• Journal of Korea Game Society
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• v.18 no.6
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• pp.39-48
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• 2018

Recently, some games with physical and mental healing function are released. The healing games tend to make people relax. With the features of simple healing contents, the healing games provide users psychological stability more than strong stimulus. The games don't give users continuous excitement, so the popularity of the games goes down soon. In this paper, we investigate domestic and international healing games on the basis of the platform, such as mobile, console and PC. We analyze the feature of healing games with the four keys to fun(Hard Fun, Easy Fun, Serious Fun, People Fun) suggested by Nicole Lazzro. By this analysis, we find how much of the 4 keys to fun the games include and the correlation between the 4 keys to fun and the popularity of the healing games.

• 한국HCI학회:학술대회논문집
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• 2008.02b
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• pp.274-280
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• 2008

최근에는 정보 가전의 사용이 크게 증가하였고, 다양한 제품 출시와 기술의 발전에 힘입어 제품에 따른 사용성에 있어 큰 차이가 없게 됨에 따라 사용성(usability)의 개념(Gould and Leuis, 1985; Benner, 1984)이 단순한 편리성과 기능성에서 사용자의 경험을 중시하는 방향으로 확장되었다(Carroll, J.M., 2004). 이러한 측면에서 유희적인 측면은 점점 강조되고 있는 실정이다. 아이콘은 GUI 환경에서 사용자가 이루고자 하는 바를 실제 공간에서 대상을 직접 조작하는 방식과 비슷하게 조작할 수 있도록 해줌으로써 중요한 구성요소로 인식되고 있다. 하지만 지금까지 아이콘과 관련된 대부분의 연구들은 아이콘의 기능적인 측면만을 다루어 왔으며, 아이콘이 가질 수 있는 재미나 즐거움과 같은 유희적인 측면에 대한 연구는 거의 이루어지지 않았다. 본 연구에서는 재미와 즐거움을 유희적인 요소로 규정하고 아이콘의 사용성과 주관적인 평정에 있어 재미가 어떠한 영향을 주는지 알아보았다. 그 결과 전형적인 인터페이스와 재미있는 인터페이스는 객관적인 사용성(Ergonomics quality)에 있어서 차이가 나지 않았음에도 불구하고, 사용자들은 재미있는 인터페이스에 대해 더 호감이 가고 매력적이고, 좋다고 평가하였다. 본 연구는 아이콘 디자인에 있어 기본적인 기능을 유지하면서도 참신성을 기준으로 재미요소를 추가하였을 때에 본래의 아이콘이 가지는 장점을 살리면서도 사용자의 경험을 풍부하게 해줄 수 있다는 것을 발견했다는 점에서 의의가 있다.

• Journal of Korea Game Society
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• v.15 no.1
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• pp.155-170
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• 2015

This study aims to investigate the Learning and fun aspects of dance games by examining their instructive values. Dance Central 2 was analysed with a focus on its educational functions by observing dance moves. Therefore this study looked into the game's educational elements that create learning effects and fun elements that attract continuous and voluntary participation. Analysis was implemented based on the physical, cognitive, and emotional aspects for Learning elements and the aspects of graphics, sound, video, rewards, target-setting, difficulty levels, and control for fun elements. As a result, it was found that the practice and performance modes of Dance Central 2 have elements that can improve players dance skills. Of course, there may be difference in players' participation and effects depending on their goals and objectives. Consequently, the continuous use of the dance game supported by player's dance skills and commitment will improve learning.

• Cartoon and Animation Studies
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• s.33
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• pp.99-126
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• 2013

This study is meant to be seeing how fun of animation works by reviewing it theoretically and coordinating it to suggest the structure which integrates fun of animation and validates the proposed fun model. After reviewing fun theoretically, the fun of animation could be able to coordinate that fun of animation is consist of perceptive fun, cognitive fun, and psychological fun. Perceptive fun is induced by visual, auditory and other sensory information and it is directly affected the image, sound, and movement. Cognitive fun can be obtained by reasoning and interpretation to mobilize their knowledge with sensuously perceived stimulation and it is directly affected the story. Psychological fun occurs when the audience see the animation. The psychological fun is the psychological emotional state when the audience watches animation by relieving psychological congestion. It consists of fun of unfamiliarity or identification. By suggesting research model and validating it how the perceptive fun, cognitive fun, and psychological fun affects each other, perceptive fun enhances cognitive fun and psychological fun. Although cognitive fun enhances psychological fun, cognitive fun enhances psychological fun twice than perceptive fun. Also when perceptive fun affects psychological fun, cognitive fun shows the indirect effect as a parameter. In conclusion, perceptive fun affects psychological fun directly and be enhanced through cognitive fun. Fun of animation can be experienced when perceptive fun caused by accepting sensory information of animation instantly, cognitive fun caused by interpretation and understanding sensory information of animation, and psychological fun caused by relieving psychological identity through recognition fuses and acts as one. An animation emphasized a certain element is difficult to be loved by the audience. In this reason, an harmonical combination among the elements of story, image, sound and movement are important to combinate harmoniously for a successful animation to make the audiences fun by arising funny emotions.

