The Consolidation of Game Software Engineering: A Systematic Literature Review of Software Engineering for Industry-scale Computer Games

[EN] Context: Game Software Engineering (GSE) is a branch of Software Engineering (SE) that focuses on the development of video game applications. In past years, GSE has achieved enough volume, differences from traditional software engineering, and interest by the community to be considered an indep...

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Autores: Chueca, Jorge, Veron, Javier, Font, Jaime, Pérez, Francisca, Cetina Englada, Carlos
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Fecha de publicación:2024
País:España
Institución:Universitat Politècnica de València (UPV)
Repositorio:RiuNet. Repositorio Institucional de la Universitat Politécnica de Valéncia
Idioma:inglés
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Palabra clave:Computer games
Video games
Game software engineering
Systematic literature review
SLR
Industry-scale
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spelling The Consolidation of Game Software Engineering: A Systematic Literature Review of Software Engineering for Industry-scale Computer GamesChueca, JorgeVeron, JavierFont, JaimePérez, FranciscaCetina Englada, CarlosComputer gamesVideo gamesGame software engineeringSystematic literature reviewSLRIndustry-scale[EN] Context: Game Software Engineering (GSE) is a branch of Software Engineering (SE) that focuses on the development of video game applications. In past years, GSE has achieved enough volume, differences from traditional software engineering, and interest by the community to be considered an independent scientific domain, veering out from traditional SE. Objective: This study evaluates the current state of the art in software engineering for industry-scale computer games identifying gaps and consolidating the magnitude and growth of this field. Method: A Systematic Literature Review is performed following best practices to ensure the relevance of the studies included in the review. We analyzed 98 GSE studies to extract the current intensity, topics, methods, and quality of GSE. Results: The GSE research community has been growing over the years, producing over four times more research than before the previous GSE survey. However, this community is still very dispersed, with no main venues holding most of the GSE scientific studies. A broader range of topics is covered in this area, evolving towards those of a mature field such as architecture and design. Also, the reviewed studies employ more elaborated empirical research methods, even though the study reports need to be more rigorous in sections related to the critical examination of the work. Conclusion: The results of the SLR lead to the identification of 13 potential future research directions for this domain. GSE is an independent, mature, and growing field that presents new ways of software creation where the gap between industry and academia is narrowing. Video games present themselves as powerful tools to push the boundaries of software knowledge.This work was supported in part by the Ministry of Economy and Competitiveness (MINECO) through the Spanish National R+D+i Plan and ERDF funds under the Project VARIATIVA under Grant PID2021-128695OB-I00, and in part by the Gobierno de Aragon (Spain) (Research Group S05_20D).ElsevierDepartamento de Sistemas Informáticos y ComputaciónEscuela Técnica Superior de Ingeniería InformáticaInstituto Universitario Valenciano de Investigación en Inteligencia ArtificialGobierno de AragónEuropean Regional Development FundMinisterio de Economía y CompetitividadRepositorio Institucional de la Universitat Politècnica de València Riunet20242024-01-01journal articlehttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_6501VoRhttp://purl.org/coar/version/c_970fb48d4fbd8a85info:eu-repo/semantics/articleapplication/pdfapplication/pdfhttps://riunet.upv.es/handle/10251/221944reponame:RiuNet. Repositorio Institucional de la Universitat Politécnica de Valénciainstname:Universitat Politècnica de València (UPV)InglésengAgencia Estatal de Investigación http://dx.doi.org/10.13039/501100011033 Plan Estatal de Investigación Científica y Técnica y de Innovación 2021-2023 PID2021-128695OB-I00 INICIANDO LINEAS DE PRODUCTO SOFTWARE MEDIANTE BUSQUEDAS INTERACTIVAS DIRIGIDAS POR MODELOSMinisterio de Economía y Competitividad http://dx.doi.org/10.13039/501100003329 PID2021-128695OB-I00 Iniciando Lineas de Producto Software Mediante Busquedas Interactivas Dirigidas por ModelosGobierno de Aragón http://dx.doi.org/10.13039/501100010067 S05 20D (Gobierno de Aragón)open accesshttp://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_abf2Reconocimiento - No comercial - Sin obra derivada (by-nc-nd) http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessoai:riunet.upv.es:10251/2219442026-06-13T07:49:27Z
