Quiz Traveller: A Crowdsourced Educational Game on Chat-Based Interactive Live-Streaming Platforms

Wang, Y; Shi, L; Shu, X; Ma, M; Oliveira, W; Kharrufa, A

Quiz Traveller: A Crowdsourced Educational Game on Chat-Based Interactive Live-Streaming Platforms

Lookup NU author(s): Yunfei Wang, Dr Lei Shi ORCiD, Xin Shu, Marci Ma, Dr Ahmed Kharrufa ORCiD

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Abstract

Live-streaming platforms have become an important medium for online learning, especially amid growing demand for interactive remote education. However, conventional text-based interactions on these platforms often perpetuate learner passivity and limit collaborative agency, hindering sustained engagement and knowl- edge retention. To address this gap, we present Quiz Traveller, an audience-participation game (APG) for world history learning that employs multi-player single-character control (MSCC), a crowd- sourced interaction mechanism popularised by Twitch Plays Poké- mon, as its core interaction paradigm. The game enables learners to collectively steer gameplay (e.g., navigating quizzes, solving his- torical challenges) via real-time chat commands, implementing two control modes: Anarchy (sequential command execution) and Democracy (voting-based aggregation). We evaluated this game through a single-group study (𝑁= 25) using parallel-form pre- and post-tests (i.e., to measure short-term knowledge retention) and the Game Experience Questionnaire (GEQ) (i.e., to assess subjec- tive engagement and experience). Results from the single-group pre-test and post-test evaluation reveal substantial improvement in short-term knowledge retention (i.e., enhanced quiz performance). GEQ responses indicate moderately positive ratings for competence, performance, and positive affect, alongside lower scores for flow and immersion, and minimal negative affect. Our work demonstrates that Quiz Traveller, an educational game employing MSCC mechanics, achieves substantial learning gains whilst maintaining positive player experience, providing proof of concept that MSCC-based games warrant further investigation in educational live-streaming. This study offers a scalable, chat-native initial design instantiation of MSCC for educational contexts for educators and platform designers, providing a concrete foundation for future mechanism-focused research whilst offering practical im- plications for game-based learning in remote and hybrid education settings.