An ARM Framework for F2P Mobile Games

2019 ◽  
pp. 177-198
Author(s):  
Marisardo Bezerra de Medeiros Filho ◽  
Farley Fernandes ◽  
Felipe Matheus Calado ◽  
André Menezes Marques Neves
Keyword(s):  
Game Design ◽  
Single Source ◽  
Design Practice ◽  
Game Development ◽  
Mobile Games ◽  
Literature Research ◽  
Development Professionals

This chapter presents an ARM (acquisition, retention, and monetization) framework for F2P (free-to-play) mobile games to be used as to support game design practice and research. ARM strategies are dispersed throughout various sources such as websites, papers, and books, hampering the work of researchers and practitioners in this field. The aim of this framework is to list and organize these strategies into a single source. A literature research about ARM strategies in F2P mobile games was conducted to identify and select elements. Based on surveys with game development professionals, some of these elements were polished, merged, or removed. Finally, these elements were organized into a single framework, consisting of 3 main categories (acquisition, retention, and monetization), 8 subcategories, and 59 specific elements.

scholarly journals Optimization of Educational Mobile Game Design 'Ayo Wisata ke Riau' based on User's Perspective

2021 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
pp. 52-59
Author(s):  
Anggy Trisnadoli ◽  
Jan Alif Kreshna
Keyword(s):  
User Satisfaction ◽  
Game Design ◽  
Gap Analysis ◽  
Educational Game ◽  
Game Development ◽  
Mobile Games ◽  
Mobile Game ◽  
The Public ◽  
Design And Implementation ◽  
Direct Implementation

Educational Mobile Game ‘Ayo Wisata ke Riau’ is a mobile-based educational game application that was developed in 2017 on the Android platform. The quality requirements used in this game development have been adjusted for the available Educational Mobile Games. Even though it went well, there were many complaints from users during the direct implementation survey. This becomes material for re-evaluation, whether the game is ready to be disseminated to the public. Based on this occurence, a gap analysis was carried out to see the feasibility and the need for improvements to the game application that had been built. Based on the results of the gap analysis that has been carried out, it is indicated that there is a need for significant improvements in the areas of performance and user satisfaction. So that in this study, a design reengineering was carried out that was focused on improving the two things that were considered crucial, so that the results of the design and implementation that had been improved could provide better performance and user satisfaction scores than previous developments.

Fun by design: The game design activity and its iterative process as (playful) learning practices

2016 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
pp. 1 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ilaria Mariani ◽  
Judith Ackermann
Keyword(s):  
Game Design ◽  
Design Activity ◽  
Design Practice ◽  
Joint Research ◽  
Mobile Games ◽  
Iterative Design ◽  
Design Activities ◽  
Multiple Levels ◽  
Verification Process ◽  
Play Experience

This contribution proposes a critical review of the results of a workshop held at Politecnico di Milano problematising how playfulness and ‘fun by design’ affect game design activities and contribute to giving students a different awareness of the play experience. The presented activities are part of the authors’ joint research in the domain of situated gaming as a form of playful learning in higher education, which investigates the part of both the designers and the players (Ackermann & Mariani, 2015). The analysis investigates how the iterative design process simultaneously elicits fun and activates reflections on the game design practice and the playtesting activity as a nodal moment for players and designers, where seriousness and playfulness intersect.Allowing and requiring playful participation on multiple levels, and aiming to emphasise the players’ perspectives, we asked 45 students to (1) design location based mobile games, (2) perform the observation/verification process and (3) explore its elusive and challenging phases. Data was collected from rapid ethnographies and questionnaires compiled in the process. The contribution expands the reasoning from the fundamental discourse of meanings embedded and communicated through games, to the importance of the game design activity as a recursive process of knowledge acquisition and as a specific form of playful learning. 

Development of Serious Games for Behaviour Change: A Practical Methodology (Preprint)

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Carlos Alberto Catalina Ortega ◽  
Svjetlana Kolić-Vehovec ◽  
Barbara Rončević Zubković ◽  
Sanja Smojver-Ažić ◽  
Tamara Martinac Dorčić
Keyword(s):  
Behaviour Change ◽  
Game Design ◽  
Serious Games ◽  
Behavioural Change ◽  
Intervention Mapping ◽  
Psychological Perspective ◽  
Game Development ◽  
Development Methodology ◽  
Intervention Mapping Protocol ◽  
Post Test

UNSTRUCTURED Objectives: The main purpose of the paper is to define a new methodology that allows the design of Serious Games that promote a behavioural change. The methodology is based on the Intervention Mapping Protocol (IMP) to define all the information and interventions and Applied Behaviour Analysis (ABA) to promote the behaviour change. Materials and methods: The methodology is based on the experience of game designers and psychologies within the eConfidence H2020 research project in which a new methodology was designed and implemented in two serious games. The game development methodology is described in six steps to be followed, with the psychological perspective integrated with the game design. Both games were tested in 10 schools with a pre and post-test for the data analysis. Results: Both games developed within the methodology present relevant findings on the change of behaviour of the users. Additionally, the proposed metric integrated allows a database improvement of the games to get better results. Conclusion: New methodology for design and study effectiveness of Serious Games that promote behavioural changes, was designed and integrated into two serious games that demonstrate changes in the users. The methodology could help other teams in the work of design and assess the effectiveness of a Serious Game for behavioural change.

