A Feature-Based Environment for Digital Games

Sarinho, Victor Travassos; Apolinário, Antônio L.; Almeida, Eduardo Santana de

doi:10.1007/978-3-642-33542-6_67

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“…Regarding the game platform portability, MEnDiGa assets were implemented and adapted to be interpreted using LibGDX game engine. Per FEnDiGa results [7] and by the production of respective adapter classes, it is possible to affirm that MEnDiGa structure is capable of being extended to additional Java game engines, such as jMonkeyEngine [28], JGame [29], and GTGE [30]. For other game platforms based on different types of programming languages, such as Unreal Engine 4 [31] that uses C++, it is necessary to reimplement MEnDiGa classes to the respective support language.…”

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“…For other game platforms based on different types of programming languages, such as Unreal Engine 4 [31] that uses C++, it is necessary to reimplement MEnDiGa classes to the respective support language. To facilitate this conversion process among game engines based on distinct programming languages, a common XML specification of MEnDiGa games will be defined in the future for generative [5] and interpretive [7] game development approaches.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…In a similar strategy to FEnDiGa [7], the next and final step consists of applying Super Jumper instances to use MEnDiGa adapters. Such adaptation classes establish an integration pattern between game configurations with implementation resources of a chosen game platform.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…This difficulty was confirmed during the production of the SimplifiedPacMan version [5] using Feature-based Environment for Digital Games (FEnDiGa) [7], a game production environment based on a combined representation of NESI and GDS features via Object Oriented Feature Modeling (OOFM) approach [8].…”

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MEnDiGa: A Minimal Engine for Digital Games

Boaventura

Sarinho

2017

International Journal of Computer Games Technology

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Game engines generate high dependence of developed games on provided implementation resources. Feature modeling is a technique that captures commonalities and variabilities results of domain analysis to provide a basis for automated configuration of concrete products. This paper presents the Minimal Engine for Digital Games (MEnDiGa), a simplified collection of game assets based on game features capable of building small and casual games regardless of their implementation resources. It presents minimal features in a representative hierarchy of spatial and game elements along with basic behaviors and event support related to game logic features. It also presents modules of code to represent, interpret, and adapt game features to provide the execution of configured games in multiple game platforms. As a proof of concept, a clone of the Doodle Jump game was developed using MEnDiGa assets and compared with original game version. As a result, a new G-factor based approach for game construction is provided, which is able to separate the core of game elements from the implementation itself in an independent, reusable, and large-scale way.

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MEnDiGa: A Minimal Engine for Digital Games

Boaventura

Sarinho

2017

International Journal of Computer Games Technology

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“…Finally, Sarinho et al have been obtained some interesting results in the development of digital games by FODA and FOSD paradigms, such as reusable features focused on digital game concepts and implementation aspects (NESI [22] and GDS [25] models), SPL structures to provide digital games by feature configurations (FEnDiGa [23] and MEnDiGa [6]), and feature development for specific game genres and categories (AsKME [24]).…”

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A Feature-Based Approach to Develop Digital Board Games

Boaventura¹,

Sarinho²

2019

Entertainment Computing and Serious Games

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Several types of development strategies are available to provide digital games in a reusable way. However, the idea of a "one-size-fitsall" architecture for digital games can be problematic, being preferable to build dedicated architectures for specific game genres. This paper proposes the development of feature-based artifacts for the production of digital board games. It presents a subdomain game architecture that represents configurable features of core concepts related to board games (the game model and controller ), and implements feature artifacts capable of being executed in distinct game clients (the game view ). For validation purposes, two types of classic board games, together with a proposed web client for board games, were developed, consolidating as a result a software product line approach to develop classic board games.

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