• Journal of the Korea Institute of Information and Communication Engineering
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• v.25 no.11
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• pp.1531-1537
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• 2021

The quality of the game can be evaluated by its fun and functional stability. Among them, the quality area for fun is the essence of the game, so it is a very important factor to be considered from the point of view of a game designer. Usually, fun games with high originality and immersion are designed in the early stages of development, such as idea generation and concept setting. At this time, making it possible to verify the fun factor of the game has an important influence on the success of the game. In this study, the case of using PIT technique when teaching fun element design to students who are starting to study game design was introduced and the effect was analyzed. It is expected that the PIT technique will be used more actively in the game design education field for high-quality and fun game design.

• Proceedings of the Korean Society of Computer Information Conference
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• 2020.07a
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• pp.481-483
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• 2020

게임의 재미요소는 사용자에게 굉장히 큰 영향을 끼친다. 멀티플레이 게임이 대중화 되어 가고 있는 현재, 그 중에서도 대부분의 유저, 국내는 물론 해외까지 MOBA게임의 매력에 빠져있는 상태이다. MOBA게임은 성공 사례와 실패 사례가 명확히 존재한다. 왜 이런 결과가 나왔는지, 성공과 실패요인에는 어떤 것들이 있는지, 성공한 사례에는 어떤 재미요소가 사용자의 만족을 채워주는지 연구한다.

• The Journal of the Korea Contents Association
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• v.14 no.1
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• pp.97-108
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• 2014

The purpose of this study was to investigate the factors behind the popularity of Superstar K, a reality show, among the viewers. For that purpose, the study conducted an in-depth interview with six viewers that watched the show in the first round and eight more in the second round. The interview results show that the show's fun elements include program "formation," "organization," "edition," "hosting style," and "appeal factors," which differentiated it from other shows. Superstar K made the viewers enjoy the show by thoroughly planning and providing a range of fun elements from program planning to edition and transmission.

• Journal of Digital Convergence
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• v.19 no.6
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• pp.323-329
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• 2021

Based on the research of the Public Welfare Games 'Mountaineering LightsUp', which is the main theme of helping the disadvantaged in society, this study uses the questionnaire method to obtain user data, and collects the data by using AMOS analysis for the effect of game interest elements on the experience of players. The results showed that the interesting elements (goal, obstacles, sense of belonging, atmosphere, story, information, and player to player communication) of the game were positively influenced by the experience of the game. And the questionnaire showed that the game still had problems such as playing simple, difficulty, lack of popularity, lack of feedback, and lack of storytelling. This paper also puts forward some proposals for these deficiencies. In future research, the research sample will be expanded, the research content will be improved, and the future Public Welfare Games will be designed and developed.

• Journal of the HCI Society of Korea
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• v.1 no.1
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• pp.63-71
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• 2006

For many years, the approach taken towards HCI(Human Computer Interaction) has focused on the usability of system and technology. Advances in computing and information technology has shifted the way people use and experience technology from merely using it to enjoying using it. But, there is a lack of theories to conceptualize fun and user fun experience, in the HCI. This paper describes an conceptual approach to "fun" and user's 'fun experience' in the interaction of technology. This paper defines "fun" as positive psychological energy which is produced by playing computer. And this paper provides characteristics of 'Fun experience', which are action mode, random order, free, and activated pleasant. This study provides insights into factors contributing to and influencing fun experiences and the relationships between them; symbol, newness, and vividness.

• Journal of the Korea Institute of Information and Communication Engineering
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• v.26 no.8
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• pp.1148-1157
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• 2022

In 2019, COVID-19 changed many people's lives. Among them, metaverse supports non-face-to-face services through various methods, replacing daily tasks. This phenomenon was created and formed like a culture due to the prolonged COVID-19. In this paper, the fun elements used in the existing game were organized to find out the fun factors of the metaverse, and the items and contents were reclassified according to the metaverse with five experts. Classification was classified using reproducibility, sensory fun [graphic, auditory, text, manipulation, empathy, play, perspective], challenging fun [absorbedness, challenging, discovery, thrill, reward, problem-solving], imaginative fun [new story, love, freedom, agency, expectation, change], social fun[rules, competition, social behavior, status, cooperation, participation, exchange, belonging, currency transaction], interactive fun[decision making, communication sharing, hardware, empathy, nurturing, autonomy], realistic fun[sense of unity in reality, easy of learning, adaptation, intellectual problems solving, pattern recognition, sense of reality, community], and creative fun[application, creation, customizing, virtual world].