One of the most important elements in games is 'fun'. According to the Flow theory, when the proper ability and challenge are combined at the optimum shape, game users can reach the stage of 'fun' with being fully absorbed. MMORPG satisfy the users making them have fun, using tools such as vicarious satisfaction by various role performances of various occupational clusters, self-display and diversity of the story through many quests. This study investigates the composition and characteristics of MMORPG, provide a model which calculates game balance according to the occupations and roles of the game characters and verify the validity by applying this model into the actual game. MMORPG is basically based on human behaviors. That is to say, it is possible to make balance evaluation model because the abilities needed for battle and adventure are within our imagination. For example, in the battle, 'power' is needed basically, 'speed' is also needed for quick movement and skillful technique, 'intelligence' and 'wisdom' are needed for more difficult techniques, 'strength' is needed to live on and 'charisma' is needed to make relationships. Thus, general six abilities are available, and based on these, by itemizing the contents composing the battle, the study attempted to provide the final battle balance evaluation model. Therefore, in order to make balance among these offenses and defenses and to compare the figures by unified ones, ICF (Integrated Comparative Figures) is hereby defined.

Tetromino tiling is widely using method in board game, puzzle game and video game areas. Tetromino tiling by exchanging adjacent pair method reveals non-uniform appearance of five type free tetrominoes. We analyze the experimental results of tetromino exchanging method and all possible combinations of two neighboring tetrominoes. We proposed new uniform frequency tetromino tiling method which can equalize the occurrence of each free type tetromino. In our method also can handle arbitrary appearance number of each tetromino. We show the applied results of proposed algorithm.

We propose a technique to implement multi-user game environment based on Android platform using Unity™ without relying on conventional Unity network plug-ins, which are often on a commercial basis. Since our proposed method utilize own native Android™ codes based on the Android SDK to facilitate network communication among game players, the proposed technique provides with higher flexibility and more transparency than general Unity network plug-ins, which are almost impossible to customize. One of our main ideas for implementation is to deploy the Unity binary code and the native Android network implementation as a layer respectively on the Android platform. Based on our method, we have implemented a mobile multi-user game on Android devices. Also, we discuss our technique according to the Unity’s design philosophy, “one code for multi-platforms.”

본 연구는 폭력적 비디오 게임 이용자들을 대상으로 하여, 게임을 하는 동안 느끼는 정서적 경험을 심층 면접으로 탐색하였다. 정 서적 경험은 우리말을 분석한 기존 연구에서 제시된 아홉 개의 기본 정서를 대상으로 하였다. 기본 정서는 기쁨, 긍지, 사랑, 분노, 공포, 연 민, 수치, 좌절, 슬픔이 상정되었다. 심층 면접은 2단계로 구분하여 진 행하였는데, 1차 면접에서는 각각의 정서를 경험할 것으로 예상되는 상황을 선정하였다. 이 과정에서 사랑은 감사로 대치하였다. 2차 면접 에서는 각각의 상황을 제시하고 어떤 정서를 느끼는지 살펴보았다. 2 차 면접에서 슬픔은 직접적으로 표현되지 않아 하위 범주의 정서인 후 회로 대치하였다. 이와 같이 조정이 필요하였으나 대략적으로 폭력적 비디오 게임을 하는 동안 아홉 개의 기본 정서를 풍부하고 다양하게 경험하는 것으로 나타났다. 본 연구에서 나타난 정서적 상황에 대한 자 료는 추후 몰입, 중독, 폭력성 등의 비디오 게임 연구에서 정서적 역할 을 심층적으로 규명하는데 도움이 될 것으로 기대된다.

Requirements for contents service providing a sense of realism based on high quality and high resolution have increased since HD (High definition) and 3D technologies have emerged. Recently, high frame rate (HFR) and multi-channel audio-based contents with 4K resolution have been produced since UHDTV which can display 4 times as many pixels as Full HD on a screen has been released. Also high performance graphic rendering technology using high resolution large display, high-speed transmission technology etc have been continuously researched to improve gamers' level of satisfaction providing greater immersion in game field. The necessity to implement UHDTV game based on high resolution large display has been raised to provide greater immersion and presence. Therefore, the research examines changes in display environment to implement high quality games using UHDTV.

