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Galehantomo P.S, Geraldus. "Platform Comparison Between Games Console, Mobile Games And PC Games." SISFORMA 2, no. 1 (November 20, 2015): 23. http://dx.doi.org/10.24167/sisforma.v2i1.407.
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In terms of platforms and game console, there are diffrences between, mobile games and pc gamesin the way it is used, the operator, the main event play, the game design and even the way the game work.We know that all the games on console platforms, PC and mobile, have their own characteristic which have advantages and drawbacksAll platforms compete to win the rating for the sake of their platform continuity. For rating, all games platforms develop games that are more qualified. Those games will determine the quality of the platforms, so that the game developers of each platform developtheir games maximally to compete.
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Kim, JaeWon, JeongA Wi, SooJin Jang, and YoungBin Kim. "Sequential Recommendations on Board-Game Platforms." Symmetry 12, no. 2 (February 2, 2020): 210. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/sym12020210.
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The game market is an increasingly large industry. The board-game market, which is the most traditional in the game market, continues to show a steady growth. It is very important for both publishers and players to predict the propensity of users in this huge market and to recommend new games. Despite its importance, no study has been performed on board-game recommendation systems. In this study, we propose a method to build a deep-learning-based recommendation system using large-scale user data of an online community related to board games. Our study showed that new games can be effectively recommended for board-game users based on user big data accumulated for a long time. This is the first study to propose a personalized recommendation system for users in the board-game market and to introduce a provision of new large datasets for board-game users. The proposed dataset shares symmetric characteristics with other datasets and has shown its ability to be applied to various recommendation systems through experiments. Therefore, the dataset and recommendation system proposed in this study are expected to be applied for various studies in the field.
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Nurmagandi, Boby. "Penggunaan Platform Game Education dalam Pendidikan Keperawatan: Kajian Literatur." ARTERI : Jurnal Ilmu Kesehatan 1, no. 1 (November 13, 2019): 8–13. http://dx.doi.org/10.37148/arteri.v1i1.3.
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Development of information and communication technology that increases complexity in the education system where the learning process develops to be electronic-based, the use of electronic-based learning systems in nursing education provides an interesting development for students. one of them is the use of educational game platforms. The use of educational game platforms can provide convenience in learning the learning system. The method of reading this article is the Study of Literature Review through searching articles on 2 data-based, namely: Science Direct and Scopus. The inclusion criteria for this literature study are full text free, waiting for English, and published 2013-2018. The keywords used in the search article are Games, Educational Games, Platform Educational Games, Nursing Educational Games. search results found 294 articles starting with reading the title and abstract sections to find 10 articles that are relevant for use for literature review. The results of the conclusions study concluded that the use of educational game platforms in the learning process can increase learning interest, student satisfaction levels, increase self-efficacy, the level of punishment and the ability to make decisions. The use of educational games can also increase student learning prose, create active learning arrangements, easy to understand learning material, and improve students' clinical teaching skills. Educational games related to educational game platforms, collaboration between education and related parties Industrial games to educate game platforms according to the needs in the learning process.
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Haviv, Avery, Yufeng Huang, and Nan Li. "Intertemporal Demand Spillover Effects on Video Game Platforms." Management Science 66, no. 10 (October 2020): 4788–807. http://dx.doi.org/10.1287/mnsc.2019.3414.
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Many platform strategies focus on indirect network effects between sellers through platform expansion. In this paper, we show sellers on the console video game platform generate a positive intertemporal spillover effect and expand the demand for other sellers, holding the set of platform adopters fixed. We propose a novel identification strategy that leverages exogenous variation in the release timing of games exclusively available on a console platform, and examine how this variation affects the sales of games available on both platforms. We find a sizable intertemporal demand spillover effect between games: A 1% increase in total copies sold on a platform leads to a 0.153% increase in the sales of other games in the next month (i.e., an elasticity of 0.153). Additional analysis suggests this demand spillover effect is reminiscent of habit formation on the consumer side, in that past purchases keep end users active on the platform. Our finding provides a potential explanation for recent platform sales events and subscription services that provide free games to consumers every month. This paper was accepted by Eric Anderson, marketing.
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Tokzhigitova, A., and M. Tokzhigitova. "Analysis of gamified software tools and platforms." Bulletin of the Karaganda University. Pedagogy series 102, no. 2 (June 29, 2021): 98–104. http://dx.doi.org/10.31489/2021ped2/98-104.
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The article provides an analysis of gamified software tools, taking into account the need to clarify the concept of “gamification” in the educational process and the features and principles of this concept. All types of software tools with the ability to gamify learning are divided into groups: game platforms, educational quests, training management services, and game development sites. Within each group the most common platforms in the foreign and domestic educational environment are considered. In the modern educational environment there is an increased interest in the use of digital games to improve the quality of learning, which determines the relevance of the proposed research on the analysis of software tools with the possibility of gamifying the educational process within the requirements of the state, society and education. The use of digital tools during the coronovirus pandemic has become a daily necessity in the lives of students. Gamified software tools facilitate the achievement of educational goals, thanks to the clarity of gamification reflect the capabilities, type of thinking, logical abilities of an individual student. The article analyzes several game platforms and educational quests, on the basis of which the method of gamification of the learning process will be further improved. The research methodology requires the study of information sources of psychological, pedagogical, methodological and technical orientation, the analysis of digital educational games of foreign and domestic authors recognized by the scientific community.
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Zanescu, Andrei, Marc Lajeunesse, and Martin French. "Speculating on Steam: Consumption in the gamblified platform ecosystem." Journal of Consumer Culture 21, no. 1 (February 2021): 34–51. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1469540521993928.
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The rise of platforms as the premier model of videogame distribution has led to a number of changes in the business models of producers and distributors. Consumers are constantly hailed by games platforms through freemium business models that offer cosmetic items contained in loot boxes or recurring subscriptions. Thus far, game studies and consumer studies have been unable to account for the totality of how these new and dynamic platforms circumvent legal barriers and attract potential consumers. This paper argues that a hybrid research model combining platform studies, socio-cultural critique of gamblification, and political economy is required in order to theorize and explicate how these platforms operate. The platformized and gamblified model for game distribution seeks to regulate and configure networks of association between consumers and producers with the ultimate aim of eliciting participation on platforms.
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Willson, Michele. "Social Games as Partial Platforms for Identity Co-Creation." Media International Australia 154, no. 1 (February 2015): 15–24. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1329878x1515400104.
