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http://dx.doi.org/10.7583/JKGS.2017.17.3.21

Estimation Method of User's Gameplay Skill Level through the Performance of Gameplay Status  

Chang, Hee-Dong (Dept. of Game Engineering, Hoseo University)
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Journal of Korea Game Society / v.17, no.3, 2017 , pp. 21-32 More about this Journal
Abstract
Computer games must keep the user immersed for fun. According to the immersion theory, maintaining the user's immersive state requires a continuous balance of game skill level and game difficulty level This study proposes a game skill estimation method of 9th grade that can be applied to a casual action game that can assume a zero-sum game, and additionally proposed a difficulty guessing method. The proposed methods can be implemented quickly and easily because it is a method determining by conditional mathematical expressions. Experiments on the accuracy of the proposed methods for the customized Pac-Man game show that the accuracy of the skill level was 1.2 grade as the difference on the average and the accuracy of the game difficulty level was 1.81 grade the difference on the average. The results show that the proposed methods are accurate enough to be applied to casual action games satisfying the zero-sum condition.
Keywords
Gameplay Skill; Gameplay Status; Gameplay Performance; Flow;
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