• International journal of advanced smart convergence
• /
• v.11 no.4
• /
• pp.129-140
• /
• 2022

The purpose of this study to improve the shoulder wheel that is used frequently during shoulder circumduction exercise in a park, to link the shoulder wheel to a game application comprising various shoulder circumduction exercise and shoulder ROM exercise, and to enjoy the game during the exercises. A step motor was added to the shoulder wheel, and the rotating speed and rotating angle, and rotating direction can be controlled. The shoulder height, different for different people, can be controlled as well, so that any user can use this device. The developed application content includes the game elements, to enjoy the repetitive and boring exercise with fun and interest, and the control to adjust the degree of difficulty. This was to help users heighten their desire to rehabilitate by inducing active participation during repetitive shoulder rehabilitation exercise because the game vests users with intrinsic motivation and immersion. If the shoulder wheel and application contents proposed in this study are used, shoulder diseases can be prevented in advance by performing muscle strengthening exercises required in an aging society. This study is expected to contribute to the field of research related to serious games and rehabilitation.

• Journal of Digital Convergence
• /
• v.14 no.5
• /
• pp.403-410
• /
• 2016

Computer game is a result of integration of various academic areas, and the production of computer game requires knowledge and experience from various areas. This study demonstrates a game production process using Scratch. The intent was to experience the game development process and the production principle through actually building the core functions of a game using Scratch. As such, the computer game production principle was understood and it was made possible to learn more easily and more enjoyably the functions of multimedia and programming necessary for the production process. As the result, the learning of game production principles using Scratch was found to enhance the interest of the learner, and help with the understanding of game structure and learning software/programming language.

• 한국HCI학회:학술대회논문집
• /
• 2006.02a
• /
• pp.937-944
• /
• 2006

Although people's anxiety about the environmental problem has been getting higher, they are not provided good quality of knowledge about the environment. Based on this situation, Ecoblog can be a new type of online community to educate the public in ecological knowledge. Especially, Ecoblog can be utilized as a method of "preventive education", and it will contribute to reduce great amounts of environmental budget to restore contaminated environment to previous condition. Ecoblog also utilizes the concept of blog which user can create and append their site with chosen themes. A weblog or a blog is a non-commercial webpage regularly updated through the use of a blogging software which allows the user to "publish" kinds of amalgamations of text and graphics to the page as posts. The technology offered in Ecoblog is utilizing the concept of 4D place and game metaphor in order to provide users the sense of participation, interaction and immersion among them and the growing community. Thus, it requires applying the CAAD technology by implementing semantically well-defined building data model as a core database to create a 4D virtual community. This research focuses on defining a 4d spatial framework suitable for developing an online ecological community. Through our study, the state-of-the-art of online community has been studied at the first step. Second, the scenario of using EcoBlog described with content, visualization and navigation are defined based on the critical features derived at the first step. Finally, a 4d spatial framework composed of semantic building data model, content and rule database is constructed to propose factors that are necessary to establish an ecological virtual community. In conclusion, our framework could enhance the comprehension and interaction between users and virtual buildings in the ecological community by integrating the concept of game design, 4D CAD and semantic data model. Such framework can be applied to any online community for an educational purpose.

• Journal of the Korea Institute of Information Security & Cryptology
• /
• v.25 no.5
• /
• pp.1115-1122
• /
• 2015

In recent years, the use of game bots by illegal programs has been expanded from individual to group scale; this brings about serious problems in online game industry. The gold farmers group creates an in-game social community so-called "guild" to obtain a large amount of game money and manage game bots efficiently. Although game developers detect game bots by detection algorithms, the algorithms can detect only part of the gold farmers group. In this paper, we propose a detection method for the gold farmers group on a basis of normal and bot guilds characteristic analysis. In order to differentiate normal and bots guild, we analyze transaction patterns for individuals, auction house and chatting. With the analyzed results, we can detect game bot guilds. We demonstrate the feasibility of the proposed methods with real datasets from one of the popular online games named AION in Korea.

