• Industrial Engineering and Management Systems
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• 제10권4호
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• pp.264-271
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• 2011

It is necessary for humans who have been facing environmental problems to build a sustainable society in which economic activities coexist with nature. To realize such goals, it is essential to promote and enhance environmental education, and to raise global awareness of environmental issues. As a preceding study, a board game "Ecopoly" based on the Kyoto protocol and the estate dealings game, was developed and the validity of environmental education was verified. This study further aims to develop a computer game "Ecopoly", based on the board game which enables us to learn the relationship between environmental problems and economic activities, and to learn more about environmental problems. This computer game enables to concentrate on it by automatic complicated calculations, and to get a higher visual effect compared with the board game. Experimental testing of the game was conducted with 13 college student subjects, and the validity of the game was verified.

• 대한불안의학회지
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• 제4권2호
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• pp.135-141
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• 2008

Objective : The purpose of this study was to investigate the relationship between the pattern of computer game play and emotional and behavioral characteristics of 5th and 6th grade elementary school children in Jeonju city. Methods : Fifth and sixth graders from two elementary schools (N=413, M=214, F=199) were chosen to participate in this study. The participants completed self-report questionnaires designed by the authors, and were also evaluated based on a computer game addiction scale, state-trait anxiety inventory for children, children's depression inventory and Piers-Harris children's self-esteem scale. The parents of the participants determined the disruptive behavior rating scale of the participants. Results : Positive links were reported between the pattern of computer game play (years of computer game experience, average length of each computer game play session, average time spent on computer game play per day, and average frequency of computer game play per week) and scores of computer game addiction scale. In addition, significant correlation was found between the internalized problems of children (trait anxiety, state anxiety, depression, and self-esteem), and computer game addiction scale score, among both sexes (p<0.01). There were significant correlations between game addiction scale score and inattention (p<0.01) as well as total attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) score (p<0.05) in girls. Conclusion : Our findings suggest that computer game addiction is related to symptoms of internalizing, particularly to the trait anxiety. Significant positive correlations between game addiction scale score and externalized behavioral problems were found only in girls.

• 한국수학사학회지
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• 제22권1호
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• pp.53-74
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• 2009

흑백게임은 흑 또는 백색의 돌이 가득 찬 일정한 크기의 바둑판 위에서 하는 게임으로, 하나의 돌을 클릭하면 자기 자신과 자신의 위, 아래, 왼쪽, 오른쪽의 버튼의 색이 모두 같이 변하는 규칙을 가지고, 선택적으로 돌을 골라 클릭하여 바둑판 위의 모든 돌이 한 가지 색으로 통일되면 이기는 게임이다. 이는 컴퓨터게임의 형태로도 소개되어 규칙에 따라 버튼을 선택적으로 누름으로서 모든 버튼을 하나의 색으로 통일하는 게임으로 잘 알려져 있다. 이 단순한 게임 안에는 다양한 수학적 모델링 이론이 포함되어 있고, 많은 사람들이 흑백게임의 일반적인 승리전략을 얻기 위하여 다양한 시도를 해왔다. 이 과정에서, 흑백게임은 다양한 이름을 가지게 되었고, 외국에서는 Blackout, Lights Out, Merlin Game, ${\sigma}$+Game등 다양한 이름으로 불리며, 현재도 활발하게 연구가 진행되고 있다. 본 연구는 흑백게임의 발전과정과 국내외 연구결과를 분석하며, 기존의 미해결 문제에 대한 답을 제공하고, 교육적 활용에 대하여 연구한다.

• Journal of Multimedia Information System
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• 제4권3호
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• pp.145-150
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• 2017

Recently, game companies are having difficulties in exactly figuring out the right consumer groups for their games. To solve this problem, a system algorithm which recommends user-customized games based on the user information entered has been proposed in this study. Game developers will be able to clearly determine the consumer group(s) of both on and off-line games through accumulated data while consumers can find the game they desire. It is expected that the gaming culture will advance further with the proposed algorithm.

• Industrial Engineering and Management Systems
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• 제11권1호
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• pp.123-132
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• 2012

Recently, global environmental problems have become serious due to human economic activities. Therefore, in order to build a sustainable society in which human economic activities coexist with nature, it is important to promote and enhance environmental education. As a preceding study, a board and computer game of "Ecopoly," which is the game for education on global environmental problems, were developed. This study further aims to develop algorithms which make decisions in Ecopoly, to automate decision-makings of opponents using the algorithms, and to develop the environmental educational game "Ecopoly V" which enables self-learning. In order to develop the algorithms, the board game of Ecopoly was played, and each player's decision-makings at the all points at which players make a decision were observed and analyzed. From the analyses, it became clear that the decision-makings were distinguished by 3 characteristics; Ecology type, Economy type, and Balance type. Based on the characteristics, the factors and standard values of each decision-making were made clear. Algorithms were developed based on the factors and standard values. Ecopoly V was developed by incorporating the algorithms into the computer game of Ecopoly. Experimental testing of the game was conducted and the validity of the game was verified.

