Institutions, Chain Governance and the Predicament of Local Upgrading: A Case Study of Hangzhou’s Mobile Game Industry

2021 ◽  
pp. 1-26
Author(s):  
Shengjun Zhu ◽  
Xiaohui Hu ◽  
Robert Hassink
Keyword(s):  
Mobile Game ◽  
Game Industry

scholarly journals Exploring Mobile Game Interactions

2018 ◽  
Vol 8 (5) ◽  
pp. 3954
Author(s):  
Pitsanu Chaichitwanidchakol ◽  
Witcha Feungchan
Keyword(s):  
Social Interaction ◽  
Mobile Games ◽  
Mobile Game ◽  
Time Interaction ◽  
Network Interaction ◽  
Touch Interaction ◽  
Movement Interaction ◽  
Game Industry ◽  
The Right ◽  
Location Interaction

The mobile game industry has been growing rapidly in both the number of games and revenues. Choosing the right interactions for a game has become a major challenge for developers. Some developers use inappropriate interactions in their games which causes them to be less fun than they should be. This research focuses on gathering and defining possible mobile game interactions so as to guide and enable designers and developers to choose the right interactions for their games. The researchers have extensively reviewed and explored various mobile game interactions both through research studies and through existing mobile games. Subsequent to observations, mobile game interactions were then categorized as follows: 1) Touch interaction 2) Motion/Movement interaction 3) Video interaction 4) Sound interaction 5) Special purpose interaction 6) Location interaction 7) Electroencep-halography (EEG) interaction 8) Date/Time interaction 9) Weather interaction 10) Light interaction 11) Proximity interaction 12) Network interaction 13) Social interaction and 14) Bioinformatics interaction. These 14 interactions can be used to support gameplay, ideas, and innovation of mobile games.

scholarly journals Immaterial Fordism: the paradox of game industry labour

2007 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Leif Schumacher
Keyword(s):  
Video Game ◽  
New Economy ◽  
Knowledge Work ◽  
Game Industry ◽  
New Form

In different ways, Marxist autonomist, regulation school, and neoliberal theories all claim that work in the new economy is increasingly characterised by high levels of creativity, cooperation, and innovation, albeit accompanied by uncertainty and a relentless pace of work, introducing a new form of labour that differs fundamentally from past forms. This paper does not disagree with the proposition that capital is currently in the process of intensifying its search for more efficient value extraction. However, through a case study of lawsuits launched against the video game company Electronic Arts regarding its labour practices, it argues that the change in the nature of knowledge work and immaterial labour has been overstated by the adherents of these three schools and that what we are witnessing is not so much a replacement of traditional Fordist practices by post-Fordist ones as a new fusion of the two forms.

Customer Perceptions Toward Mobile Games Delivered via the Wireless Application Protocol

2011 ◽  
pp. 48-65
Author(s):  
Clarry Shchiglik ◽  
Stuart J. Barnes ◽  
Eusebio Scornavacca
Keyword(s):  
Focus Groups ◽  
Mobile Phones ◽  
Consumer Perceptions ◽  
Wireless Application Protocol ◽  
Mobile Games ◽  
Mobile Game ◽  
Customer Perceptions ◽  
Main Driver ◽  
Wireless Application ◽  
Game Industry

The rapid uptake and increased complexity of mobile phones has provided an unprecedented platform for the penetration of mobile services. Among these, mobile entertainment is composed of a variety of services such as ringing tones, games, gambling, and so on. Games are predicted to replace ringing tones as the main driver of mobile entertainment. This chapter contributes to the development of the mobile game industry by understanding corresponding consumer perceptions towards wireless application protocol (WAP) games. A series of focus groups were conducted to gain in-depth qualitative insight of perceptions towards WAP game services. The results indicate a number of clear areas for the delivery of successful WAP game services. WAP games were perceived as lacking complexity, but at the same time, were also seen as possessing several beneficial qualities. The chapter concludes with some recommendations and predictions regarding the future of WAP games.

Case Study in Game Design

2009 ◽  
pp. 316-330
Author(s):  
Patricia A. Young
Keyword(s):  
Video Game ◽  
Game Design ◽  
Online Games ◽  
Global Game ◽  
Multiplayer Online Games ◽  
Growth Area ◽  
Government Education ◽  
Game Industry

The global game industry expects substantial growth in the next decades. Massive multiplayer online games (MMOG) are expected to skyrocket from the $3.8 billion reported in 2006 to $11.8 billion by 2011 (Olausson, 2007). The video game industry is expected to grow at an annual rate of 9.1%, or from a $31.6 billion in 2006 to $48.9 by 2011. Serious games are the new growth area. These games are reportedly not for entertainment purposes and are being developed by and for industries such as government, education, health, and business (Scanlon, 2007). Given these figures, the role of game design will have global implications for groups of people around the world. Therefore, design and development must meet the challenges of this technological revolution.

‘The fate of Shenmue is in your hands now!’: Kickstarter, video games and the financialization of crowdfunding

2018 ◽  
Vol 25 (5-6) ◽  
pp. 985-999
Author(s):  
Dario Lolli
Keyword(s):  
Web 2.0 ◽  
Video Game ◽  
Effective Capacity ◽  
Digital Platforms ◽  
Digital Ecosystem ◽  
Digital Convergence ◽  
History Of ◽  
Game Industry ◽  
Funding Mechanisms

In July 2015, a crowdfunding campaign launched to revive the notoriously unprofitable video game series Shenmue closed with the record figure of above US$6 million, to date the highest amount ever raised on Kickstarter for video game funding. This article takes this campaign as an endemic case study of the changing funding mechanisms concerning video game production in the digital ecosystem of Web 2.0. Although the campaign displays some of the participatory elements often attributed to crowdfunding and digital convergence, it also sheds doubts on accountability and the effective capacity of crowdfunding to substantially challenge and de-hierarchize power relations in the video game industry. In particular, the Shenmue III campaign illustrates how the crowdfunding initiative was instrumentally mobilized by its organizers to attract further corporate sponsorships and stakeholders outside crowdfunding. This controversial episode shows how commercial platforms like Kickstarter are increasingly facilitating a process of financialization of crowdfunding, whose main effect is not so much the equal coming together of media consumers and producers as the minimization of risks for large video game corporations. By mapping the history of the Shenmue franchise from its original failure in the era of physical distribution to its recent crowdfunded success, this article argues that the empowering potentials of crowdfunding cannot be readily assumed without a contingent analysis of the cultural and political economy underlying Web 2.0 and its digital platforms.

scholarly journals The Design and Implementation of Tamper Resistance for Mobile Game Service

2010 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
pp. 85-105
Author(s):  
Hang Bae Chang ◽  
Hyuk Jun Kwon ◽  
Jong Gu Kang
Keyword(s):  
Real Time ◽  
Current Status ◽  
Time Process ◽  
Online Game ◽  
Mobile Game ◽  
Design And Implementation ◽  
Game Industry ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Dramatic Growth ◽  
Technical Measures

The commensurate number of the attacks and infringement targeting a vulnerability of the game service has been increasing constantly, due to the dramatic growth and expansion of the impact of the game industry. However, there exist no subsequent researches for the differentiated technology, which is to prevent the reverse function of the game service. Therefore, in this study, we examined the current status of infringement toward online game services which are provided in the market currently and designed the proper technical measures ('Software Tamper Resistance') for a manipulation of the game service which is the most vulnerable part. In detail, we have encrypted an execution file and decrypted it in real time process. After that we implemented antibebugging, disassemble, and antidump technology.

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