answer |
Count |
Percentage |
| Pay close attention to dialogue and cut-scenes. |
125 |
69.44% |
| Pay some attention to dialogue and cut-scenes. |
31 |
17.22% |
| Pay little attention to dialogue and cut-scenes. |
6 |
3.33% |
| Skip past dialogue and cut-scenes. |
7 |
3.89% |
| Other |
7 |
3.89% |
| Non completed |
4 |
2.22% |
| 4. I prefer games that... |
| Answer |
Count |
Percentage |
| Have a single well done story, even though I can't change the outcome. |
58 |
32.22% |
| Have a single well done story, but with multiple endings. |
46 |
25.56% |
| Have two or three very different story paths I can choose between. |
26 |
14.44% |
| Are very open and let me make my own story. |
15 |
8.33% |
| Have no story at all. |
9 |
5.00% |
| Other |
22 |
12.22% |
| Non completed |
4 |
2.22% |
5. List three games you have played that you think have extremely good stories.
(See the Excel spreadsheet or Appendix B in the book.) |
| 6. Do you have any experience with Interactive Fiction (aka. text adventure games)? If so, what is your opinion of the style? |
| Answer |
Count |
Percentage |
| I like the style. |
52 |
28.89% |
| I dislike the style. |
12 |
6.67% |
| I neither like nor dislike the style. |
30 |
16.67% |
| They need graphics. |
16 |
8.89% |
| I’ve never played any. |
61 |
33.89% |
| Non completed |
9 |
5.00% |
| 7. Have you ever watched an interactive movie (one that allowed for choices on your part which changed the story)? If so, what is your opinion of the style? |
| Answer |
Count |
Percentage |
| I like it better than regular movies. |
10 |
5.56% |
| I like it less than regular movies. |
39 |
21.67% |
| I like it just as much as regular movies. |
12 |
6.67% |
| I’ve never watched any. |
109 |
60.56% |
| Non completed |
10 |
5.56% |
| 8. Have you ever read an interactive novel (such as the Choose Your Own Adventure books)? If so, what is your opinion of the style? |
| Answer |
Count |
Percentage |
| I like it better than regular novels. |
11 |
6.11% |
| I like it less than regular novels. |
56 |
31.11% |
| I like it just as much as regular novels. |
30 |
16.67% |
| I like the idea, but want a more diverse selection of books. |
54 |
30.00% |
| I’ve never read any. |
19 |
10.56% |
| Non completed |
10 |
5.56% |
| 9. If given a choice, I prefer my video games to have... |
| Answer |
Count |
Percentage |
| A single well done story which I can’t change. |
51 |
28.33% |
| A single well done story where I can choose the ending. |
39 |
21.67% |
| A story with several different paths I can choose from. |
48 |
26.67% |
| A basic story where I can do as I please and make my own story. |
8 |
4.44% |
| No story at all. |
7 |
3.89% |
| Other |
16 |
8.89% |
| Non completed |
11 |
6.11% |
| 10. If given a choice, I prefer my movies to have... |
| Answer |
Count |
Percentage |
| A single well done story which I can’t change. |
142 |
78.89% |
| A single well done story where I can choose the ending. |
12 |
6.67% |
| A story with several different paths I can choose from. |
14 |
7.78% |
| Other |
1 |
0.56% |
| Non completed |
11 |
6.11% |
| 11. If given a choice, I prefer my novels to have... |
| Answer |
Count |
Percentage |
| A single well done story which I can’t change. |
147 |
81.67% |
| A single well done story where I can choose the ending. |
12 |
6.67% |
| A story with several different paths I can choose from. |
7 |
3.89% |
| Other |
3 |
1.67% |
| Non completed |
11 |
6.11% |
12. Do you have any additional comments about your story preferences in games, movies, or novels?
(See the Excel spreadsheet.) |
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