Game industry problems: An extensive analysis of the gray literature

Is Agile Not Agile Enough? A Study on How Agile is Applied and Misapplied in the Video Game Development Industry

“…This strengthens the claims of the likes of Musil et al [18], Petrillo and Pimenta [35], and Politowski et al [33] that SE agile best practices can be used to solve some VGD workflow or management problems -but only when properly understood and properly applied. As Aleem et al [14] aptly put it, "the game industry can follow the good and proven practices of traditional SE, but only a clear understanding of these practices can enhance the complex game development engineering process".…”

“…Considering the grey literature, Politowski et al [33], analyzed over 200 informal game industry project reports (also known as postmortems) to identify key VGD problems. The analysis showed that people rather than technologies were the root cause of most development challenges, and that reports of team dynamics problems were steadily increasing over the past decade.…”

“…Their summary of other related work in the field also concluded that management challenges are the single greatest problem in VGD, although the reporting of such challenges was in decline in recent times. Significantly, the authors note that "one factor that helped decrease management problems might be the adoption of agile methods" [33].…”

Does Dynamic Tailoring of A Narrative-Driven Exergame Result in Higher User Engagement among Adolescents? Results from A Cluster-Randomized Controlled Trial

“…Low usage rates of games have been reported, especially in unstructured, leisure settings [ 26 , 70 ] where there is no built-in encouragement to play and where the game competes for time with other activities. Game design may need to be more encouraging when implemented in unstructured settings, such as providing booster activities, reminders and notifications [ 71 ], as was also suggested by some participants in this study, or by using social marketing activities such as promotion by influencers, offering demo videos, building a community, social media campaigns, or short humorous videos in which teachers or peers recommend the game, to promote the use of the game [ 72 , 73 ].…”

“…Graphics in serious games for youth were indeed found to be important for affective engagement, interest, immersion and perceived usability of the game [ 74 ]. The graphic design and color scheme may have triggered a negative emotional reaction among respondents [ 73 , 75 ]. Graphics should raise interest by their level of novelty, but also reduce complexity to facilitate comprehension and meaningfulness [ 76 ].…”