The consolidation of game software engineering: A systematic literature review of software engineering for industry-scale computer games

J Chueca, J Verón, J Font, F Pérez, C Cetina - Information and Software …, 2024 - Elsevier
Abstract Context: Game Software Engineering (GSE) is a branch of Software Engineering
(SE) that focuses on the development of video game applications. In past years, GSE has …

What empirically based research tells us about game development

B Berg Marklund, H Engström, M Hellkvist… - The Computer Games …, 2019 - Springer
This paper reviews empirically grounded research on practices in game development with
the intent to give a comprehensive overview of contemporary development practices used in …

A survey of video game testing

C Politowski, F Petrillo… - 2021 IEEE/ACM …, 2021 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Video-game projects are notorious for having day-one bugs, no matter how big their budget
or team size. The quality of a game is essential for its success. This quality could be …

Critical success factors to improve the game development process from a developer's perspective

S Aleem, LF Capretz, F Ahmed - Journal of computer science and …, 2016 - Springer
The growth of the software game development industry is enormous and is gaining
importance day by day. This growth imposes severe pressure and a number of issues and …

Game development research

H Engström - 2020 - diva-portal.org
Game Development Research Page 1 Game Development Research Henrik Engström Page 2
Page 3 GAME DEVELOPMENT RESEARCH Page 4 GAME DEVELOPMENT RESEARCH …

Computer games are serious business and so is their quality: particularities of software testing in game development from the perspective of practitioners

RES Santos, CVC Magalhães, LF Capretz… - Proceedings of the 12th …, 2018 - dl.acm.org
Context. Over the last several decades, computer games started to have a significant impact
on society. However, although a computer game is a type of software, the process to …

The role of Sprint planning and feedback in game development projects: Implications for game quality

JW Liu, CY Ho, JYT Chang, JCA Tsai - Journal of Systems and Software, 2019 - Elsevier
Game development projects adopt Scrum to leverage their flexibility, as game concepts and
the customer preferences are highly abstract and unpredictable. The most desirable features …

Video game development in a rush: A survey of the global game jam participants

M Borg, V Garousi, A Mahmoud… - IEEE Transactions …, 2019 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Video game development is a complex endeavor, often involving complex software, large
organizations, and aggressive release deadlines. Several studies have reported that …

Game development from a software and creative product perspective: A quantitative literature review approach

H Engström, BB Marklund, P Backlund… - Entertainment …, 2018 - Elsevier
This article presents the methodology and initial analysis of a systematic literature review
that aims to explore how the craft and processes of game development have been studied in …

A survey of game usability practices in North American game companies

M Rajanen, J Tapani - 2018 - aisel.aisnet.org
Game development market has become very competitive, so a game with bad usability can
expect bad reviews and fewer sales even though the game design might be otherwise …