Software Engineering Practices and Methods in the Game Development Industry

McKenzie, Timothy; Trujillo, Miguel Morales; Hoermann, Simon

doi:10.1145/3341215.3354647

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“…They also noted that the very ways in which studios deviate away from Scrum may in fact be contributing to the team dynamics and project leadership challenges studios face. So, echoing Ruonala's call, the authors concluded that more work needs to be done to understand why studios adapt or ignore certain agile practices to confirm this observation [22].…”

Section: Related Workmentioning

confidence: 91%

“…Therefore, the authors stress the need for further research to clarify what VGD practices genuinely add value. Also in 2019, McKenzie et al [22] investigated the state of NZ VGD practice and juxtaposed the perceived level of adherence of 12 game studios to agile frameworks against their actual level of adherence. They found that all the game studios overestimated their actual level of adherence to Scrum and Kanban and many do not use some key Scrum practices (e.g.…”

Section: Related Workmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…The participant was subsequently given lists describing the essential elements of the three agile frameworks reportedly used by NZ studios. These being Scrum, Kanban, and Feature Driven Development -as determined in [22]. Each list described the practices associated with one of the agile frameworks.…”

Section: B Interviews Design and Validationmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Indeed, although agile is designed for SE, game studios around the world are increasingly reported to be adopting agile development practices and frameworks [18] [19] [20] [21]. However, studios can have a false impression about how agile they really are [22], and this "puts into question whether 'agile' is actually an apt description of the development model that game projects employ" [23].…”

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confidence: 99%

“…Non-technical managers can make uninformed engineering decisions [25], which can frustrate the team. These problems often lead to tribalism, which is a source of potential team conflict and limits knowledge sharing [22]. This in turn may cause shortages in specialty skills and domain-specific knowledge [11] [25].…”

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confidence: 99%

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

McKenzie

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Lukosch

et al. 2021

2021 IEEE/ACM Joint 15th International Conference on Software and System Processes (ICSSP) and 16th ACM/IEEE International Conf

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Video games have become the most dominant and successful entertainment industry worldwide; however, many video game development (VGD) projects and studios struggle to succeed. At present, there are no commonly accepted VGD best practices or frameworks that can bring together the complex and competing needs of software engineering and creative production. Although studios are reportedly using agile frameworks, the actual extent of application and effectiveness of agile practices in the VGD context is unclear. Therefore, the aim of this study is to empirically determine how and why agile frameworks are applied in VGD. Semi-structured interviews were conducted with eight New Zealand VGD studios. It was found that the agile frameworks, Scrum and Kanban, must often be adapted from their conventional use to meet the needs of different pipelines and delivery milestones within the phases of VGD. However, it seems that not all the needs of VGD can be met by current agile frameworks. Furthermore, inexperience with agile practices often leads to misunderstanding and misimplementing them in ways that seem to contribute to commonly experienced collaboration challenges.

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An approach for serious game design and development based on iterative evaluation

Ben Amara,

Mhiri Sellami,

Ben Said

2024

J Software Evolu Process

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Serious games (SGs) are valuable tools for learning, training, and improving skills in various domains because they engage and motivate players to achieve planned processes to reach objectives. Several works provided methods, models, and frameworks to support SG development. However, designers, developers, teachers, and researchers face challenges in creating SG with entertainment and learning balance, and many designed games still do not fulfill the main intended objectives. This paper introduces an approach, called SGDA‐IE with phases and steps to follow during the entire SG design process. It was built on literature review and SG design challenges designers need to consider from the early stages when creating SG. The proposed approach is founded on three perspectives: software engineering best practices, video game industry practices, and SG success factors and provides means to overcome the investigated design challenges. These are characteristics taxonomy model, requirements specification approach, and artifacts iterative evaluation by designer, domain expert, and players. To assess our approach efficacy, we conceived a health, safety, and environment (HSE) training SG for workers on fuel storage sites and petroleum installations. The feedback received is positive and indicates a favorable specification method of the SG, effective participatory design, and control over requirements evolution. The SG playtesting reveals a significant involvement of participants and efficient tracking of the knowledge acquisition.

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A use case driven approach to game modeling

Albaghajati

Hassine

2021

Requirements Eng

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Software Engineering Practices and Methods in the Game Development Industry

Cited by 8 publications

References 21 publications

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

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

An approach for serious game design and development based on iterative evaluation

A use case driven approach to game modeling

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