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http://dx.doi.org/10.7583/JKGS.2013.13.5.19

Simulation of Entropy Decrease in Puzzle Game Play  

Yun, Hye-Young (Dept. of Digital Media, Ewha Womans University)
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Journal of Korea Game Society / v.13, no.5, 2013 , pp. 19-30 More about this Journal
Abstract
This Study analyzes dynamic of a puzzle game play by applying entropy law. Entropy is a concept that a quantitative measure of the amount of thermal energy not available to do work in a closed system. And amount of entropy can be measured only if we see the closed system as whole, the field. Puzzle game is also closed system. When player moves an object in game, it change a relationship among objects in play field. In , through an act of position change, player sustains a play field active. In respect of an entropy, this kind of play is considered as pursue of usability of the energy. In , player piles up objects without empty space. In respect of an entropy, this kind of play is considered as pursue of the order. Likewise, puzzle game play can be considered as simulation of a human's pursue of the order in an entropy increasing physical world. And this pursue is a driving force of puzzle game play.
Keywords
Puzzle Game; Entropy; Simulation; Order; Bejeweled; Tetris;
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