Goal Of Game Research Articles

Analysis of the Concept of Solving the Sudoku Game Using Backtracking and Brute Force Algorithms

Sudoku is a puzzle game that arranges numbers from one to nine on a board consisting of 9x9 squares. This game has a rule: the numbers arranged on a board cannot be the same in each row or column. The main goal of this Sudoku game is to complete the board and win by entering numbers into each empty box. Therefore, in this Sudoku game, there is only one valid solution. At the start of the game, several numbers are provided, which serve as clues for players to fill in the next box. The number of clues at the start of the game determines whether the Sudoku game level is difficult. The fewer the clues given, the more difficult it is to solve Sudoku. Solving Sudoku problems cannot be done manually, so several algorithms are needed, which require a lot of repetition and search functions. In this research, we will compare concepts in solving Sudoku using the Backtracking algorithm and the backtracking algorithm using the brute force technique. This comparison is seen from the effectiveness of solving Sudoku. The results of this research conclude that to solve Sudoku logic quickly and efficiently, the backtracking algorithm can be used compared to the Brute Force algorithm. This is because the backtracking algorithm has better complexity, and the solution steps are fast and “smart”. In contrast, the brute algorithm takes longer to complete because the brute force algorithm has to search for all the possibilities. The average time required to complete 10 9 x 9 puzzle tests with backtracking is 10910.96 ms, while the brute force algorithm takes longer, around 15871.90 ms.

Winning the Ad Battle: Exploring the Influence of Subtle Design Elements and Gaming Platform on Consumer Attention and Brand Memory in In-Game Advertising

Research on gamification of advertising concerning subtle design elements of computer games and their effects on consumers’ psychological responses are limited. The present research addresses this gap by examining how consumers’ attention and memory of brands advertised in a game, popularly called in-game advertising (IGA), are positively affected by the type of the gaming platform (mobile vs. PC) and rule orientation (or game rules) in the presence of potential moderators such as interactivity with the ad and congruence between the ad and game’s goals. Two experimental studies are conducted that investigate these afore-mentioned effects. The results indicate an interaction effect such that rule enactment under high ad interactivity and high ad–game goal congruence increases attention and memory of ads in mobile-based IGAs. Further, these affects are mediated through media and ad transportation, that is, players’ immersion experience in the flow of a story while playing the game. The research advances past knowledge on advertising effectiveness in computer games by exploring a less studied area, that is, the independent and interactive effects of game design elements. It also contributes to the flow experience literature in the domain of gamification by revealing a sequential pathway involving media and ad transportation. Also, it adds novelty to the gamification literature by exploring the role of gaming platforms and their interaction with design elements. For the game developers and advertisers, the research provides strategic guidance to manipulate these elements and to choose suitable platforms for the purpose of maximizing consumers’ favorable psychological responses.

Rigorous Security Analysis of RabbitMQ Broker with Concurrent Stochastic Games

Modern Internet of Things architectures encompass various computational logic and communication protocols. However, the security issues inherent in these systems pose significant risks, especially at the device edges. Addressing security threats on the deployed communication edges is imperative to ensure a robust and secure communication system. In this study, we propose an approach that utilizes the Concurrent Stochastic Game model (CSG) to specify the behavior of RabbitMQ Broker in the context of IoT systems precisely while considering potential data corruption attacks. For parametrizable evaluation, these attacks and their frequencies are learned. We implement the CSG model in PRISM games for automated analysis, leveraging reward Probabilistic Alternating Temporal Logic (rPATL) to model security requirements as game goals. Empirical validation of the work is presented via an industrial case study that shows how data corruption attacks can impact the sensed data in water dam infrastructure. This assessment gives valuable insights into the RabbitMQ deployment at the edge.

Side-Channel Attack Security Risk Assessment Model Based on Mutual Information Game

The process of attack and defence of side channel attack can be regarded as the process of mutual information game, the two sides of the game are the cryptographic device designer (defence) and the enemy. The game goal of the defender is to reduce the local and global risks caused by side channel leakage by formulating relevant defence strategies; For the enemy, the goal of the game is just the opposite. From the perspective of making security strategy and reducing security risk, the mutual information game theory is introduced into the decision-making process of crypto chip designers (defenders) and enemies, and the influence of the choice of offensive and defensive strategy on security risk is investigated.

