Emotional Requirements in Video Games

Callele, David; Neufeld, Eric; Schneider, Kevin A.

doi:10.1109/re.2006.19

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“…In this regard, our results are similar to the viewpoint of Kanode and Haddad who said that RE should be used when the game idea is identified and agreed to be implemented [9]. It seems to be difficult to adopt engineering practices like RE at the earlier stage as suggested by [7,8], because it is common to generate tens of ideas initially but a few of them will be considered for detailed evaluation and implementation. Overall, in this study we did not observe a conflict between creative and engineering activities.…”

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“…The development of games often starts with an idea generated through brainstorming or pitching. In this phase, the elicitation of functional and nonfunctional requirements is rarely done, but the analysis of fun and enjoyment plays an important role [6,7]. In the following phases, the role of requirements engineering is important for collecting and analyzing the requirements coming from testing the game design.…”

Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…In order to be attractive and played repeatedly, digital games should deal with the emotions of a player and, as a result, games include emotional requirements. These requirements can be managed using emotional terrain maps, emotional intensity maps, and emotion timelines [7].…”

Section: Related Researchmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Kanode and Haddad discuss that requirements engineering should take place at the end of the preproduction phase when the final game idea has been identified [9]. Other researchers argue that requirements engineering practices should be introduced to the game project at the earlier stage [7,8]. In this regard, the place of requirements engineering in the process models of game development has not been confirmed yet.…”

Section: Related Researchmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…However, these practices are not widely used in companies mainly because of the creative side in game companies, including designers, artists, and producers who are against bringing strict engineering approaches into their day-to-day work [7]. Therefore, we conducted this study in order to understand the place, if this place exists, of requirements engineering in game development.…”

Section: Related Researchmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Abstract. [Context/motivation]Game development is characterized by a high level of creativity when compared to other fields of software development. Games cover a multitude of themes and genres, and represent a heterogeneous group of different products with varying requirements and business goals.[Question/problem] Requirements engineering (RE) should be relevant to game development, but is this true and if it is, how does game industry apply RE in practice? [Principal ideas/Results] We interviewed 27 software professionals in seven organizations to understand how requirements engineering is applied in game developing organizations. The results suggest that in game development business practicalities and drive for "fun" dominate the areas associated with requirements engineering. Additionally, game development organizations apply approaches and methods that are comparable to requirements engineering and requirement management, but do not consciously apply common RE practices.[Contribution] This paper extends our understanding of requirements engineering in video game development and contributes to the requirements engineering body of knowledge.

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Section: Discussionsupporting

confidence: 79%

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confidence: 99%

Section: Related Researchmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Related Researchmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Related Researchmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Smolander

2014

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Multimedia resources as a support for requirements engineering and software maintenance

Santos

Júnior

Andrade

2020

J Software Evolu Process

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Textual documentations are frequently used in the software development process to outline features and behaviors of an application. For some people, textual descriptions may not be enough to understand what is being developed. In this scenario, multimedia resources appear as an option for software documentation, providing other ways to observe and interpret information.ObjectiveTo identify and characterize the approaches and techniques which promote the use of multimedia in requirements engineering (RE) to support software development and maintenance.MethodA systematic mapping was conducted to find the primary studies in the literature and collect evidence for directing future research.ResultsOnly 27.66% of the approaches found validated their solutions through controlled experiments, showing the need to increase the use of scientific method in this area, with replications of studies that will allow to evaluating if other researchers independently will come up with the same results. In this context, the approaches/techniques identified were TRECE, MURMER, Wiki System Multimedia, Storytelling, Virtual World Environment, VisionCatcher, PRESTO4U, ReqVidA, CrowdRE, AVW, The Software Cinema Technique, Dolli Project, UTOPIA, and approaches without explicit names, which, as a rule, use multimedia resources as an additional support.ConclusionsThere was a favorable consensus regarding the use of multimedia in RE. The selected studies demonstrated to be favorable to the adoption of media to persist and store the requirements of a system. Moreover, multimedia resources can improve the process of understanding the code and decrease evolution and maintenance costs.General terms are design, documentation, experimentation, human factors, multimedia, reliability, software engineering, verification, and security.

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Breaking the Fourth Wall in Video Games: A New Terminology and Methodology

Özdal¹,

Çatak²

2021

International Series on Computer Entertainment and Media Technology

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Emotional Requirements in Video Games

Cited by 43 publications

References 8 publications

Is Requirements Engineering Useless in Game Development?

Is Requirements Engineering Useless in Game Development?

Multimedia resources as a support for requirements engineering and software maintenance

Breaking the Fourth Wall in Video Games: A New Terminology and Methodology

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