A documental approach to adventure game development

Science of Computer Programming

Volumn 67, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 3-31

  Moreno Ger, Pablo ^a   Sierra, José Luis ^a   Martínez Ortiz, Iván ^b   Fernández Manjón, Baltasar ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

^b Centro de Estudios Superiores Felipe II   (Spain)

Author keywords

Adventure games; Development process; Document oriented approach; Game engine; Storyboard markup language; Videogames

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER PROGRAMMING; COMPUTER SUPPORTED COOPERATIVE WORK; MARKUP LANGUAGES; PROGRAM PROCESSORS; SOFTWARE ENGINEERING;

ADVENTURE GAMES; DEVELOPMENT PROCESS; DOCUMENT ORIENTED APPROACH; GAME ENGINE; STORYBOARD MARKUP LANGUAGE; VIDEOGAMES;

INTERACTIVE COMPUTER GRAPHICS;

EID: 34249942015     PISSN: 01676423     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scico.2006.07.003     Document Type: Article

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