문제해결로서의 게임플레이 경험 : 새로운 법칙공간을 중심으로

국문 초록 (Abstract)

본 연구는 MMO(Massive1y Multi-player Online) 게임플레이 경험에 관한 게이머의 행동을 체계적으로 코드화 할 수 있는 분석적 틀을 개발하고 문제해결과정으로서의 게임플레이를 실증적으로 규명하는데 목적이 있다. MMO 게임플레이 경험에 관한 분석틀은 모델휴먼프로세서, 내용기반연구, 절차기반연구를 고찰하여 전체적인 틀을 구축하였다. 게임플레이에 관한 구체적인 행동과 내용은 MMO 게임에 관한 실증적 실험 진행과 동시조서 분석을 통하여 도출되었다. 그 결과를 통해서 MMO 게임플레이 행동은 운동, 지각 기능 표상 시뮬레이션, 법칙 행동(휴리스틱스, 법칙적용, 법칙초월)들로 분류되어 MMO 게임에 적합한 새로운 분석틀이 개발되었다. 본 실험결과 시행착오를 통해 게임의 법칙을 발견하는 '휴리스틱행동' 해당 법칙을 따르는 '법칙적용행동', 해당법칙을 초월하는 '법칙초월행동'이 발견되었다. 특히 문제공간에서 '법칙적용행동'과 '법칙초월행동'이 시행되는 두 가지 법칙공간이 발견되었다. 새로 발견된 법칙공간과 게임플레이 패턴은 MMO 게임의 레벨디자인 요소에 해당하는 지역특성, 몬스터의 속성, 아이템, 스킬 등을 결정하는데 중요한 기초를 마련한다. 그래서 본 연구결과는 MMO 게임의 품질을 향상하기 위한 게임디자인 방법론에 중요한 시사점을 제공할 것이다.

다국어 초록 (Multilingual Abstract)

The objective of this study is to develop an analytic framework to code systematically the gamer's behaviour in MMO(Massively Multi-player Online) gameplay experience, to explore their gameplay as a problem solving procedure empirically. Previous studies about model human processor, content based protocol, and procedure based protocol are reviewed in order to build the outline of the analytic framework related to MMO gameplay. The specific gameplay actions and contents were derived by using concurrent protocol analysis method through the empirical experiment executed in MMORPG gameplay. Consequently, gameplay are divided into six actions : kinematics, perception, function, representation, simulation, and rule (heuristics, following, and transcedence). The analytic framework suitable for MMO gameplay was built. As a result of this study, we found three rule spaces in the problem solving domain of gameplay that are an heuristics, a following of the rule, and a transcendence of the rule. 'Heuristics' denotes the rule action that discovers the rule of game through trial-and-error. 'Following' indicates the rule action that follows the rule of game embedded in game by game designers. 'Transcendence' presents the rule action that transcends that. The new discovered rule spaces where 'Following' and 'Transcendence' actions occur and the gameplay pattern in them is provided with the key basis to determine the level design elements of MMO game, such as terrain feature, monster attribute, item, and skill et cetera. Therefore, this study is concludes with key implications to support game design to improve the quality of MMO game product.

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