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While social games such as Zynga's FarmVille are often positioned as poor gaming experiences or as disguised financial and data-extraction processes (Bogost, 2010; Rossi, 2009), this article considers social games as part of a wider regime of social interaction and creative identity work. By definition, social games are located within extensive online social networks. Gameplay is thus situated within a number of overlapping contexts: the game, the broader social network and the material conditions of access, including different devices (mobile or desktop) and different locations. Moreover, given widely discussed differences between social game players and console- and PC-based game players (Wohn, 2011: 199), and game-play mechanics, these broader contexts further a reading of social gameplay as part of the diverse millieux of everyday life. The article argues that social games are spaces of creative expression, social dynamics and identity co-creation that cannot be understood without considering their broader contexts.
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Wang, Zhi, Victor Chang, and Gergely Horvath. "Explaining and Predicting Helpfulness and Funniness of Online Reviews on the Steam Platform." Journal of Global Information Management 29, no. 6 (November 2021): 1–23. http://dx.doi.org/10.4018/jgim.20211101.oa16.
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Online review is a crucial display content of many online shopping platforms and an essential source of product information for consumers. Low-quality reviews often cause inconvenience to the platform and review readers. This article aims to help Steam, one of the largest digital distribution platforms, predict the review helpfulness and funniness. Via Python, 480,000 game reviews related data for 20 games were captured for analysis. This article analyzed the impact of three categories of influencing factors on the usefulness and funniness of game reviews, which are characteristics of review, reviewer and game. Additionally, by using the Random Forest-based classifier, the usefulness of reviews could be accurately predicted, while for funniness, Gradient Boosting Decision Tree was the better choice. This article applied research on the usefulness of reviews to game products and proposed research on the funniness of reviews.
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Thorhauge, Anne Mette, and Rune K. L. Nielsen. "Epic, Steam, and the role of skin-betting in game (platform) economies." Journal of Consumer Culture 21, no. 1 (February 2021): 52–67. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1469540521993929.
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In this article, we discuss how and why virtual items known as “skins” travel beyond games and into wider online ecosystems where they become tokens in gambling games. We argue that betting with skins purchased on the Steam platform contributes to the wider platform economy. We do this on the basis of a comparative analysis of Counter-Strike: Global Offensive and Fortnite: Battle Royale as well as the two platforms on which these games exist. First, we discuss the notion of platform economies in relation to the two cases in question and how this positions the consumer as “prosumer” and “micro-entrepreneur.” Second, we introduce our analytical framework related to game economies and skins as commodities and currencies. On the basis of this, we compare the ways skins are acquired in the two games and the degree to which they extend exist beyond the game. We argue that Epic retains a “skin-monopoly,” within the game, whereas Steam features a free “skin market” that transgresses the platform and turns the “prosumer” into a “micro-entrepreneur” and the “modder” into a “speculator.”
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Samborskii, Ivan, Aleksandr Farseev, Andrey Filchenkov, and Tat-Seng Chua. "A Whole New Ball Game: Harvesting Game Data for Player Profiling." Proceedings of the AAAI Conference on Artificial Intelligence 33 (July 17, 2019): 10025–26. http://dx.doi.org/10.1609/aaai.v33i01.330110025.
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Nowadays, video games play a very important role in human life and no longer purely associated with escapism or entertainment. In fact, gaming has become an essential part of our daily routines, which give rise to the exponential growth of various online game platforms. By participating in such platforms, individuals generate a multitude of game data points, which, for example, can be further used for automatic user profiling and recommendation applications. However, the literature on automatic learning from the game data is relatively sparse, which had inspired us to tackle the problem of player profiling in this first preliminary study. Specifically, in this work, we approach the task of player gender prediction based on various types of game data. Our initial experimental results inspire further research on user profiling in the game domain.
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Salama, Ramiz, and Mohamed ElSayed. "Basic elements and characteristics of game engine." Global Journal of Computer Sciences: Theory and Research 8, no. 3 (December 29, 2018): 126–31. http://dx.doi.org/10.18844/gjcs.v8i3.4023.
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Contemporary game engines are invaluable tools for game development. There are many engines available, each of them which excel in certain features. Game Engines is a continuous series that helps us to make and design beautiful games in the simplest and least resource way. Game drives support a wide variety of play platforms that can translate the game into a game that can be played on different platforms such as PlayStation, PC, Xbox, Android, IOS, Nintendo and others. There is a wide range of game engines that suit every programmer and designed to work on Unity Game Engine, Unreal Game Engine and Construct Game Engine. In the research paper, we discuss the basic elements of the game engine and how to make the most useful option among Game Engines depending on your different needs and needs of your game. Keywords: Game engine, game engine element, basics of game engine.
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Barczak, Andrzej, and Hubert Woźniak. "Comparative Study on Game Engines." Studia Informatica, no. 23 (December 22, 2020): 5–24. http://dx.doi.org/10.34739/si.2019.23.01.
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Game engines are platforms that make it easier to create computer games. They allow you to integrate and combine into single unit individual game elements such as animations, interaction with the user, or detection of collisions between objects. Game engine is a software that facilitates the production of games for platforms such as desktops, consoles, and mobile devices [1]. In addition to specialized editors, game engines provide ready-made functionalities that can be used by users. A great advantage of using the game engine is the possibility of their reuse. Game engines are an example of software isolating rigid logic and game rules, from easily modifiable and expandable components, which can be used repeatedly in a way that does not require great modifications. This article is an attempt to perform a comparative analysis of three engines to create games: CryEngine, Unreal Engine, and Unity. The criteria for comparison will be technical capabilities and factors influencing the popularity and acceptance of engines by users. The aim of this article is to show the strengths and weaknesses of engines and to present the differences between these tools.
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Zhang, Mo, Chaoran Lin, Jun Guan, and Yan Lin. "The Effects of Open Innovation Platform Knowledge Strategies on Participants: Evolutionary Game Research." Mathematical Problems in Engineering 2020 (September 16, 2020): 1–12. http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2020/4012713.
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Based on previous research on open innovation and appropriability strategies, using knowledge production functions and evolutionary game methods, this paper describes the process of dynamic cooperation between open innovation platforms and their participants. This paper specifically analyzes the influence of open innovation platform’s knowledge appropriability/knowledge sharing strategies, as well as participants’ exit/nonexit strategy, on the cooperative relationship. Through simulation analysis, this paper draws the following conclusions: first, the knowledge appropriability strategy of the open innovation platform and the participant’s nonexit strategy is an important strategic point of the cooperation between open innovation platforms and participants; second, the amount of knowledge production affects the strategic choices of open innovation platforms, while the knowledge increment affects the strategic choices of participants; third, the appreciation coefficient of complementary assets determines the direction of evolution of the cooperation process.
