Henrik Warpefelt

Doctor of Philosophy

I have left the Department of Computer and Systems Sciences at Stockholm University as of July 1 2016. This page is left as-is for archival purposes, and will likely be outdated fairly soon.

Select publications:

• Henrik Warpefelt, Harko Verhagen. "Towards an updated typology of non-player character roles". In Proceedings of the 8th International Conference on Game and Entertainment Technologies. International Association for Development of the Information Society (IADIS). 2015.
• Henrik Warpefelt. "Cues and insinuations: Indicating the accordances of non-player characters using visual indicators". In: Proceedings of DiGRA 2015: Diversity of play: Games - Cultures - Identities. Digital Games Research Association. 2015.
• Björn Strååt and Henrik Warpefelt. "Applying the Two-Factor-Theory to the PLAY Heuristics". In: Proceedings of DiGRA 2015: Diversity of play: Games - Cultures - Identities. Digital Games Research Association. 2015.
• Magnus Johansson, Björn Strååt, Henrik Warpefelt and Harko Verhagen. "Analyzing the Social Dynamics of Non-Player Characters". In book: Frontiers in Gaming Simulation. Eds: Sebastiaan A. Meijer, Riitta Smeds. Springer. 2014.
• Björn Strååt, Magnus Johansson, and Henrik Warpefelt. "Evaluating Game Heuristics for Measuring Player Experience". In: Proceedings GAME-ON'13 - The 14th International Conference on Intelligent Games and Simulations. . 2013.
• Magnus Johansson, Björn Strååt, Henrik Warpefelt, and Harko Verhagen. "Analyzing AI in NPCs: An Analysis of Twelve Games". In book: Multiplayer: The Social Aspects of Digital Gaming. Eds: Thorsten Quandt, Sonja Kröger. Routledge. 2013.
• Henrik Warpefelt, Magnus Johansson and Harko Verhagen. "Analyzing the believability of game character behavior using the Game Agent Matrix". In: Proceedings of the sixth bi-annual conference of the Digital Games Research Association: Defragging Game Studies (DiGRA 2013). Digital Games Research Association. 2013.
• Magnus Johansson, Björn Strååt, Henrik Warpefelt, and Harko Verhagen. "Finding the social dynamics of non-player characters". Presented by Magnus Johansson at: The 44th International Simulation and Gaming Association conference (ISAGA 2013).
• Henrik Warpefelt and Björn Strååt. "Breaking immersion by creating social unbelievabilty". In: AISB 2013 Convention. Social Coordination: Principles, Artefacts and Theories (SOCIAL.PATH). The Society for the Study of Artificial Intelligence and the Simulation of Behaviour. 2013.
• Henrik Warpefelt and Björn Strååt. "A Method for comparing NPC social ability". In: Proceedings of the 5th Annual International Conference on Computer Games and Allied Technology (CGAT 2012). Global Science and Technology Forum. 2012.

Theses:

• The Non-Player Character – Exploring the believability of NPC presentation and behavior. Doctoral thesis. 2016.
• Mind the Gap - Exploring the social capability of non-player characters. Licentiate thesis. 2013.
• Colorblind computer gaming (with Björn Strååt). Magister (one year master) thesis. 2010.
• Microthreads in Python. Bachelor thesis. 2010.

Teaching

Course code	Course description	Term	Position
SciPro	Bachelor Thesis course, 3 theses	Spring 2016	Supervisor
SP6	Using and programming game engines	Spring 2016	Course co-administrator, tutor
ID:WEBPROG	Programming: Continuation course	Spring 2016	Tutor, grader
SciPro	Bachelor Thesis course, 4 theses	Spring 2015	Supervisor
SP6	Using and programming game engines	Spring 2015	Course co-administrator, tutor
SciPro	Bachelor Thesis course, 4 theses	Spring 2014	Supervisor
SP6	Using and programming game engines	Spring 2014	Course co-administrator, tutor
SciPro	Bachelor Thesis course, 3 theses	Spring 2013	Supervisor
SP6	Using and programming game engines	Spring 2013	Course co-administrator, tutor
SP:Analys	Analysis of computer games	Fall 2012	Teacher
SciPro	Bachelor Thesis course, 3 theses	Spring 2012	Supervisor
SP6	Using and programming game engines	Spring 2012	Course co-administrator, tutor
SciPro	Bachelor Thesis course, 3 theses	Spring 2011	Supervisor
SP6	Using and programming game engines	Spring 2011	Course co-administrator, tutor
SUPCOM	Supplementary course in Computer and Systems Sciences	Fall 2010	Course administrator, tutor
MMPP	Multimedia programming in Python	Summer 2010	Tutor, lecturer
WMP	Web programming with Python	Summer 2010	Tutor, lecturer
SP6	Using and programming game engines	Spring 2010	Course assistant, lecturer
IV1300 (KTH)	Software engineering	Spring 2010	Tutor
SP:PROG3	Programming in C & C++	Fall 2009	Course assistant, tutor
ITP	IT for personal work	Fall 2009	Tutor
MMPP	Multimedia programming in Python	Summer 2009	Tutor, lecturer