From usability to playability: Introduction to player-centred video game development process

Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)

Volumn 5619 LNCS, Issue , 2009, Pages 65-74

  González Sánchez, Jose Luis ^a   Padilla Zea, Natalia ^a   Gutiérrez, Francisco L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRANADA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Interactive Systems; Playability; Usability; User Experience; Video Games

Indexed keywords

INTERACTIVE SYSTEMS; PLAYABILITY; USABILITY; USER EXPERIENCE; VIDEO GAMES;

EDUCATIONAL MOTION PICTURES;

EID: 70350614726     PISSN: 03029743     EISSN: 16113349     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-02806-9_9     Document Type: Conference Paper

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