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Retnowati, Nurcahyani Dewi, and Yanti Alif Al-Afiah. "GAME MOBILE ANDROID PEMBELAJARAN NILAI-NILAI PANCASILA." Prosiding Seminar Nasional Ahlimedia 1, no. 1 (April 20, 2021): 98–108. http://dx.doi.org/10.47387/sena.v1i1.43.
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Knowing and understanding Pancasila as the basic of the state is mandatory for all Indonesian people, especially for children in the life of nation and state in order to maintain unity and unity of the Republic of Indonesia. Pancasila learning can be applied through games that will introduce and provide understanding for elementary school. Introduction and understanding of Pancasila values for elementary school in the form of android-based educational game using game maker studio software that support in making educational game. The results of the study show that the Educational Game has become a new alternative in learning as well as playing media. The results of testing on the android platform indicate that this game can be installed on several android platforms ranging from KitKat, Lollipop, Marshmallow, and Oreo. In using the game also shows good performance on each button. This game has been through several stages of design and testing and the results of questionnaires from 50 respondents indicate the level of feasibility of Educational Games to be used with a percentage of 86.28% which means that most users consider this game interesting and can play and understand Education Games.
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Winterhagen, Michael, Munir Salman, Matthias Then, Benjamin Wallenborn, Tobias Neuber, Dominic Heutelbeck, Michael Fuchs, and Matthias Hemmje. "LTI-Connections Between Learning Management Systems and Gaming Platforms." Journal of Information Technology Research 13, no. 4 (October 2020): 47–62. http://dx.doi.org/10.4018/jitr.2020100104.
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E-learning standards like learning tools interoperability can support at realizing innovative learning scenarios in distributed architectures. A learning tools interoperability connection between a learning management system and a gaming platform offers possibilities like embedding a game into an online course and sending player-specific data back to the learning management system. This allows for a new and data-driven evaluation of students' individual learning performances, especially for alternative methods like qualifications-based learning. The learning tools interoperability-specified mechanisms can also be applied for implementing functionality to exchange students' competence profiles and traces within a knowledge-management eco-system portal that provides a toolkit for creating competence-based games that meet the requirements of qualifications-based learning as well as tools for creating game-specific analytics. As a first result, the authors made a prototypical implementation with a serious game prototype based on the unity game engine and unity analytics as analysis platform.
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Skop, Paweł. "Comparison of performance of game engines across various platforms." Journal of Computer Sciences Institute 7 (September 30, 2018): 116–19. http://dx.doi.org/10.35784/jcsi.657.
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The article presents the results of performance study of two selected game development engines, Unreal Engine and Unity. The comparative analysis of engines was performed based on measuring selected criteria for two identical, in terms of functionality and assets, games made in selected engines.
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Ip, Barry, and Xianhui Che. "A Primer Survey of Chinese Mobile Games." Asiascape: Digital Asia 3, no. 1-2 (January 20, 2016): 17–37. http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/22142312-12340046.
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This article provides introductory insight into and an evaluation of the nature and current composition of the Chinese mobile games market. We conducted research to explore the subtle yet prevalent distinctions in game genre classifications in China, and we examined game rankings as an indication of the sorts of titles that are popular in the region. Further insights are offered into the leading distribution platforms that host mobile games, representing a unique characteristic of the Chinese market. Finally, the paper offers further analysis of mobile games via a three-step model that considers attracting new players, gamer retention, and revenue generation. The outcomes of this work provide potentially valuable and practical insights into the characteristics and operation of Chinese mobile games.
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Dasari, Venkat Surya, Burak Kantarci, Maryam Pouryazdan, Luca Foschini, and Michele Girolami. "Game Theory in Mobile CrowdSensing: A Comprehensive Survey." Sensors 20, no. 7 (April 6, 2020): 2055. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/s20072055.
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Mobile CrowdSensing (MCS) is an emerging paradigm in the distributed acquisition of smart city and Internet of Things (IoT) data. MCS requires large number of users to enable access to the built-in sensors in their mobile devices and share sensed data to ensure high value and high veracity of big sensed data. Improving user participation in MCS campaigns requires to boost users effectively, which is a key concern for the success of MCS platforms. As MCS builds on non-dedicated sensors, data trustworthiness cannot be guaranteed as every user attains an individual strategy to benefit from participation. At the same time, MCS platforms endeavor to acquire highly dependable crowd-sensed data at lower cost. This phenomenon introduces a game between users that form the participant pool, as well as between the participant pool and the MCS platform. Research on various game theoretic approaches aims to provide a stable solution to this problem. This article presents a comprehensive review of different game theoretic solutions that address the following issues in MCS such as sensing cost, quality of data, optimal price determination between data requesters and providers, and incentives. We propose a taxonomy of game theory-based solutions for MCS platforms in which problems are mainly formulated based on Stackelberg, Bayesian and Evolutionary games. We present the methods used by each game to reach an equilibrium where the solution for the problem ensures that every participant of the game is satisfied with their utility with no requirement of change in their strategies. The initial criterion to categorize the game theoretic solutions for MCS is based on co-operation and information available among participants whereas a participant could be either a requester or provider. Following a thorough qualitative comparison of the surveyed approaches, we provide insights concerning open areas and possible directions in this active field of research.
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Whitson, Jennifer R. "The New Spirit of Capitalism in the Game Industry." Television & New Media 20, no. 8 (May 29, 2019): 789–801. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1527476419851086.
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This article draws from ethnographic work in the game industry to challenge claims that digital platforms “democratize” cultural production by supporting small teams. I show how game developers exemplify the New Spirit of Capitalism in their search for creative autonomy outside of the risk-averse blockbuster console industry. Their risk of cultural production is ostensibly reduced by tools that leverage big data. By following one studio making free-to-play mobile games, I test the celebratory claims of democratization against the reality of implementing these now-essential analytics tools. The studio’s experiences demonstrate how mobile production for digital platforms intensifies game labor rather than facilitating its democratization in any straightforward way. It restricts creative autonomy, exacerbates the burden of risk on developers, and reinforces existing market and gender inequities. Rather than creatively liberating developers and expanding access to game development, data-driven design for digital platforms introduces new gatekeepers and literacies of exclusion.
