A taxonomy of game engines and the tools that drive the industry

M Toftedahl, H Engström - … of DiGRA 2019 Conference: Game, Play and …, 2019 - dl.digra.org
Game engines are a vital part of a game production pipeline, but there is a vagueness of
definitions regarding the boundaries of components in a game engine and the rest of the …

Game development research

H Engström - 2020 - diva-portal.org
Game Development Research Page 1 Game Development Research Henrik Engström Page 2
Page 3 GAME DEVELOPMENT RESEARCH Page 4 GAME DEVELOPMENT RESEARCH …

Level Design Processes and Challenges: A Cross Section of Game Development

T Karlsson, J Brusk, H Engström - Games and Culture, 2023 - journals.sagepub.com
This article examines level design processes and challenges at professional game studios.
Thematic analysis of data, recorded through field studies and semi-structured interviews …

Understanding and Mitigating Challenges for Non-Profit Driven Indie Game Development to Innovate Game Production

G Freeman, L Li, N Mcneese… - Proceedings of the 2023 …, 2023 - dl.acm.org
Non-profit driven indie game development represents a growing open and participatory
game production model as an alternative to the traditional mainstream gaming industry …

Localization Tools in General Purpose Game Engines: A Systematic Mapping Study

M Toftedahl - International Journal of Computer Games …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
This paper addresses localization from a game development perspective by studying the
state of tool support for a localization work in general purpose game engines. Using a …

" I'm a Solo Developer but AI is My New Ill-Informed Co-Worker": Envisioning and Designing Generative AI to Support Indie Game Development

R Panchanadikar, G Freeman - Proceedings of the ACM on Human …, 2024 - dl.acm.org
Indie game developers are often defined as game developers who are typically not
employed by or affiliated with tech giants or large gaming companies/publishers. Although …

Are sticky users less likely to lurk? Evidence from online reviews

J Yang, Z Zhang, C Dang, Z Zhang - Behaviour & Information …, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
Although many product providers deem user contributions (eg online reviews) important,
providers often struggle to obtain them, ie most users are lurkers who are reluctant to post …

Reporting on the project development practices of total conversion game mod teams

LS Pereira, MMS Bernardes - Creative Industries Journal, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
The activity of game modding has often been viewed as a fringe form of informal, hobbyist
and amateurish software development despite its considerable growth in popularity in the …

Modding as game development: Investigating the influences over how mods are made

LS Pereira… - Journal of Gaming & Virtual …, 2021 - intellectdiscover.com
Over the past few decades, game mods have slowly walked their way into mainstream
popularity and although not being confined anymore to the dark corners of the internet, the …

[PDF][PDF] A independência dos jogos: um estudo sobre a percepção do jogador brasileiro

LS Pereira - XVII SBGames. Novembro, 2018 - sbgames.org
RESUMO “What is this Indie thing?" Com esta frase B. Simon abriu a introdução da edição
especial da revista Loading... dedicada ao desenvolvimento de jogos independentes …