Fans of Animal Crossing: New Horizons can take a psychology survey about their playing habits and possibly win a free game for the Nintendo Switch. Animal Crossing is approaching its anniversary, as it's almost been a full in-game year since its release back in March 2020. Nintendo recently announced the Festivale, which takes place on February 15, during which players can assist Pavé the peacock by collecting feathers and crafting various furniture items. Players can also exchange these feathers to obtain Festivale-themed items.
It's been quite a while since the last in-game holiday, New Year's Eve. Despite it having been over a month since a new event, Animal Crossing: New Horizons players are still making their own fun in this thriving community. One player designed their island to look like an IKEA store, and it has everything from a food court to entire furniture sections. The player's avatar even had a nametag and a typical IKEA uniform on.
While players are off designing their islands, they can take a psychology survey for the chance to win a free Nintendo Switch game, as reported by Nintendo Life. This survey is part of university student Sam Davern's final project, in which he's analyzing players' personality types and how that could be reflected in their playing habits. Davern is collecting information such as island ratings, hours of playtime, Nook Miles scores, and Happy Home Academy scores. After finishing the survey, players will receive a report that details the respondent's player type and general personality. This survey is also anonymous and has been approved by the UCC Ethics committee.
Davern's thesis is fascinating because it provides players with results immediately after they give their responses. This information could be useful for fans who want more insight into the psychological aspects of their in-game habits. Perhaps people with five-star islands crave general perfection, and people with high Happy Home Academy scores are creative and organized. If players have finished everything Animal Crossing has to offer, then they may just be perfectionists, creative, and organized. As Davern himself has mentioned, very little academic research has been done on video games aside from their correlations with violence, so plenty of new information could surface from this project.
It's also nice that Davern has included the possibility of winning a new Nintendo Switch game as an incentive. This likely will increase the number of participants by quite a bit. Regardless if players end up winning a Switch game or not, these results are interesting to look at, and all Animal Crossing: New Horizons players should consider helping out a student.
Animal Crossing: New Horizons is available for Nintendo Switch.
Source: Nintendo Life
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