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Švelch, Jan. "Resisting the perpetual update: Struggles against protocological power in video games." New Media & Society 21, no. 7 (February 13, 2019): 1594–612. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1461444819828987.
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This article explores the evolution of video game updates and patches from a mechanism of customer support to a tool of control over the way games are played in the ecosystem of digital gaming platforms. It charts a historical trajectory across various cultural industries, including literary publishing, screen industries, and music, to show a shift from multiplicity of editions to one perpetually updated contingent commodity. Focusing on the issues of power and control enabled by the always-online platforms, the analysis shows that previously updating was often voluntary. However, now players must actively resist patches if they wish to play the game on their own terms. As illustrated by three case studies of update resistance, developers, publishers, and platform holders wield protocological power, which can be successfully opposed—although the outcome often remains localized and tends to alter a specific iteration of protocol and not the underlying infrastructure.
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Halim, Hanasrullah, Wan Amirah Najwa Wan Idris, and Haslina Hassan. "Learning Logic Gate through 7-Gates Game." International Journal of Multimedia and Recent Innovation 2, no. 1 (March 22, 2020): 1–10. http://dx.doi.org/10.36079/lamintang.ijmari-0201.70.
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This game is based on Logic Gates that invented by Walther Bothe in 1924 and improvised by Konrad Zuse (from 1935 – 1938). This game is a simple method for a student that try to learn in Logic Gates, an educational game with futuristic adventure. The only way for the player to save the digital world in this game by using Logic Gates, with Logic Gates formulas the player can make the power connection on the circuit to the digital world engine. Without knowing how Logic Gates functional will make the player losing the power for the engine to the digital world. 7 Gates Digital World is a complex genre game. The main genre for this game absolutely is an Educational Game. Although, the game developer made a complex genre for this educational game. Puzzle include in this game combined with platforms games style the player must collect all the switches in confusion platform map to go through the next portal to the next level. Educational genre in this game giving the content level completely based on the level of understanding and give the player to memorize every gates formula.
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Felczak, Mateusz. "Live Streaming Platforms and the Critical Discourse About Video Games." Replay. The Polish Journal of Game Studies 4, no. 1 (November 22, 2017): 19–37. http://dx.doi.org/10.18778/2391-8551.04.02.
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This work concerns online streaming platforms centered on broadcasting video games-related content, such as Twitch.tv and Douyu.com. The aim of this article is two-fold: first, to point out the possible research methods regarding online streaming services as mediums for video game criticism, and second, to assess the potential of these platforms for generating critical discourse about video games. The methodology of the research is based on Mia Consalvo’s take on paratextual frameworks and Veli-Matti Karhulahti’s notions of interview and play frames regarding the activity of video games streaming. In this article, the initial characterization of Twitch.tv and Douyu.com is followed by an analysis on how the work of streamers as content creators can influence the reception of video games. Afterwards, a reading of analyzed phenomena based on paratextual framework is proposed. The last section juxtaposes the initial findings with the perspective of changing viewership figures in relation to selected ludic properties of games. In conclusion, it is stated that the analyzed streaming platforms reflect the proliferating crowdsource trends in the video game industry, with forms of interacting with the product at various stages of its development cycle establishing new practices of talking in and about video games.
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Boaventura, Filipe M. B., and Victor T. Sarinho. "MEnDiGa: A Minimal Engine for Digital Games." International Journal of Computer Games Technology 2017 (2017): 1–13. http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2017/9626710.
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Game engines generate high dependence of developed games on provided implementation resources. Feature modeling is a technique that captures commonalities and variabilities results of domain analysis to provide a basis for automated configuration of concrete products. This paper presents the Minimal Engine for Digital Games (MEnDiGa), a simplified collection of game assets based on game features capable of building small and casual games regardless of their implementation resources. It presents minimal features in a representative hierarchy of spatial and game elements along with basic behaviors and event support related to game logic features. It also presents modules of code to represent, interpret, and adapt game features to provide the execution of configured games in multiple game platforms. As a proof of concept, a clone of the Doodle Jump game was developed using MEnDiGa assets and compared with original game version. As a result, a new G-factor based approach for game construction is provided, which is able to separate the core of game elements from the implementation itself in an independent, reusable, and large-scale way.
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Eun, Kwang-Ha. "Ripple Effects of Electronic Games and Evolution of Electronic Game Platforms." International Journal of Contents 6, no. 1 (March 28, 2010): 20–25. http://dx.doi.org/10.5392/ijoc.2010.6.1.020.
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Licoppe, Christian. "From Mogi to Pokémon GO: Continuities and change in location-aware collection games." Mobile Media & Communication 5, no. 1 (November 29, 2016): 24–29. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/2050157916677862.
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We compare here some features of the emerging uses of Pokémon GO with earlier, though less successful, location-aware collection games such as Mogi. While mobility patterns are relatively similar, Pokémon GO brings about a distinctive augmented-reality dimension to the game experience, though it does not harness the social networking power of such location-aware game platforms to the same extent as earlier games.
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Theisen Schneider, Guilherme, Débora Nice Ferrari Barbosa, Paulo Ricardo dos Santos, and Jorge Luís Victória Barbosa. "Evaluation of Usability and Gameplay of Games on Mobile Platforms for Young People on Oncological Treatment." RENOTE 17, no. 3 (December 31, 2019): 122–31. http://dx.doi.org/10.22456/1679-1916.99433.
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This paper presents a method to evaluate usability and gameplay efficiency for educational games developed for children undergoing cancer treatment, as well as a case study involving the game “Corrida Gramatical”. The methodology of this paper consists of the use of tablets by patients aged 10 to 15 years old to evaluate and quantify the usability and gameplay of the game, while the process is documented through non-participant observation, a System Usability Scale (SUS) questionnaire and a semi-structured interview. The proposed method has proved to be supportive in the evaluation of existing educational games, considering the participants of the research, as well as in the improvement of the game by analyzing the flaws identified in the game design. For future studies, we intend to change the inclusion criteria to select a larger group of patients and reaffirm the effectiveness of the proposed method.
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Boozayaangool, Tanat. "The Design of Interplay Between Virtual Reality and Augmented Reality: A Case Study and Post Mortem of VRsus guARdian." Frameless 1, no. 1 (December 15, 2019): 26–28. http://dx.doi.org/10.14448/frameless.01.008.