Mobile Game Development with Flash as the Editor

2014 ◽  
Vol 644-650 ◽  
pp. 2898-2901
Author(s):  
Hong Tao Zhang ◽  
Qing Jie Sun ◽  
You Chun Liu
Keyword(s):  
Game Development ◽  
Mobile Games ◽  
Mobile Game ◽  
Aided Design

In this paper, it is proposed that Flash can replace game editors to develop mobile games. In an actual project, Flash is used as a graphic editing tool and directly produces together with simple ActionScript codes the data needed by game framework from Fla files, indicating that Flash can replace most of expensive commercial editors and has feasibility and practicability in aided design.

An Overview of Accessibility and Usability of Educational Games

2013 ◽  
pp. 63-101
Author(s):  
Marion A. Hersh ◽  
Barbara Leporini
Keyword(s):  
Learning Environments ◽  
Game Design ◽  
Educational Games ◽  
Virtual Learning Environments ◽  
Educational Game ◽  
Mobile Games ◽  
Games Studies ◽  
Educational Computer ◽  
Computer Based ◽  
Guidelines And Recommendations

This chapter presents an overview of accessibility and usability for educational computer-based games and the first survey of the accessibility and usability of digital educational games. The overview includes a discussion of accessibility and usability, both in general and in the specific context of educational games, as well as a brief presentation of issues relating to game design, including of mobile games. Since there are no previous studies of the accessibility and usability of educational computer-based games, studies of the accessibility and usability of the related areas of virtual learning environments, digital games for entertainment and PDF documents, are also presented. The overview of accessibility and usability and the results of the survey are used to draw up a structured list of 62 guidelines and recommendations, organised into three categories at the first level and ten at the second level. These guidelines and recommendations are illustrated by an example of their application to a fictitious new educational game.

Bridging Research and Game Development

2014 ◽  
pp. 151-171 ◽  
Author(s):  
Barbara Chamberlin ◽  
Jesús Trespalacios ◽  
Rachel Gallagher
Keyword(s):  
Game Design ◽  
Educational Games ◽  
Educational Goals ◽  
Instructional Designers ◽  
State University ◽  
Game Development ◽  
Learning Games ◽  
New Mexico State University ◽  
Development Cycle ◽  
Game Developers

Over the past 20 years, instructional designers in the Learning Games Lab at New Mexico State University have developed a design model for game development that brings researchers, educators, and game developers together throughout the design process. Using this approach, game developers and content experts (a) work collaboratively to ensure educational goals and outcomes are appropriate for the learner and the learning environment, (b) immerse themselves in both content and game design, and (c) test extensively throughout development with members of the target audience. In this chapter, the authors describe the model as it was used in development of several math games during a four-year development cycle for the Math Snacks project. They discuss the implications of this approach for the creation of other educational games or suites of games and share recommendations for expansion of the model to other developers.

Measuring Student Perceptions

2014 ◽  
pp. 165-182
Author(s):  
Leonard A. Annetta ◽  
Shawn Holmes ◽  
Meng-Tzu Cheng
Keyword(s):  
Student Perceptions ◽  
Game Design ◽  
Educational Games ◽  
Game Development ◽  
Mixed Method Design ◽  
Teachers And Students ◽  
Serious Educational Games ◽  
Design Software ◽  
Further Development ◽  
And Training

As educational games become more pervasive, the evolution of game design software is inevitable. This study looked at student perceptions of teacher created Serious Educational Games as part of a project striving to create a game development software where teachers and students create games as part of educational activities. The objective was to use evidence from student perceptions to inform further development of the software. A mixed method design ascertained data from 181 male and 178 females from 33 teacher created games. Results indicate that the software is relatively effective by the supporting documentation and training lacked in several areas. This information led to the creation of a commercial game development software set for release in 2010.

A Novel 3D Game Design Method Based on Virtools Platform

2011 ◽  
Vol 480-481 ◽  
pp. 956-961
Author(s):  
Chai Gang ◽  
Xiao Yu Huang
Keyword(s):  
Computer Games ◽  
Game Design ◽  
Design Method ◽  
3D Models ◽  
Science Knowledge ◽  
Game Play ◽  
Game Development ◽  
3D Game

This paper studies the application of computer games in the popularization of forestry science knowledge and proposes a method of 3D game development based on Virtools platform, which creates 3D models in 3ds max and Maya, and then realizes the game functions in Virtools. This paper designs and develops a 3D game for the popularization of forestry science, gets a better balance between knowledge and game play, and enhances the users' interaction experience by adding the gamepad, which has great reference and practicability value. Computer games will play an increasingly important role in the popularization of forestry science.

scholarly journals Timeliness in information sharing within creative industries. Case: Finnish game design

2021 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
J. Tuomas Harviainen ◽  
Miikka J. Lehtonen ◽  
Sören Kock
Keyword(s):  
Information Sharing ◽  
Game Design ◽  
Design Methodology ◽  
Creative Industries ◽  
Game Development ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Organizational Information ◽  
New Knowledge ◽  
Interpersonal Level ◽  
Share Information

PurposeThis article aims to examine instances of timeliness and temporality in information sharing conducted by members of the Finnish game design community. By doing so, it provides new knowledge into the ways in which organizational information practices may take place on an individual and interpersonal level, and the ways in which timeliness impact information sharing.Design/methodology/approachThe article is based on three sets of interviews, gathered in 2012–2014, 2017–2018 and 2018–2020.FindingsThe authors identify six themes of information sharing and show that time is strongly tied to the ways in which people in the Finnish game development industry share information outside of their own companies.Originality/valueThis type of information sharing has not been previously researched. This study brings forth new knowledge on how timeliness influence information sharing within creative industries.

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