BattleGraphs: Forge, Fortify, and Fight in the Network Arena | TU Wien

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Publication Type: Conference Paper
Workgroup(s)/Project(s): not specified
Date: 2025
Publisher: The Eurographics Association
Location: Luxembourg
Lecturer:
- Henry Ehlers
- Daniel Pahr
- Sara Di Bartolomeo
- C. Stoiber
- Velitchko Filipov
Event: EuroVis 2025 Workshop on Visualization Play, Games, and Activities (VisGames)
Editor: Stoiber, C. and Boucher, Magdalena and de Jesus Oliveira, V. A. and Schetinger, Victor and Filipov, Velitchko and Raidou, Renata Georgia and Amabili, L. and Keck, M. and Aigner, Wolfgang
DOI: 10.2312/visgames.20251161
Booktitle: Visgames 2025: EuroVis Workshop on Visualization Play, Games, and Activities
Pages: 5
Conference date: 2. June 2025
Keywords: Network Visualization, Data Physicalization, Constructivism, Visualization Games

Abstract

Constructive visualization enables users to create personalized data representations and facilitates early insight generation and sensemaking. Based on NODKANT, a toolkit for creating physical network diagrams using 3D printed parts, we define a competitive network physicalization game: BattleGraphs. In BattleGraphs, two players construct networks independently and compete in solving network analysis benchmark tasks. We propose a workshop scenario where we deploy our game, collect strategies for interaction and analysis from our players, and measure the effectiveness of the strategy with the success of the player to discuss in a reflection phase. Printable parts of the game, as well as instructions, are available through the Open Science Framework at -- https://osf.io/x6zv7/ -- All proceedings (including this submission) available on the eurographics digital library: https://diglib.eg.org/collections/d1483cdb-603e-46b6-b315-d9a6e750427e

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@inproceedings{ehlers-2025-battlegraphs,
  title =      "BattleGraphs: Forge, Fortify, and Fight in the Network Arena",
  author =     "Henry Ehlers and Daniel Pahr and Sara Di Bartolomeo and C.
               Stoiber and Velitchko Filipov",
  year =       "2025",
  abstract =   "Constructive visualization enables users to create
               personalized data representations and facilitates early
               insight generation and sensemaking. Based on NODKANT, a
               toolkit for creating physical network diagrams using 3D
               printed parts, we define a competitive network
               physicalization game: BattleGraphs. In BattleGraphs, two
               players construct networks independently and compete in
               solving network analysis benchmark tasks. We propose a
               workshop scenario where we deploy our game, collect
               strategies for interaction and analysis from our players,
               and measure the effectiveness of the strategy with the
               success of the player to discuss in a reflection phase.
               Printable parts of the game, as well as instructions, are
               available through the Open Science Framework at --
               https://osf.io/x6zv7/ -- All proceedings (including this
               submission) available on the eurographics digital library:
               https://diglib.eg.org/collections/d1483cdb-603e-46b6-b315-d9a6e750427e",
  publisher =  "The Eurographics Association",
  location =   "Luxembourg",
  event =      "EuroVis 2025 Workshop on Visualization Play, Games, and
               Activities (VisGames)",
  editor =     "Stoiber, C. and Boucher, Magdalena and de Jesus Oliveira, V.
               A. and Schetinger, Victor and Filipov, Velitchko and Raidou,
               Renata Georgia and Amabili, L. and Keck, M. and Aigner,
               Wolfgang",
  doi =        "10.2312/visgames.20251161",
  booktitle =  "Visgames 2025: EuroVis Workshop on Visualization Play,
               Games, and Activities",
  pages =      "5",
  keywords =   "Network Visualization, Data Physicalization, Constructivism,
               Visualization Games",
  URL =        "https://www.cg.tuwien.ac.at/research/publications/2025/ehlers-2025-battlegraphs/",
}