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VRsus guARdian is the result of an amalgamation of two different gameplay mediums that challenged the gap separating different mixed reality platforms, namely virtual reality (VR) and augmented reality (AR). The game utilized each medium’s approach towards immersion as a design principle in building a natural, asymmetric play for both players. The game also constructed a compelling fantasy atop each medium’s unique interactive capability to build a dynamic narrative. Lastly, the cross-platform nature of VRsus guARdian caused the game to be highly dependent upon Unity, a game engine with highly accessible, platform-agnostic development capabilities.
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Tobarra, Llanos, Alejandro Utrilla, Antonio Robles-Gómez, Rafael Pastor-Vargas, and Roberto Hernández. "A Cloud Game-Based Educative Platform Architecture: The CyberScratch Project." Applied Sciences 11, no. 2 (January 16, 2021): 807. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/app11020807.
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The employment of modern technologies is widespread in our society, so the inclusion of practical activities for education has become essential and useful at the same time. These activities are more noticeable in Engineering, in areas such as cybersecurity, data science, artificial intelligence, etc. Additionally, these activities acquire even more relevance with a distance education methodology, as our case is. The inclusion of these practical activities has clear advantages, such as (1) promoting critical thinking and (2) improving students’ abilities and skills for their professional careers. There are several options, such as the use of remote and virtual laboratories, virtual reality and game-based platforms, among others. This work addresses the development of a new cloud game-based educational platform, which defines a modular and flexible architecture (using light containers). This architecture provides interactive and monitoring services and data storage in a transparent way. The platform uses gamification to integrate the game as part of the instructional process. The CyberScratch project is a particular implementation of this architecture focused on cybersecurity game-based activities. The data privacy management is a critical issue for these kinds of platforms, so the architecture is designed with this feature integrated in the platform components. To achieve this goal, we first focus on all the privacy aspects for the data generated by our cloud game-based platform, by considering the European legal context for data privacy following GDPR and ISO/IEC TR 20748-1:2016 recommendations for Learning Analytics (LA). Our second objective is to provide implementation guidelines for efficient data privacy management for our cloud game-based educative platform. All these contributions are not found in current related works. The CyberScratch project, which was approved by UNED for the year 2020, considers using the xAPI standard for data handling and services for the game editor, game engine and game monitor modules of CyberScratch. Therefore, apart from considering GDPR privacy and LA recommendations, our cloud game-based architecture covers all phases from game creation to the final users’ interactions with the game.
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Tan, Kiam Lam, Chen Kim Lim, and Abdullah Zawawi bin Haji Talib. "Mobile Virtual Heritage Exploration with Heritage Hunt with a Case Study of George Town, Penang, Malaysia." International Journal of E-Entrepreneurship and Innovation 2, no. 4 (October 2011): 74–86. http://dx.doi.org/10.4018/jeei.2011100106.
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Computer games with fully intensive graphics are very common in desktop computers or game console, but the development of mobile games with intensive graphics are fairly new. With the advancement in mobile phone technology, it is possible to create a mobile game incorporates integrate the virtual reality techniques. In this paper, the authors present a virtual heritage application called M-Heritage Hunt that integrates virtual reality and game for mobile platforms. M-Heritage Hunt provides panoramic views of the heritage sites and a game background that is customized for the core of heritage zone of George Town, Penang in Malaysia. M-Heritage Hunt was evaluated and examined by letting the respondents to play the game in its proposed setting.
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Li, Zhi, Po-Hsuan Lin, Si-Yuan Kong, Dongwu Wang, and John Duffy. "Conducting large, repeated, multi-game economic experiments using mobile platforms." PLOS ONE 16, no. 4 (April 29, 2021): e0250668. http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0250668.
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We demonstrate the possibility of conducting synchronous, repeated, multi-game economic decision-making experiments with hundreds of subjects in-person or remotely with live streaming using entirely mobile platforms. Our experiment provides important proof-of-concept that such experiments are not only possible, but yield recognizable results as well as new insights, blurring the line between laboratory and field experiments. Specifically, our findings from 8 different experimental economics games and tasks replicate existing results from traditional laboratory experiments despite the fact that subjects play those games/task in a specific order and regardless of whether the experiment was conducted in person or remotely. We further leverage our large subject population to study the effect of large (N = 100) versus small (N = 10) group sizes on behavior in three of the scalable games that we study. While our results are largely consistent with existing findings for small groups, increases in group size are shown to matter for the robustness of those findings.
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Kose, Hatice, Neziha Akalin, and Pinar Uluer. "Socially Interactive Robotic Platforms as Sign Language Tutors." International Journal of Humanoid Robotics 11, no. 01 (March 2014): 1450003. http://dx.doi.org/10.1142/s0219843614500030.
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This paper investigates the role of interaction and communication kinesics in human–robot interaction. This study is part of a novel research project on sign language (SL) tutoring through interaction games with humanoid robots. The main goal is to motivate the children with communication problems to understand and imitate the signs implemented by the robot using basic upper torso gestures and sound. We present an empirical and exploratory study investigating the effect of basic nonverbal gestures consisting of hand movements, body and face gestures expressed by a humanoid robot, and having comprehended the word, the participants will give relevant feedback in SL. This way the participant is both a passive observer and an active imitator throughout the learning process in different phases of the game. A five-fingered R3 robot platform and a three-fingered Nao H-25 robot are employed within the games. Vision-, sound-, touch- and motion-based cues are used for multimodal communication between the robot, child and therapist/parent within the study. This paper presents the preliminary results of the proposed game tested with adult participants. The aim is to evaluate the SL learning ability of participants from a robot, and compare different robot platforms within this setup.
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Sweetser, Penelope, Daniel Johnson, Peta Wyeth, Aiman Anwar, Yan Meng, and Anne Ozdowska. "GameFlow in Different Game Genres and Platforms." Computers in Entertainment 15, no. 3 (April 5, 2017): 1–24. http://dx.doi.org/10.1145/3034780.
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Minovic, Miroslav, Miloš Milovanovic, and Dušan Starcevic. "Delivering Educational Games to Mobile Devices." International Journal of Knowledge Society Research 2, no. 2 (April 2011): 47–58. http://dx.doi.org/10.4018/jksr.2011040105.
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A new generation of students is accustomed to daily use of mobile devices, and educating them in the proper way is a complicated task. Video games are an ideal tool for communicating with students, and finding the right combination of using mobile devices with educational games is important for educating them. This paper describes a novel approach to educational game defining and interpretation. Application of a model-driven approach to educational game interpretation enables the use of the same game on different devices and platforms. The authors enable the interpretation of an educational game on any mobile device. These games take learning outside the classroom and provide a fun and interesting way of learning anytime, anywhere. The authors use an adventure game as an example using this methodology.
