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A Proposal of Quality Evaluating Model for Serious Game Contents

  • Yoon, Sun-Jung (Dept. of Game, Division of Digital Contents Dongseo University) ;
  • Yun, Tae-Soo (Dept. of Game, Division of Digital Contents Dongseo University)
  • Received : 2009.11.30
  • Accepted : 2010.02.15
  • Published : 2010.03.28
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Abstract

This paper is on the premise that we need objective and measurable researches on quality evaluation of serious game for users' correct selection of games fitting for their purposes, for development of competitive high-quality game, and for stable growth of game industry. At first, we looked into various characteristics of serious game, read the present situation of game market, and proposed the necessity of quality evaluating model for serious game. To guarantee the objectivity of the proposed models, we compared and analyzed various proposals of standard model on the basis of international standard quality-evaluating model, ISO/IEC 9126 S/W. And so we extracted quality-evaluating items for serious game that composed of 8 evaluating areas and 25 sub-attributes, and presented quality-evaluating indices of each area. The proposed quality-evaluating model was added 2 areas and 8 sub-attributes to the international standard model, and the validity of the extracted items' was verified by expert group's questionnaire. Accordingly, we expect that this paper will increase game users' satisfaction, promote the development of high-quality games, and contribute to continuous growth in serious game market.

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