• International Journal of Contents
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• 제8권4호
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• pp.42-49
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• 2012

Recently the unprecedented progress of Android platform and Google Play has brought more opportunities for individual mobile game developers. When playing an Android 3D game, users can accidentally hit HOME Key or BACK Key or receive an incoming message. Subsequently, another screen will appear on top and make the game application lose focus, or the operating system pause that game. These interruption events may also lead to the loss of game information or the game runs out of user control if that game cannot catch interruption events itself and resume at the exact time. As same as other mobile platforms, Android platform also provides Activity Lifecycle methods to help the game application control interruption problems. However, these methods are not adequate to solve all the interruption events. By implementing ANDCube game, we examine most of the possible interruption cases and propose some solutions to help Android game developers avoid some common interruption cases. Concurrently, we show the ways how a game application can catch all unavoidable interruption events and effectively resume from interruption to obtain a high quality game.

• 한국산학기술학회논문지
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• 제10권11호
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• pp.3155-3162
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• 2009

게임 산업이 성장하면서 더욱 새롭고 다채로운 내용을 담고 있는 게임에 대한 요구가 커지고 있다. 그러나 현재 이를 지원하기 위한 소프트웨어 프레임워크는 존재하지 않는다. 3D 엔진이나 물리엔진과 같이 게임을 위한 특정 기술 분야의 미들웨어는 상당히 성숙한 단계에 와있으나 게임논리의 흐름을 위한 프레임워크는 거의 찾아볼 수 없다. 본 논문에서는 게임논리의 설계 및 구현을 위한 소프트웨어 프레임워크로서 게임논리엔진을 제안하고, 프로토타입을 구현한다. 제안된 게임논리엔진에 의해 다양한 장르의 게임을 위한 논리 흐름을 쉽게 기술하고 조합할 수 있다.

• 한국게임학회 논문지
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• 제14권1호
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• pp.39-48
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• 2014

기능성 게임은 개인과 사회에 긍정적인 변화를 유도할 수 있는 가능성이 높다. 그러나 아직까지 국내에서는 이 이슈에 대한 연구가 미흡한 것이 현실이다. 그래서 본 논문에서는 비장애인들에게 시각장애를 체험하게 함으로써 비장애인과 시각장애인이 서로 소통하고, 이해하며, 화합할 수 있도록 인식변화를 유도하기 위해 마르크 르블랑의 8가지 재미요소와 이안 보고스트의 설득게임을 참고하여 기능성 게임을 개발하였다. 본 논문에서는 개발한 게임을 플레이하기 전과 후에 게임 사용자들에게 설문조사를 하였고, 설문 결과의 분석에 기초하여 설득 게임이 게임 사용자의 인식변화를 유도할 수 있다는 사실을 부분적으로 검증하였다.

• The Journal of Korean Physical Therapy
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• 제27권6호
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• pp.386-391
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• 2015

Purpose: This study investigated whether the strength imbalance between two muscles can affect the score of EMG based biofeedback game, and whether the EMG based biofeedback game score can be used as predictable indicator of the degree of muscle balance alternating the conventional strength measuring equipment. Methods: 40 participated in this study. Biodex was used to measure the peak torque/weight in order to calculate the muscle strength balance index between plantar flexor and dorsiflexor of ankle joint. And muscle balance index (MBI) was calculated. The EMG biofeedback game scores of dorsiflexor and plantar flexor were acquired, so that the EMG electrodes were attached at tibialis anterior and gastrocnemius. The relationship between the game score and the muscle balance index were analyzed. Results: There was negative correlation between the muscle balance index between plantar flexor and dorsiflexor and the peak torque/weight of plantar flexor (r=-0.70). And there was negative correlation between the muscle balance index between plantar flexor and dorsiflexor and the game score of plantar flexor (r=-0.83). Conclusion: The EMG biofeedback game score had significant relationship with muscle imbalance at ankle joint, so it seems that the game score can be used for predicting the degree of muscle imbalance as a parameter.

• 공학교육연구
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• 제17권2호
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• pp.68-74
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• 2014

Game industry demands for talented workers from game scenario writing, graphic design and computer game programming areas, which are the three heterogeneous parts of computer game making. This paper deals with the analysis on the college convergence education, surveying the curriculums of game departments in Korean universities and with how to proceed for game programmers to the direction of convergence education for computer game making. Most of the game departments are focusing on game programming area, whereas only 2 departments among 14 surveyed are teaching the game graphic design topics. Observing the curriculum changes for sampled game departments reveals that around 30% of the majoring classes are directly game related. Game programmers are to be advised to fulfill their programming skill first and later expand their ability to game graphic design skill.