Heuristic Evaluation for Games: Usability Principles for Video Game Design

被引：0

作者：

Pinelle, David ^{[1
]}

Wong, Nelson ^{[1
]}

Stach, Tadeusz ^{[1
]}

机构：

[1] Univ Nevada, Las Vegas, NV 89154 USA

来源：

CHI 2008: 26TH ANNUAL CHI CONFERENCE ON HUMAN FACTORS IN COMPUTING SYSTEMS VOLS 1 AND 2, CONFERENCE PROCEEDINGS | 2008年

关键词：

Usability evaluation; heuristic evaluation; video games;

D O I：

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中图分类号：

TP18 [人工智能理论];

学科分类号：

081104 ; 0812 ; 0835 ; 1405 ;

摘要：

Most video games require constant interaction, so game designers must pay careful attention to usability issues. However, there are few formal methods for evaluating the usability of game interfaces. In this paper, we introduce a new set of heuristics that can be used to carry out usability inspections of video games. The heuristics were developed to help identify usability problems in both early and functional game prototypes. We developed the heuristics by analyzing PC game reviews from a popular gaming website, and the review set covered 108 different games and included 18 from each of 6 major game genres. We analyzed the reviews and identified twelve common classes of usability problems seen in games. We developed ten usability heuristics based on the problem categories, and they describe how common game usability problems can be avoided. A preliminary evaluation of the heuristics suggests that they help identify game-specific usability problems that can easily be overlooked otherwise.

引用

页码：1453 / 1462

页数：10

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