• Journal of Korea Game Society
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• v.18 no.5
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• pp.47-58
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• 2018

Game bots distribute a large amount of goods or items used in a game, thereby lowering the value of game goods and items. Also, a large number of game bots hunt monsters and collect items, which hinders ordinary users from enjoying content normally. However, no research has been done on the type of user and the type of activity that the increase in bots specifically affects. Therefore, this study provides a practical implication to encourage users to use games by classifying types based on the game users' access data and analyzing the correlation with user departure due to the increase of bots.

• Proceedings of the Korean Society of Computer Information Conference
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• 2023.07a
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• pp.141-143
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• 2023

콘솔 및 PC 게임이 모바일 플랫폼으로 진출하는 경우 기존에 출시했던 플랫폼과 다르게 모바일 플랫폼에 맞는 조작, UI, 과금 정책 등의 다양한 부분을 고려할 필요가 있다. 모바일 플랫폼의 화면 크기 조작의 한계를 반영해 전투, 퀘스트 진행, 파티 조합, 장비 장착, 캐릭터 육성 등 게임 플레이 전반의 자동 시스템을 구축해 유저에게 조작 편의성을 제공할 필요가 있다. 또한 기존의 유료화 게임 형태의 판매 전략에서 부분 유료화의 전환에 따른 기존의 유저가 느낄 수 있는 과금 거부감을 해소하기 위해 시즌 패스, 월정액 시스템 등을 도입해 소 과금으로 유저들에게 게임 내에서 만족감을 느낄 수 있도록 하는 것이 중요하다. 본 논문에서는 게임의 일회적인 판매량이 매출에 영향을 주는 것과 다르게 주기적인 유저들의 접속(DAU, MAU)에 따른 과금 정도가 매출 및 게임 순위 등에 영향을 주게 된다. 따라서 꾸준한 업데이트와 이벤트 제공을 통해 기존 유저들이 장기적으로 게임에 접속하도록 유도하고, 신규 유저들이 게임에 유입될 수 있도록 하는 과정과 같은 발전 방안을 제시해 본다.

• Journal of Digital Convergence
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• v.19 no.6
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• pp.323-329
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• 2021

Based on the research of the Public Welfare Games 'Mountaineering LightsUp', which is the main theme of helping the disadvantaged in society, this study uses the questionnaire method to obtain user data, and collects the data by using AMOS analysis for the effect of game interest elements on the experience of players. The results showed that the interesting elements (goal, obstacles, sense of belonging, atmosphere, story, information, and player to player communication) of the game were positively influenced by the experience of the game. And the questionnaire showed that the game still had problems such as playing simple, difficulty, lack of popularity, lack of feedback, and lack of storytelling. This paper also puts forward some proposals for these deficiencies. In future research, the research sample will be expanded, the research content will be improved, and the future Public Welfare Games will be designed and developed.

• 한국HCI학회:학술대회논문집
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• 2007.02b
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• pp.312-318
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• 2007

Before Market 차량용 정보기기는 엔터테인먼트, 네비게이션, 커뮤니케이션 기능을 중심으로 발전하고 있다. 각각의 시스템은 하드웨어, 소프트웨어 개발환경 및 사용자 요구조건이 상이하고 부품개발업체가 다양하기 때문에 완성차업체에서 인포테인먼트 시스템으로의 통합을 위해서는 각기 다른 환경을 고려한 일관된 사용자인터페이스를 위한 설계가이드라인이 요구된다. 차량환경에 있어 차량정보기기의 조작은 잠재적으로 안전에 부정적인 영향을 주는 행동으로 규정할 수 있고 의무적 규제의 대상이 되기 때문에 안전을 고려한 유저인터페이스의 개발은 이제 막 시작한 차량 내 컨텐츠 시장의 발전을 위해서도 중요하다 할 수 있다. 본 연구는 유저인터페이스 가이드라인 개발을 위한 것으로 기존 양산된 차량정보기기에 대한 분석, 경쟁차 벤치마킹, 국제 표준유저인터페이스 설계가이드라인 연구를 통해 기본방향을 수립하고 적용을 위한 구체적인 화면, Work-flow, GUI를 포함하여 표준을 정의하였다.

• The Journal of the Korea Contents Association
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• v.19 no.1
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• pp.266-277
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• 2019

This study is an exploratory study on the factors that affect the types of user's coping strategies in online game harassment situations. A survey(N=416) was conducted to investigate the experiences of harassment in online games, expectations on organizational response, and the frequencies of selecting each type of coping strategy. The result shows that the female users usually experience more harassment than the male users, especially in sexual harassment. Female users often choose gender masking, seeking help, avoidance, and mirroring strategies compared to males, while males choose self-blame. The effects of harassment experiences, expectation on organizational response, and gender on each type of coping strategy were analyzed using the structural equation model(SEM). Sexual harassment experiences significantly affect all types of strategies, and the higher the expectation on organizational response, the more likely users to seek help rather than to select gender masking. These results are expected to serve the basis for establishing harassment-related regulations in online games.