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

• 한국HCI학회:학술대회논문집
• /
• 2009.02a
• /
• pp.1330-1336
• /
• 2009

게임의 교육적 목적으로의 활용에 대해 관심이 늘고 있다. 이러한 흐름에도 불구하고 교육 분야에서 교육용게임의 채택은 더딘 편이다. 교육용게임의 채택과 확산을 위해서는 교육용게임을 교육을 위해 선택할 수 있는 정보를 학습자와 학부모, 교사들에게 제공해 주는 것이 중요하다. 교육용게임의 효과성평가는 게임의 교육적 효과 및 가능성을 알려줄 수 있기 때문에 교육용게임의 채택과 확산을 위한 중요한 역할을 할 수 있다. 하지만 기존의 효과성평가방법을 사용한 연구는 학부모와 같은 의사결정권자에게 신뢰받지 못하고 있어, 교육용게임의 확산에 도움을 주지 못하고 있다. 뿐만 아니라 기존모형을 사용한 효과성평가 결과는 개발자들에게 게임개선을 위한 자료로서 활용할 수 없게 되어 있어 개발을 위한 개선자료로서 활용하지 못하고 있다. 따라서 교육용게임을 확산시키기 위해서는 기존의 효과성 연구방법개선 또는 수정하는 것이 요구된다. 본 연구는 기존의 교육효과성모형을 교육용게임개발을 이루고 있는 두 이론적 배경인 게임설계이론과 학습이론에 근거하여 기존 효과성평가방법의 문제점을 살펴보고 두 이론에서 공통적인 요소를 도출하여 게임에서 학습결과와 과정을 모두 평가하는 개선된 평가모형을 제안하였다. 기존의 효과성평가가 단순히 학습량을 측정하여 단순하게 효과성의 유무만 보여주고 있다면, 개선된 모형은 효과성 유무와 함께 게임에서 학습의 과정을 보여줌으로서 게임의 관찰 가능한 효과성을 보여줌으로서 혁신의 확산을 촉진할 수 있는 지각된속성(Perceived Attributes)에 대한 정보를 효과성평가의 결과로서 제공할 수 있다. 본 연구는 기존의 모형을 학부모 교사와 같은 교육 분야의 사람과 게임기획자 와 같은 개발자가 모두 만족 할 수 있는 결과를 보여 주는 효과성평가 모형으로 개선하였다는데 의의를 둘 수 있다. 이러한 연구를 통해 교육현장에서 교육용게임의 채택과 확산에 기여 할 수 있을 것으로 기대된다.

• The KIPS Transactions:PartD
• /
• v.11D no.4
• /
• pp.901-906
• /
• 2004

Client- server interaction in a massive multi-player online role-playing game(MMORPG) is usually made via network-message Passing. Since the game contents and elements in such MMORPGs are consistently evolved, messages need to be added, deleted, or modified accordingly. Therefore, game programmers are repeatedly required to write new programs or at least modify existing programs. The XML-based message definition system introduced in this paper facilitates the addition and modification of messages for game interaction ; it not only allows programmers to save a considerable amount of time for modifying existing messages or adding new messages but also relieves them of a serious burden of programming bugs. In addition, this system can be used for general client-server applications.

• Journal of Korean Biological Nursing Science
• /
• v.18 no.4
• /
• pp.296-304
• /
• 2016

Objective: The purpose of this study was to explore the effects of a senior functional game (Rejuvenescent village) on cognitive function, instrumental activities of daily living (IADL), depression, and life satisfaction in Korea. Methods: An one-group pretest-posttest design was used in this study. Data were collected twice (at the beginning and the end) from 100 elderly adults in S city who played "Rejuvenescent village" 8 times (twice per week, one hour per session) for a month. Also they completed questionnaires on their cognitive function, IADL, depression, life satisfaction, and general characteristics. The data were analyzed using SPSS 20.0 programs. Results: The mean age was 70.06(${\pm}3.77$) years, with a range of 65-80 years old. Among 100 subjects, 21% were male and 85% were young old. There were statistically significant differences in cognitive function (t=-3.32, p=.001), IADL (t=1.98, p=.049), and life satisfaction (t=-2.15, p=.034). Although there was no statistically significant difference in mean depression score (t=1.06, p=.292), categorized depression was statistically significant (${\chi}^2=62.97$, p<.001). Conclusion: The findings in this study show that the serious game (Rejuvenescent village) was effective for older Koreans' cognitive function, IADL, depression, and life satisfaction. Thus, we need to consider senior functional games to get health benefits by making elderly adults active with enjoyment.

• Journal of Korea Game Society
• /
• v.14 no.6
• /
• pp.7-18
• /
• 2014

People generally think that negative effects of violent game contents are more serious in active playing behavior than passive watching video. This research examined the negative emotions which could arise out of playing violent games as fear, anxiety, hate, state-anger, hostility, and depression and performed an experiment methodology to assess those emotion effects between playing and watching violent game. The results of this research found that the watching group of violent video game showed a stronger internal negative feeling such as hate and depression, but the playing group of violent game had a deeper state-anger and hostility as external negative feeling than watching group. This research concludes that each media delivers different negative feelings, and there is little difference in the intensity of negative effects between playing and watching violent game.

• The Journal of the Korea Contents Association
• /
• v.20 no.2
• /
• pp.499-510
• /
• 2020

This study aims to analyze the causes of Internet hate speech, which has recently been emerging as a serious social problem and to seek for countermeasures. The experiences of hate speech are examined through the analysis of college students' essays and the causes and solutions of hate speech are suggested through the in-depth interviews with the experts. College students experience hate speech on the Internet on the basis of attributes such as age, gender, sexual orientation, and regionalism. Online comments on news, social media and online games are the main sources in spreading hate speech. On a personal level the lack of awareness of human dignity and the absence of media education are diagnosed as the reasons for online hate speech. The social reasons for online hate speech lie in the lack of human rights education and the problems of the media. In order to improve the problems of Internet hate speech, various suggestions are proposed on the legal, social and educational levels.