A Multi-Agent Architecture for Tracking User Interactions in Browser-based Games

This paper presents a tracking system developed for browser-based games to track user interactions remotely. To eliminate the restriction of accessing local file system, the client side of the system runs on a standalone web server. The tracking agent writes the user interactions with a game on the local file system, and the log-transfer agent sends the results to the server side of the system as soon as an internet connection is available. This system is used in a research to investigate the effects of playing certain games on visual working memory of children under the age 7. This tracking system has provided the games with better user-friendliness by removing browser´s permission prompts in JavaScript and Flash-based games. Furthermore, allowing remote data collection from all the gamers provides vast data for future research.