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Eckhardt, Giana M. "Playing the Trust Game Successfully in the Reputation Economy." NIM Marketing Intelligence Review 12, no. 2 (November 1, 2020): 10–17. http://dx.doi.org/10.2478/nimmir-2020-0011.
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AbstractHunting for “stars”, the icons of the reputation economy, is a prerequisite for survival in e-commerce in general and on sharing platforms in particular. The key to understanding the rise of reputation is trust, and the ability of a platform to provide this trust has become crucial in the past decade. Social media managers are now key players in marketing departments. One of their most important jobs is the careful curation of digital reputations. Marketers need to engage in diverse forms of reputation management and master several challenges in designing the right systems and utilizing reputation information in optimal ways. Engendering trust is more complex than gaining star ratings or positive reviews on owned or third-party platforms. How platforms are designed – in terms of how people can make bookings or orders and how users rate each other – is the key issue. It needs to be managed in a sophisticated way, especially in an era when topics such as racial and ethnic justice are key societal concerns.
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Fiadotau, Mikhail. "Dezaemon, RPG Maker, NScripter: Exploring and classifying game ‘produsage’ in 1990s Japan." Journal of Gaming & Virtual Worlds 11, no. 3 (October 1, 2019): 215–30. http://dx.doi.org/10.1386/jgvw.11.3.215_1.
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The article examines three tools used for hobbyist game development in 1990s Japan: the Dezaemon series of user-customizable shoot ‘em up games, the RPG Tsukūru (RPG Maker) series of tools for creating Japanese-style role-playing games and the NScripter scripting engine for visual novels. In doing so, it aims to highlight the diversity, but also to bring out the commonalities, of game ‘produsage’: producing video games by using dedicated software. The focus on a non-western historical context is an attempt to challenge assumptions about the locales and platforms of game produsage prevalent in English-language scholarship. The article concludes with a two-axis typology of game produsage, based on the degree of expressive freedom their functionality enables and the limitations they impose on users’ distributing their games.
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Jurgelionis, A., P. Fechteler, P. Eisert, F. Bellotti, H. David, J. P. Laulajainen, R. Carmichael, et al. "Platform for Distributed 3D Gaming." International Journal of Computer Games Technology 2009 (2009): 1–15. http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2009/231863.
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Video games are typically executed on Windows platforms with DirectX API and require high performance CPUs and graphics hardware. For pervasive gaming in various environments like at home, hotels, or internet cafes, it is beneficial to run games also on mobile devices and modest performance CE devices avoiding the necessity of placing a noisy workstation in the living room or costly computers/consoles in each room of a hotel. This paper presents a new cross-platform approach for distributed 3D gaming in wired/wireless local networks. We introduce the novel system architecture and protocols used to transfer the game graphics data across the network to end devices. Simultaneous execution of video games on a central server and a novel streaming approach of the 3D graphics output to multiple end devices enable the access of games on low cost set top boxes and handheld devices that natively lack the power of executing a game with high-quality graphical output.
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Alhuhud, Ghada, and Wejdan Altamimi. "Quality Evaluation of Mobile Game: Miftah Alfasaha." Mobile Information Systems 2016 (2016): 1–8. http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2016/4581279.
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Due to evolution of digital games towards mobile platforms, a large exposure to mobile games is nowadays recorded. This is because of the availability of the cell phone with individuals anytime anywhere. Hence, a vital role of game quality assessment is raised. This is for the purpose of serving as a guide for developing healthy games. Accordingly, the mobile games would help in boosting the educational entertainment, healthy diets control, and behavioral sciences studies and research. This paper presents quality assurance and quality models for ISO based educational game. In this paper, an ISO quality model is presented and quality application behavioral impact measures are justified to evaluate the development quality of Miftah Alfasaha game. The quality model and proposed quality assessment plan are tested through a CodePro Analytix tool and six sigma evaluations.
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Dignum, F., J. Westra, W. A. van Doesburg, and M. Harbers. "Games and Agents: Designing Intelligent Gameplay." International Journal of Computer Games Technology 2009 (2009): 1–18. http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2009/837095.
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There is an attention shift within the gaming industry toward more natural (long-term) behavior of nonplaying characters (NPCs). Multiagent system research offers a promising technology to implement cognitive intelligent NPCs. However, the technologies used in game engines and multiagent platforms are not readily compatible due to some inherent differences of concerns. Where game engines focus on real-time aspects and thus propagate efficiency and central control, multiagent platforms assume autonomy of the agents. Increased autonomy and intelligence may offer benefits for a more compelling gameplay and may even be necessary for serious games. However, it raises problems when current game design techniques are used to incorporate state-of-the-art multiagent system technology. In this paper, we will focus on three specific problem areas that arise from this difference of view: synchronization, information representation, and communication. We argue that the current attempts for integration still fall short on some of these aspects. We show that to fully integrate intelligent agents in games, one should not only use a technical solution, but also a design methodology that is amenable to agents. The game design should be adjusted to incorporate the possibilities of agents early on in the process.
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Gozali, Gunawan Putra. "Motion Detection Implementation on a Game Using Raspberry Pi." SISFORMA 3, no. 2 (February 14, 2017): 58. http://dx.doi.org/10.24167/sisforma.v3i2.856.
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Along with the development of advanced gaming technology, we can play the game with so many tools or platforms such as console games, PC games, mobile games and handheld games. The disadvantage of those games is the difficulty to connect additional sensors to the PC computer. Large power requirements will also be a constraint. Besides, the size of the PC could be a weakness that makes it difficult to carry and play anytime. Raspberry is a small computer that can be added with motion detection sensors. By using the raspberry, the researchers managed to create a game "Crows Adventure" that uses motion detection sensor as the controller. Some of the sensors used in the game is UDS Sensor ( Ultrasonic Sensor disctance ) and touch sensors are applied to smarthphone to control the game. This allows the use of sensors in making more varied games by using raspberry devices.
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Cabeza-Ramírez, Luis Javier, Sandra M. Sánchez-Cañizares, and Fernando J. Fuentes-García. "Motivations for the Use of Video Game Streaming Platforms: The Moderating Effect of Sex, Age and Self-Perception of Level as a Player." International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 17, no. 19 (September 25, 2020): 7019. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph17197019.
