What is a Minimum Viable (Video) Game?

Hyrynsalmi, Sami; Klotins, Eriks; Unterkalmsteiner, Michael; Gorschek, Tony; Tripathi, Nirnaya; Pompermaier, Leandro Bento; Prikladnicki, Rafael

doi:10.1007/978-3-030-02131-3_20

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“…Studies [37,38,39] have highlighted that prototypes could be used as MVPs since a prototype needs to be developed with 30 minimum effort to meet the business objectives and can be used by the internal team members for testing the product. The same prototype can also act as an MVP for demonstration to the customer or user to accumulate the validated learning.…”

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Startup ecosystem effect on minimum viable product development in software startups

Tripathi

Oivo

Liukkunen

et al. 2019

Information and Software Technology

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Section: Mvp Development In Software Startupsmentioning

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Startup ecosystem effect on minimum viable product development in software startups

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Information and Software Technology

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“…They identified goals, challenges, and practices common to these companies and mapped them into the stages. Hyrynsalmi et al [13] used a subset of nine answers to understand how game developing startups are applying the Minimum Viable Product (MVP) concept. The results showed that the views on the topic are divergent and practical guidelines were still lacking.…”

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“…The most common type of research approach described as a case survey was a method based on primary, but limited, data from a large number of instances of the phenomenon under study that the authors called "cases. " Data consisted of answers to a questionnaire (in the case of the startup studies that used the same data to study different aspects of these companies [13,17,18,37]) or online resources, i.e., blog posts, to investigate software startup pivots [1].…”

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Case Survey Studies in Software Engineering Research

Melegati

2020

Proceedings of the 14th ACM / IEEE International Symposium on Empirical Software Engineering and Measurement (ESEM)

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Background: Given the social aspects of Software Engineering (SE), in the last twenty years, researchers from the field started using research methods common in social sciences such as case study, ethnography, and grounded theory. More recently, case survey, another imported research method, has seen its increasing use in SE studies. It is based on existing case studies reported in the literature and intends to harness the generalizability of survey and the depth of case study. However, little is known on how case survey has been applied in SE research, let alone guidelines on how to employ it properly. Aims: This article aims to provide a better understanding of how case survey has been applied in Software Engineering research. Method: To address this knowledge gap, we performed a systematic mapping study and analyzed 12 Software Engineering studies that used the case survey method. Results: Our findings show that these studies presented a heterogeneous understanding of the approach ranging from secondary studies to primary inquiries focused on a large number of instances of a research phenomenon. They have not applied the case survey method consistently as defined in the seminal methodological papers. Conclusions: We conclude that a set of clearly defined guidelines are needed on how to use case survey in SE research, to ensure the quality of the studies employing this approach and to provide a set of clearly defined criteria to evaluate such work. 1 CCS CONCEPTS• General and reference → Surveys and overviews; General literature; Empirical studies.

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“…Being rather simple in terms of game play and short in terms of game length—the experience they offer aims to be simple and easy to understand, while still perceived as entertaining—when compared to games of other genres, casual games take a considerably lower amount of time to be designed, developed, and presented to consumers, which allows for thinner budgets without sacrificing game or aesthetic design quality [ 43 ]. This answers the premise of the minimum viable product (MVP), which refers to a product version that is used to collect validated learning from potential customers and users with the minimum amount of development effort, therefore saving time and cost resources [ 44 ].…”

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Serious Game Design and Clinical Improvement in Physical Rehabilitation: Systematic Review

Vieira¹,

Pais-Vieira²,

Novais³

et al. 2021

JMIR Serious Games

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Background Serious video games have now been used and assessed in clinical protocols, with several studies reporting patient improvement and engagement with this type of therapy. Even though some literature reviews have approached this topic from a game perspective and presented a broad overview of the types of video games that have been used in this context, there is still a need to better understand how different game characteristics and development strategies might impact and relate to clinical outcomes. Objective This review assessed the relationship between the characteristics of serious games (SGs) and their relationship with the clinical outcomes of studies that use this type of therapy in motor impairment rehabilitation of patients with stroke, multiple sclerosis, or cerebral palsy. The purpose was to take a closer look at video game design features described in the literature (game genre [GG], game nature [GN], and game development strategy [GDS]) and assess how they may contribute toward improving health outcomes. Additionally, this review attempted to bring together medical and game development perspectives to facilitate communication between clinicians and game developers, therefore easing the process of choosing the video games to be used for physical rehabilitation. Methods We analyzed the main features of SG design to obtain significant clinical outcomes when applied to physical rehabilitation of patients recovering from motor impairments resulting from stroke, multiple sclerosis, and cerebral palsy. We implemented a PRISMA (Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses) database-adjusted electronic search strategy for the PubMed, IEEE Xplore, and Cochrane databases. Results We screened 623 related papers from 2010-2021 and identified 12 that presented results compatible with our inclusion criteria. A total of 512 participants with stroke (8 studies, 417 participants), cerebral palsy (1 study, 8 participants), and multiple sclerosis (2 studies, 46 participants) were included; 1 study targeting the elderly (41 participants) was also included. All studies assessed motor, sensory, and functional functions, while some also measured general health outcomes. Interventions with games were used for upper-limb motor rehabilitation. Of the 12 studies, 8 presented significant improvements in at least one clinical measurement, of which 6 presented games from the casual GG, 1 combined the casual, simulation, and exergaming GGs, and 2 combined the sports and simulation GGs. Conclusions Of the possible combinations of game design features (GG, GN, and GDS) described, custom-made casual games that resort to the first-person perspective, do not feature a visible player character, are played in single-player mode, and use nonimmersive virtual reality attain the best results in terms of positive clinical outcomes. In addition, the use of custom-made games versus commercial off-the-shelf games tends to give better clinical results, although the latter are perceived as more motivating and engaging.

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What is a Minimum Viable (Video) Game?

Cited by 10 publications

References 25 publications

Startup ecosystem effect on minimum viable product development in software startups

Startup ecosystem effect on minimum viable product development in software startups

Case Survey Studies in Software Engineering Research

Serious Game Design and Clinical Improvement in Physical Rehabilitation: Systematic Review

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