• The Journal of the Korea Contents Association
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• v.21 no.5
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• pp.94-104
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• 2021

It is no longer special for the gaming industry to provide a community to promote their games. Much prior research related to the community also focuses on the spread of community influence and its importance. In particular, the user community in the gaming industry is having a big impact on the company's revenue creation beyond the simple level of information provision and promotion of friendship. Therefore, providing a community at the same time as the game is released is becoming a common trend in the gaming industry This study attempted to explore factors influencing the design of more effective communities under the assumption that the user community will influence the loyalty of mobile games. The design elements of the community suggested in this study are the provision of interaction tools between users, the provision of information, and communication between the game maker and the users. This study aims to confirm that these design factors affect customer loyalty by reinforcing user empathy and trust in the game within the user community. After collecting data from 251 users active in the mobile game user community, the model presented in this study was empirically analyzed. As a result, the design elements of the game community suggested in this study were found to affect customer loyalty by strengthening the empathy for the game and the trust in the game developer.

• The Journal of Society for e-Business Studies
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• v.17 no.4
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• pp.69-93
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• 2012

Various influence-related relationships in Social Network Services (SNS) among users, posts, and user-and-post, can be expressed using links. The current research evaluates the influence of specific users or posts by analyzing the link structure of relevant social network graphs to identify influential users. We applied the concept of mutual interactions proposed for ranking semantic web resources, rather than the voting notion of Page Rank or HITS, to blogosphere, one of the early SNS. Through many experiments with network models, where the performance and validity of each alternative approach can be analyzed, we showed the applicability and strengths of our approach. The weight tuning processes for the links of these network models enabled us to control the experiment errors form the link weight differences and compare the implementation easiness of alternatives. An additional example of how to enter the content scores of commercial or spam posts into the graph-based method is suggested on a small network model as well. This research, as a starting point of the study on identifying influential users in SNS, is distinctive from the previous researches in the following points. First, various influence-related properties that are deemed important but are disregarded, such as scraping, commenting, subscribing to RSS feeds, and trusting friends, can be considered simultaneously. Second, the framework reflects the general phenomenon where objects interacting with more influential objects increase their influence. Third, regarding the extent to which a bloggers causes other bloggers to act after him or her as the most important factor of influence, we treated sequential referencing relationships with a viewpoint from that of PageRank or HITS (Hypertext Induced Topic Selection).

• Cartoon and Animation Studies
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• s.31
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• pp.249-266
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• 2013

The purpose of this research is to study a case of the minimalism on Game Graphic User Interface design in Computer game. It is to analyse the minimal tendency on Game Graphic User Interface design in several Computer games such as Prince of Persia, Mirror's Edge, Splinter Cell, Gears of War, Call of Duty4, Metro 2033, Crysis2. These games expanded the field of Game Graphic User Interface design with the unique form of minimalism. Minimalism came from the formative arts in the 1960s and influenced to other fields of art. It seems to be an expression of various styles that promptly meet the needs of the times. Therefore, in this research, I would highlight the phenomenon of minimalisation in Game Graphic User Interface design and research the influence of Minimalism that appears in modern design focused on "simplicity" and "minimum" which are representative trend of Minimalism.

• Proceedings of the Korean Society of Computer Information Conference
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• 2019.07a
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• pp.289-292
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• 2019

매년 수많은 게임이 출시되면서 유저들이 게임을 즐기는 방법도 다양해졌다. 이중 게임을 바탕으로 유저가 창의성을 더해 2차 저작물을 제작하는 방법이 주류를 이루고 있다. 자신이 좋아하는 게임에 대한 애정을 표현하는 한 가지 방법이라고 할 수 있으며, 이러한 2차 창작 활동은 유저의 심리적인 만족감을 채워주는 것과 동시에 게임의 홍보기능도 한다. 하지만 게임사마다 2차 저작물과 관련된 규제가 다르며 유저들은 그 규제를 모르는 경우가 많아 원저작자의 권리를 침해하기도 한다. 본 논문에서는 2차 창작 활동에 대한 유저의 의견과 게임사의 정책 및 대응을 조사하고 유저와 게임사 모두가 만족할 수 있는 방안을 제시하고자 한다.

• Journal of Digital Convergence
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• v.14 no.8
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• pp.185-194
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• 2016

Several game developers or publishers adopt open innovation strategies to reduce R&D costs and increase user loyalty about their games. User communities play an important role in increasing users' interests in the game because they can share game information and skills in user communities. In this regard, this study explored key antecedents of game user participation intention in user community. We developed a research model by integrating perceived risk into theory of planned action. The theoretical model was tested by using survey data collected from 110 "Suddenattack" game users. Partial least squares (PLS) was utilized to analysis the research model. The findings of this study indicate that both perceived usefulness and perceived enjoyment play an important role in forming attitude toward community. However, contrast to our expectations, perceived risk has no signifiant effect on perceived usefulness, perceived enjoyment, attitude toward community and participation intention. While attention toward community significantly influences community participation intention, social norms are not significantly related to it. The analysis results help game developers or publishers establish effective strategies and policies to increase user participation intention in user community.