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A particularly striking new phenomenon in recent years is the live streaming of video games through popular platforms, such as Twitch. This study focuses on the motivations and types of use underlying viewer participation in live streaming platforms. Based on the uses and gratifications theory, this paper aims to analyse how three basic motivations are related to the use of video game streaming platforms. Furthermore, it examines the moderating effects that significant variables, such as the audience member’s age, sex or self-perception of level as a player may exert on this relationship. The results reveal that the three types of motivations are positively associated with use of the platform, although notable differences appear, with informational motivations outweighing entertainment and social motivations. At the same time, no moderating effects on the results of the proposed model were found for the heterogeneity stemming from sex and age. Conversely, the influence of informational motivations on the use of these platforms is moderated by the self-perception of level as a player.
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Behl, Abhishek, Pratima Sheorey, Meena Chavan, Kokil Jain, and Isha Jajodia. "Empirical Investigation of Participation on Crowdsourcing Platforms." Journal of Global Information Management 29, no. 6 (November 2021): 1–27. http://dx.doi.org/10.4018/jgim.20211101.oa14.
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Crowdsourcing platforms have gained importance in recent times, and their success is dependent mainly on the participation of the crowd. Participation is a function of both intrinsic and extrinsic motivation. Moreover, with the growing scale of information, the participants would need to focus on the quality of information to achieve sustainable participation. Our study uses game elements and information quality grounded in Motivational Affordance Perspective (MAP) to study the intrinsic and extrinsic participation on a crowdsourcing platform. We collected responses from 337 participants who are actively contributing to any crowdsourcing platform. Warp PLS uses partial least square structured equation modeling. The results confirm that the use of game elements positively promotes the participant’s intrinsic and extrinsic participation. We also confirmed that motivation is also positively moderated by the quality of information that the crowdsourcing platform shares with the participants. The results help in extending the theoretical arguments of MAP and self-determination theory.
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Kim, Dohoon. "Equilibrium Analysis for Platform Developers in Two-Sided Market with Backward Compatibility." Games 9, no. 4 (October 1, 2018): 76. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/g9040076.
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We consider a dominant platform provider operating both legacy and new platforms that connects users with suppliers in a two-sided market context. In addition to the typical indirect network effects in the two-sided market, backward compatibility works on the new platform. Thus, users joining the new one can also enjoy the services provided by suppliers using the legacy platform. Users and suppliers are linearly differentiated between two platforms as in the Hotelling model and play a subscription game of choosing one platform at the lower level. The suppliers in the new platform may suffer from congestion, which can be alleviated by platform provider’s investment on the new one. The platform provider also determines price margins for the supplier sides. Our equilibrium (eq.) analysis in the subscription game identifies an interior eq. (coexistence of both platforms in both sides). Though the backward compatibility plays a stabilizing role for the interior eq., its stability is fragile due to the network effects. Rather, some boundary eq.’s, where at least one side tips to the legacy or the new platform, are more likely to be stable. The backward compatibility is a key factor that characterizes the stable boundary eq.’s. The upper stage game is led by the platform provider, which tries to maneuver the system toward one of the stable boundary eq.’s using price margins and investment. The platform provider prefers an all-new boundary eq. when the indirect network effect and the maximum price margin for the new platform are large; thus, it puts a significant investment in the new one. With a small indirect network effect for suppliers, however, the platform provider does not invest in the new platform and choose a separate boundary eq. where two sides split into different platforms. Whether the user side completely tips to the new one (completely separated eq.) or not (partially separated eq.) depends on the backward compatibility. The relative advantage of the all-new eq. over the separate eq.’s in terms of social welfare from both sides depends on the backward compatibility as well as the indirect network effects for the new platform.
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Yang, Dongsheng, and Minghui Xu. "Information-sharing strategy for online platform: the impact of suppliers’ price and advertising competition." Journal of Contemporary Marketing Science 3, no. 3 (October 12, 2020): 365–84. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/jcmars-08-2020-0032.
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PurposeIn recent years, with the rapid development of the Internet and e-commerce, the online retail business has grown rapidly. E-commerce platforms can track different click data to understand consumer behavior and demand preferences, so as to make better demand forecasts, and strategically share this information with upstream suppliers. When the platform charges a certain fee for the shared data, the suppliers face the question of whether to purchase demand information. This article aims to analyze the influence of price competition and advertising competition on the suppliers' decisions to purchase information and the online platform for data pricing.Design/methodology/approachBy using static game with incomplete information, this paper explores information-sharing strategies of an online platform with two competitive brand suppliers. The authors use Nash game to analyze the suppliers' purchasing information decision and then obtain the optimal information price of the online platform with information-sharing contract.FindingsThis paper shows that demand information sharing benefits both the platform and the suppliers. Without information contracts, the online platform is willing to share demand information with at least one supplier. Especially, when the consumer's sensitivity to advertising is larger and the commission fee charged by the online platform is small, the online platforms will share information with only one supplier. Based on the game outcomes between the suppliers, two pricing strategies for information are proposed under which at least one supplier purchases information. If the consumers are less (more) sensitive to advertising competition, pricing strategy of the online platform induces both suppliers (only one supplier) to purchase information.Originality/valueAt present, most of the information-sharing articles are based on the traditional purchase and sale mode. Based on the background of e-commerce, this paper examines the online platform's information-sharing strategies, which has certain innovation. In addition, the results show that the information-sharing strategy of the online platform is affected by both the price and advertising competitiveness, which provides a new expansion and supplement for the information-sharing literature.
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Lau, Kung Wong, and Pui Yuen Lee. "Designing employees’ training by immersive serious games? A study of digital natives’ satisfaction, perception and expectation in corporate training practices." Development and Learning in Organizations: An International Journal 30, no. 4 (July 4, 2016): 6–8. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/dlo-10-2015-0083.
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Purpose The digital native (DN), a new type of employee, has reshaped the ways of corporate training. This DN wants meaningful play in game engagement instead of receiving a passive message from the employers. Meanwhile, the platforms of serious games had been changing from television to mobile, and currently moving to the immersive platforms. This paper aims to deepen the understanding of employees’ satisfaction, perception and expectation towards the use of serious games for training in business practices. Design/methodology/approach A quantitative survey with a 20-item questionnaire and a serious game have been used for collecting 57 DN’s opinions on the five significant features, and they are visualization, enjoyment, interactivity, immersion and communication. Findings The results found a significant gap between DN’s expectation and perception. Originality/value Researcher suggests that employers should consider the application of a friendly interaction design and cognitive control system in creating serious games for training design.
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Freitas, Joana. "Kill the Orchestra." Journal of Sound and Music in Games 2, no. 2 (2021): 22–41. http://dx.doi.org/10.1525/jsmg.2021.2.2.22.
