What is projecting, smart-seeing, and close-coupling?

• projecting and smart-seeing is using external representations to become more active thinkers and to understand how to proceed based on cues.
• close-coupling is to actively think while interacting with dynamic systems and adaptive environments

Through Human-Computer Interaction, video gamers are constantly employing these skills to play games.

How can we use smart-seeing, projecting, and close-coupling to design a MOBA interface for mobile with a simple learning curve while maintaining a complex and rewarding gameplay?

• Since MOBAs are character-dependent, is skill in piloting characters more important than overall game strategy? (micro vs macro)
• What current aspects of MOBAs keep players engaged through the use of close-coupling?
• What kinds of features help to maintain player attention and engagement in MOBA interfaces?

After playing a variety of MOBA games such as League of Legends (+ Wild Rift), Brawl Stars, and Clash Royale, our team determined that common factors within MOBAs is that it requires many repetitive tasks that can make the gameplay dull over time, contains a lack of varied interaction due to the lack of close-coupling employed by players, and that initial games may feel slow to newer players.

If more interactive/dynamic external representations are present in the video game, then the player will be more engaged in the gameplay because close-coupling, smart-seeing, and projecting skills would be required.

• A simple and comprehensible UI layout and controls
• Addition of PvE elements that are accessible to all the players, allowing them to deviate from the repetitive battle set up
• Provide basic tactical advice to motivate players with a sense of learning
• High incentives for high-risk objectives to increase engagement from both winning or losing states (like the golden snitch in Harry Potter)

Players would be encouraged to progress as the games remain competitive between teams, allowing players to employ close-coupling in addition to the enhancement of individual skill expression and theorycrafting.

Because of added PvE interactive elements and provided tactical advice, gameplay would initially lack competitiveness and development of the players' own strategies may be hindered.