Quality Measures for Improving Technology Trees. (28th April 2015)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Heinimäki, Teemu J.; Elomaa, Tapio
• Other Names: Cai Yiyu Academic Editor.
• Is Part Of: International journal of computer games technology. Volume 2015(2015)
• Publication Date: 2015-04-28
• Subjects: Computer games -- Design -- Periodicals; Computer games -- Programming -- Periodicals; Jeux d'ordinateur; Jeux d'ordinateur -- Programmation; Computer games -- Design; Computer games -- Programming; Electronic journals; Periodicals; 794.81
• DOI: 10.1155/2015/975371
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1687-7047

Abstract

Abstract : The quality of technology trees in digital games can be improved by adjusting their structural and quantitative properties. Therefore, there is a demand for recognizing and measuring such properties. Part of the process can be automated; there are properties measurable by computers, and analyses based on the results (and visualizations of them) may help to produce significantly better technology trees, even practically without extra workload for humans. In this paper, we introduce useful technology tree properties and novel measuring features implemented into our software tool for manipulating technology trees.