Toward visualization for games: Theory, design space, and patterns

IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics

Volumn 18, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 1956-1968

  Bowman, Brian ^a   Elmqvist, Niklas ^a   Jankun Kelly, T J ^b  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MISSISSIPPI STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Computer games; entertainment; game analytics; interactive entertainment; video games; visualization

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER GAME; ENTERTAINMENT; GAME ANALYTICS; INTERACTIVE ENTERTAINMENT; VIDEO GAME;

DESIGN; FLOW VISUALIZATION; HUMAN COMPUTER INTERACTION; INTERACTIVE COMPUTER GRAPHICS; VISUALIZATION;

GAME THEORY;

EID: 84866275393     PISSN: 10772626     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TVCG.2012.77     Document Type: Article

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