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In the age of participatory and convergence paradigms, video game music has its own networked culture with cybercommunities that discuss, share, and create content, thus opening up a creative space for artistic activities in a constant digital flow. Music composition and production is one of these activities, with files made available on several platforms such as SoundCloud and YouTube, specifically in the format of modification files (or mods). Building on research for a master’s dissertation, this article examines a new model of online artistic production in the form of the circulation of musical mods that were composed and shared on the Nexus Mods platform for the The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion and The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim video games. These mods add new musical material that is similar to the existing soundtrack of both titles, but the majority of the files in this platform’s audio category are related only to sounds, not to musical composition. By using titles such as “better sounds” or “immersive sounds” to describe their additions, many modders aim to give other gamers a more immersive experience in the game(s). In this case, immersive relates not only to the musical style and sound quality of the aural effects but also a plausible construction of the reality in which the gamers live, play, and negotiate meaning relating to their own social context. Intersecting “playbour,” fandom, aural immersion, and audiovisual literacy, these audio modders work on adding new layers to the soundscapes and environments of the virtual worlds presented in the two games. The modders regard immersion as a key aspect of design and playability, and they contribute audio material to enable their social capital and visibility on online platforms.
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De Lope, Rafael Prieto, and Nuria Medina-Medina. "A Comprehensive Taxonomy for Serious Games." Journal of Educational Computing Research 55, no. 5 (December 12, 2016): 629–72. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0735633116681301.
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This article highlights the importance of establishing comprehensive taxonomies in the booming sector of serious games. Although various authors have proposed partial classification systems in this field, very little has so far been published on serious game taxonomies which serve to classify any type of serious game. This article proposes a comprehensive serious game taxonomy. The aim of this taxonomy is to gather the particular features of video game design and development, the platforms used to run the games, and operational aspects such as use, users, and distribution by highlighting the idiosyncrasies of the serious component. To this end, 16 criteria are discussed in this work. The taxonomy collects a large number of features that will be useful for those looking for a serious game (e.g., to teach a subject or train a skill). If they wish to use an existing game, the taxonomy helps to choose between the different options. If they need to develop a custom game, the taxonomy details the design alternatives to consider. The proposal has been applied on 22 serious games, and some interesting conclusions are drawn from this study. In addition, a web application has been built to support the proposal.
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Sabou, Marta, Arno Scharl, and Michael Föls. "Crowdsourced Knowledge Acquisition." International Journal on Semantic Web and Information Systems 9, no. 3 (July 2013): 14–41. http://dx.doi.org/10.4018/ijswis.2013070102.
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Novel social media collaboration platforms, such as games with a purpose and mechanised labour marketplaces, are increasingly used for enlisting large populations of non-experts in crowdsourced knowledge acquisition processes. Climate Quiz uses this paradigm for acquiring environmental domain knowledge from non-experts. The game’s usage statistics and the quality of the produced data show that Climate Quiz has managed to attract a large number of players but noisy input data and task complexity led to low player engagement and suboptimal task throughput and data quality. To address these limitations, the authors propose embedding the game into a hybrid-genre workflow, which supplements the game with a set of tasks outsourced to micro-workers, thus leveraging the complementary nature of games with a purpose and mechanised labour platforms. Experimental evaluations suggest that such workflows are feasible and have positive effects on the game’s enjoyment level and the quality of its output.
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Ruiz, Muel Fred L., Rica I. Esclada, Jannica H. Balderama, Anzel Anne I. Aguirre, Ma Nancy I. Cutin, and Raymund M. Lozada. "WISE game: wireless interactive software educational game." Indonesian Journal of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science 23, no. 3 (September 1, 2021): 1357. http://dx.doi.org/10.11591/ijeecs.v23.i3.pp1357-1365.
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This study presents the development of a wireless, interactive, educational (WISE) game that incorporates the use of smartphones for reviewing lessons that might suit the standards of the Philippine government’s education department. It is easier today to engage students using digital platforms for education using interactive digital games. In this study, the users can play the game by connecting the smartphones to the prototype through wireless local area network. It consists of two types of cards: power cards which contribute excitement to the game, and question cards which contain questions to be answered by the players. The prototype is an integration of the following components: Raspberry Pi 3B, RFID reader and cards, and speakers. A graphical user interface where the players interact with the game was created using scripting languages, such as PHP, and JavaScript. The project was evaluated by different grade school students of Metro Manila, Philippines. The results of users’ evaluation show that the prototype is accessible and effective for use based on functionality and that the project can also serve as a tool for lesson reviews. Future development of WISE game includes its integration and compatibility to different operating systems with larger databases and accessibility.
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Wohn, Donghee Yvette, and Guo Freeman. "Live Streaming, Playing, and Money Spending Behaviors in eSports." Games and Culture 15, no. 1 (July 1, 2019): 73–88. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1555412019859184.
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Live streaming has enabled eSports to become more accessible, ranging from professionally organized tournaments to individuals hosting from their bedroom. While different aspects of eSports have been investigated in separate contexts, in this article, we report findings of two survey studies to explore eSports as a holistic media ecosystem that includes playing, streaming, viewing, and spending. Study 1 looks at cross-platform patterns between playing and spending within the game as well as between viewing, streaming, and spending on live streaming platforms in the context of Fortnite. Study 2 examines the relationships between viewing and spending patterns on live streaming platforms. Results indicate that playing, viewing, and in-game spending are strongly related. Yet none of these behavioral metrics explain why people spend money on live streaming platforms to support streamers. Rather, psychological factors such as emotional attachment to the streamer and appreciation of the streamers’ talents are what drive streamer support.
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Foxman, Maxwell. "United We Stand: Platforms, Tools and Innovation With the Unity Game Engine." Social Media + Society 5, no. 4 (October 2019): 205630511988017. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/2056305119880177.
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The skirmish between game engines Unity and Unreal presents a new front in the platformization of cultural production. This article argues that such programs are “platform tools.” They enable amateurs and professionals to not only build content for platforms but also “lock-in” industry ideologies in the ideation, production, implementation, and distribution of digital creative work, resulting in a homogeneity of developers, practices, and products. The Unity engine’s history, features, and place in the game production pipeline makes it a paradigmatic “platform tool.” Findings from 90 interviews with VR enthusiasts show that Unity set the boundaries or “rules” for developers’ everyday activities and, despite enthusiasm about the medium’s potential, compelled them to create content which conformed to popular gaming genres and standards.