The computation of saliency from an image and a video is an interesting challenge in image processing and computer vision. Context-aware saliency, which addresses the saliency based on the geometric structure of an image, is known as one of the most powerful schemes for computing saliency. An obstacle of the context-aware scheme is the heavy computation load. We reduce the computational load in a great scale by applying the dart throwing algorithm, which is a widely used stochastic noise generation scheme in computer graphics society.

This study proposes a 3D realistic moving picture project for video game content production. It is expected that applying 3D realistic moving picture to background moving picture project and/or content moving picture project in the existing video game contents will eventually increase the reality and pleasure of game. It is also expected that playing stereoscopic games will increase players’ commitment to the game and that participating high visual artistic works will decrease their psychological stress, yielding their mental tranquility and pleasure. By understanding principles and file formats of 3D realistic moving picture project, more frequent application of 3D realistic moving picture project will hopefully be made in various fields of games in the future.

This study aims at helping the highschool physical education program by providing information on excellent physical education plans and activation of physical education by understanding the effects and limits of two different models. It proposes the possi

On the ultra-high speed broadband internet network transferring the massive multi-media data, the rapid restoration is very important. The online game industry is also fast growing with supporting of the real-time online network game. The online traffic on the internet network is steadily increasing. The optical based broadband convergence network provides these kinds of services. It is a form of multilayer network which loads the IP traffic on the lower optical DWDM. The failure of the link and node on this kind of network causes the significant loss of data. To solve this kind of problem, the new approach over the conventional one is necessary. It turned out to be its failure recovery thirty-five percent faster

Creating avatar animations are tedious and time-consuming task since the desired avatar poses should be specified for each of a large number of keyframes. This paper proposes a fast and handy method to create game character animation contents using the motion data captured from the Kinect sensor. A Kinect sensor captures and saves the human motion. The Kinect sensor provides the motion information in a simple form of coordinates of joint positions. Using the captured motion data we determine the set of bone transforms that makes up the human skeletal animation data. The animation data is utilized to determine the position of all the bones at the current time in the animation. For experimental purpose we create a simple avatar character. We express the character model by the MD5 format, in which the mesh data and animation data are separated. A set of twenty joint positions reflect a snapshot of the character pose. The sets are used to evaluate the bone transform matrices and construct our skeletal animation scheme. We verified our method by appling the captured Kinect motion data to character animation. Our approach provides an easy method for creating avatar animations.

Along with development of medical science, stroke is showing an increasing trend of occurrence due to improvement in living standards and increase in aged population. In particular, about 56% of all stroke patients are suffering from hemiplegia, which bring difficulty in everyday activities. There are various means of rehabilitation for such hemiplegic stroke patients, but such methods cannot be carried out alone but must be accompanied by therapists. Patients must visit treatment facilities to receive treatment. Accordingly, under the consideration that treatment and rehabilitation of stroke can be assisted using functional game as an auxiliary means to continued counseling and treatment by physician without limitation on location, time, and cost, the purpose of this study is to propose a rehabilitation rhythm game based on motions using appropriate platforms such as PC and smart phones.

In this paper, we propose the escape game Loony considering natural interaction. For user's immersion, the proposed game is designed similar to the real world such as a security card key, its card reader, coin, and a vending machine. In order for the user to easily understand the situation in the virtual environment, the proposed game provides enough information in game user interface. For easy operation, the proposed game reacts based on simple input method: mouse and just few keys on keyboard. For the purpose of verifying the effects of the interaction between the proposed game and the user, we compare the proposed game with two previous escape games based on the observational evaluation and the questionnaire evaluation. The evaluation results show that the proposed game is better than the previous games on the operation feeling and the situational awareness of the users.