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv The Consolidation of Game Software Engineering: A Systematic Literature Review of Software Engineering for Industry-scale Computer Games
title The Consolidation of Game Software Engineering: A Systematic Literature Review of Software Engineering for Industry-scale Computer Games
spellingShingle The Consolidation of Game Software Engineering: A Systematic Literature Review of Software Engineering for Industry-scale Computer Games
Chueca, Jorge
Computer games
Video games
Game software engineering
Systematic literature review
SLR
Industry-scale
title_short The Consolidation of Game Software Engineering: A Systematic Literature Review of Software Engineering for Industry-scale Computer Games
title_full The Consolidation of Game Software Engineering: A Systematic Literature Review of Software Engineering for Industry-scale Computer Games
title_fullStr The Consolidation of Game Software Engineering: A Systematic Literature Review of Software Engineering for Industry-scale Computer Games
title_full_unstemmed The Consolidation of Game Software Engineering: A Systematic Literature Review of Software Engineering for Industry-scale Computer Games
title_sort The Consolidation of Game Software Engineering: A Systematic Literature Review of Software Engineering for Industry-scale Computer Games
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Chueca, Jorge
Veron, Javier
Font, Jaime
Pérez, Francisca
Cetina Englada, Carlos
author Chueca, Jorge
author_facet Chueca, Jorge
Veron, Javier
Font, Jaime
Pérez, Francisca
Cetina Englada, Carlos
author_role author
author2 Veron, Javier
Font, Jaime
Pérez, Francisca
Cetina Englada, Carlos
author2_role author
author
author
author
dc.contributor.none.fl_str_mv Departamento de Sistemas Informáticos y Computación
Escuela Técnica Superior de Ingeniería Informática
Instituto Universitario Valenciano de Investigación en Inteligencia Artificial
Gobierno de Aragón
European Regional Development Fund
Ministerio de Economía y Competitividad
Repositorio Institucional de la Universitat Politècnica de València Riunet
dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv Computer games
Video games
Game software engineering
Systematic literature review
SLR
Industry-scale
topic Computer games
Video games
Game software engineering
Systematic literature review
SLR
Industry-scale
description [EN] Context: Game Software Engineering (GSE) is a branch of Software Engineering (SE) that focuses on the development of video game applications. In past years, GSE has achieved enough volume, differences from traditional software engineering, and interest by the community to be considered an independent scientific domain, veering out from traditional SE. Objective: This study evaluates the current state of the art in software engineering for industry-scale computer games identifying gaps and consolidating the magnitude and growth of this field. Method: A Systematic Literature Review is performed following best practices to ensure the relevance of the studies included in the review. We analyzed 98 GSE studies to extract the current intensity, topics, methods, and quality of GSE. Results: The GSE research community has been growing over the years, producing over four times more research than before the previous GSE survey. However, this community is still very dispersed, with no main venues holding most of the GSE scientific studies. A broader range of topics is covered in this area, evolving towards those of a mature field such as architecture and design. Also, the reviewed studies employ more elaborated empirical research methods, even though the study reports need to be more rigorous in sections related to the critical examination of the work. Conclusion: The results of the SLR lead to the identification of 13 potential future research directions for this domain. GSE is an independent, mature, and growing field that presents new ways of software creation where the gap between industry and academia is narrowing. Video games present themselves as powerful tools to push the boundaries of software knowledge.
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Ministerio de Economía y Competitividad http://dx.doi.org/10.13039/501100003329 PID2021-128695OB-I00 Iniciando Lineas de Producto Software Mediante Busquedas Interactivas Dirigidas por Modelos
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