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Document Type
Article
Source of Publication
Journal of Software Engineering Research and Development
Publication Date
11-9-2016
Abstract
Software game is a kind of application that is used not only for entertainment, but also for serious purposes that can be applicable to different domains such as education, business, and health care. Multidisciplinary nature of the game development processes that combine sound, art, control systems, artificial intelligence (AI), and human factors, makes the software game development practice different from traditional software development. However, the underline software engineering techniques help game development to achieve maintainability, flexibility, lower effort and cost, and better design. The purpose of this study is to assesses the state of the art research on the game development software engineering process and highlight areas that need further consideration by researchers. In the study, we used a systematic literature review methodology based on well-known digital libraries. The largest number of studies have been reported in the production phase of the game development software engineering process life cycle, followed by the pre-production phase. By contrast, the post-production phase has received much less research activity than the pre-production and production phases. The results of this study suggest that the game development software engineering process has many aspects that need further attention from researchers; that especially includes the postproduction phase.
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Publisher
Sociedade Brasileira de Computacao - SB
Volume
4
Last Page
30
Disciplines
Computer Sciences
Creative Commons License
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.
Recommended Citation
Aleem, Saiqa; Capretz, Luiz Fernando; and Ahmed, Faheem, "Game development software engineering process life cycle: a systematic review" (2016). All Works. 1750.
https://zuscholars.zu.ac.ae/works/1750
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Open Access
yes
Open Access Type
Gold: This publication is openly available in an open access journal/series