In this rapidly changing modern society. children are suffering from many psychological issues from complex and various stresses. To address this issue. child-centered play psychotherapy has been emerged as a social interest and the importance is arises. This thesis is for introducing developed game contents for Child-centered play psychotherapy considering features of children in their developmental processes. with this, application of child-centered play psychotherapy as a medium and realization of game contents where children can play on touch screen are introduced to induce better remedial performance. Furthermore, it will guide a measure for application of child education.

Since the advent of smart phones in 2007, the population of smart phone user has been increasing at stunning rate in Korea. In spite of many benefits such as full internet access, location based service, and easy installation of new applications, many social and medical researches have been reported the concern of overuse of smart phones, especially for teenagers on game and internet addiction. However, most of studies are based on the survey research, so often questioned to be limited number of sample and subjective, which can be overcome by evident-based study. The paper presents a pilot development of Google Android app that provides the 24-hour-measured application usage pattern of smart phone users. A requirement study performed with medical doctors and phycologists are discussed and the key technical and application issues are discussed and their solutions are presented. The system is designed to be extensible so that social network and additional service can be applied based on the user. The measured data is expected to be used for study the cause and treatment of game and internet addiction for teenagers and adults.

Micro-transaction based payment model has been a key revenue model in social network game on mobile platform. The paper proposes micro-transaction based payment model based on 4P marketing strategy which have been widely used for merchandise marketing. The research will be contributed to building a systematized micro-transaction based payment model and marketing strategy for mobile social network game.

MMORPG Gameplay is based in a Law of Spatial Maintenance. There are 4 distance types - critical distance, flight/chase distance, interaction distance, and escort distance- according to the interaction object’s types and goals. These distance are related that the player appreciates and recognizes the game space. This study is significant in the sense that it is the cornerstone of finding in gameplay's essence.

Housing system of MMORPG is value-gaining system introduced to maximize the accumulation of wealth and means of ownership that emerged in 2000 from the game named Ultima Online. Degree of application is determined by techincal elements and the skills of the player. MMORPG game is the one which accumulate the value, own and show-off. Players build house and inivite other players to show their influences, social standings and powers. Housing systems, but until now, there are several problems. Proper management such as protecting house or livestock raising is required while player leave the house for hunting or collecting resources. Like the real world's real estate, housing system require proper area to build the house and huge server to solve the process technically. In case of relocation, there could be several problems to resolute by applying theories of real estate and architecture. In this study, we proposed future housing system that complements a variety of problems of present housing system through customization of housing, the introduction of various applications and applying partner characters. Which will provide higher lever of entertainment while enjoying games. Future housing system should get out of existing uniform structure, develop with artistic value and eventually transform to higher and more diverse lever.

To assess effectiveness in serious games is the principal means for the purpose of developing the game and criteria for assessing quality of the game. Until now, serious games assessment has been implemented mainly through surveys that measured from the outside of the game using in-depth interviews, or sensor-based psycho-physiological observation. However, these methods have limitations that do not properly reflect on the gaming experience that is characterized by the coevolution through player participation activities. Therefore, we propose a model to assess the effectiveness of serious games systematically through evaluating the functionality based on the player's feedback.

In this paper, we present a new method for interactive movie that can be automated running without any coordinator. The presented method can also be automated and same effect as an experimental short film. Movie content is developed using interaction with motion recognition system and plots that require attention for more intensively and interest. In addition to a simple questions was conducted before and after watching contents for determine the effects of movie content and reaction of viewers. Through the interactive movie content has been investigated.

From the end of 2000, the era of full-fledged remote college education has opened and online education is evolving rapidly. However, the liberal literary education takes place in cyberspace university level, in most cases, is staying general education. In this paper, we designed EDGE (E-learning Design for Go through effectively a novel on literature class, EDGE) learning model to teach novel using the characteristics of literary education and online education. EDGE learning model proposed in this paper, students can hosts lecture spaces to get in-depth understanding of the literature, can have a variety of literary experience and can interact each other actively. Future research includes developing unique online teaching type which enables literature concept delivering and teaching creative writing simultaneously.