| Grant number: | 17/18359-6 |
| Support Opportunities: | Scholarships in Brazil - Doctorate |
| Start date: | June 01, 2018 |
| End date: | January 31, 2021 |
| Field of knowledge: | Physical Sciences and Mathematics - Computer Science - Computer Systems |
| Principal Investigator: | Fabio Kon |
| Grantee: | Wilson Kazuo Mizutani |
| Host Institution: | Instituto de Matemática e Estatística (IME). Universidade de São Paulo (USP). São Paulo , SP, Brazil |
Abstract Games can be seen as systems based on rules called "mechanics". Over the years, the implementation of recurring mechanics in digital games led to the development of reusable software creation tools - such as game engines - and engineering techniques that speed up the development process. For instance, most popular game engines provide their own subsystems for simulating physics since it is a very common type of mechanic in games. Consequently, academic study of physics simulation in games is flourishing. The same is not true, despite their widespread and distinctive presence in games, for economy mechanics, which dictate how in-game resources (health, points, items, etc.) interact. This happens because they are usually very tied to the specific nature of each game, preventing general-purpose tools from supporting their direct development. In this doctoral research, we will design and validate a software reference architecture - instead of a specific game engine and subsystem - for economy mechanics with the intention of reducing the effort of creating the corresponding gameplay content, especially in large instances. For that, we will investigate the state-of-the-art and state-of-the-practice of this kind of software architecture application in games through a systematic literature review, structured interviews with professional game developers, and systematic inspection of successful game and game engine implementations. Using the findings obtained from such methods, we will formulate system requirements to design a software reference architecture for implementing economy mechanics in game with content-rich gameplay. We will then validate the proposed software reference architecture through a reference implementation with a case study and a quasi-experiment. (AU) | |
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