Expert review method in game evaluations: Comparison of two playability heuristic sets

MindTrek 2009 - 13th International Academic MindTrek Conference: Everyday Life in the Ubiquitous Era

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 74-81

  Korhonen, Hannu ^a   Paavilainen, Janne ^b   Saarenpää, Hannamari ^b  

^a NOKIA RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b TAMPERE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Finland)

Author keywords

Expert review; Game evaluation; Heuristic; Playability; Videogame

Indexed keywords

GAME EVALUATION; OPTIMAL NUMBER; PLAYABILITY; PRODUCTIVITY SOFTWARES; VIDEO GAME;

USER INTERFACES;

HEURISTIC METHODS;

EID: 76749144235     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1145/1621841.1621856     Document Type: Conference Paper

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