Application of machine learning algorithms to character interaction in single-player role-playing games

Character interaction in single-player role-playing games refers to the role interactions between the player character and the non-player characters (NPCs) in the game including dialogue, social interaction, cooperation, and competition, which are designed and implemented to achieve certain game goals and effects. This paper summarizes and compares machine learning algorithms applied to game development using a paper review and theoretical analysis, aiming to provide new solutions for optimizing and improving algorithms commonly used in game design. The ADEM algorithm can automate the evaluation of semantic relevance and logical coherence of character dialogues, but it is more costly in the pre-training phase and more difficult to perform domain adaptation for specific game content. The BERT algorithm can improve the speed of character dialogue generation through the training of unlabeled text, and then improve the flexibility of the dialogue through a small amount of labeled text for domain adaptation and fine-tuning, but it lacks in the generation of smooth and complex text and other aspects. The GAN algorithm can learn from a single or a small number of action sequences to achieve the transformation and mixing of character actions, thus generating multiple action gestures. However, its training process may suffer from problems such as pattern collapse leading to degradation in the quality of the generation, and it is also difficult to set a uniform objective criterion to determine the loss function.

Application of mobile games in the formation of health care competence of students of higher educational institutions

A serious game is a type of game that is designed for a primary purpose other than entertainment. Instead, serious games are intended to achieve specific goals, such as education, training, or health promotion. The goal of serious games is to engage players in a way that is both enjoyable and effective in achieving the intended learning or behavior change outcomesю. The article substantiates the importance of mobile games in the formation of personal qualities and health-preserving competence of students of higher educational institutions. The content of such concepts as "motor activity", "health-preserving competence", "game", "gaming activity" was analyzed. Emphasis is placed on the fact that a mobile game should be used to consolidate movements. In the course of the article, the main forms of organization of the motor activity mode of students of higher educational institutions were determined, the influence of games on student development was shown, the role of organizing mobile games was revealed, the importance of mobile games in the life of students of higher educational institutions was conside red, and their pedagogical characteristics were given. The structure of pedagogical guidance with student gaming activities in the educational process of a higher educational institution is presented, and approaches to the classification of mobile games are also described.

The Effect of Reciprocal and Inclusion Teaching Styles on Volleyball Underhand Pass Learning Outcomes

Thelack of learning to pass down is a problem that must be considered because if you are not skilled in passing down, most likely the goal of the volleyball game will not be achieved optimally and maximally. It is a challenge for the school and researchers to discover the factors that cause the lack of bottom-passing learning in the volleyball game. Based on the research hypothesis, this type of research is a quasi-experimental research consisting of two research groups: the group with the reciprocal learning model and the group with the inclusion learning model. This study aimed to obtain an overview of the improvement of volleyball bottom passing learning outcomes. In this study, the reciprocal learning model group (Group A) and the inclusion learning model group (Group B) Based on the results of hypothesis testing, the results were accepted or proven. The truth of the effects of hypothesis testing is also supported by research data using the t-test, which shows a calculated value greater than t-kritik (2.90 1.71). Thus, the hypothesis is accepted. It can be concluded that the average increase in mastery of learning with the reciprocal method is higher than the inclusion learning method. The reciprocal method significantly affects the learning outcomes of volleyball bottom passing. The inclusion method substantially affects the learning outcomes of volleyball bottom passing. There are differences in reciprocal methods and inclusion methods on volleyball bottom passing learning outcomes, and reciprocal methods are more effectively used in volleyball bottom passing learning games.

Group and Group Isomorphism in Pyraminx

Pyraminx is a twisty puzzle in the shape of a tetrahedron with 4 sides. Pyraminx is played with the bottom completely flat and the front side facing the person holding the Pyraminx. The goal of the Pyraminx game is to randomize the colors, then return the scrambled colors to their original color positions by rotating the sides. This research does not discuss the most effective way of solving Pyraminx but focuses more on proving that movements in Pyraminx form group and that there is a group isomorphism from the group of Pyraminx movements to the symmetry permutation subgroup in Pyraminx. First, it is proved that movements in Pyraminx form group using 2 methods, namely direct proof in Pyraminx (Pyaminx movement group) and performing permutations in set containing numeric labels in the form of numbers 1 to 36 on Pyraminx facets by following the movements of Pyraminx ( symmetry permutation subgroup). Furthermore, it is proved that there is a group isomorphism from the Pyraminx movement group to the symmetry permutation subgroup in Pyraminx.

Assessing the Impact of a Serious Game (MedSMARxT: Adventures in PharmaCity) in Improving Opioid Safety Awareness Among Adolescents and Parents: Quantitative Study.

The opioid crisis continues to worsen across the United States, affecting people of all demographics. Few evidence-based interventions exist for educating families, particularly those with adolescents, about opioid prescription safety. Serious games have demonstrated impacts in improving medication-related outcomes for various health conditions. The characterizing goal of this serious game is to improve opioid safety knowledge and awareness among adolescents and their families. This study evaluated the impact of a serious game, MedSMARxT: Adventures in PharmaCity, designed to foster opioid safety awareness among adolescents and their parents. A national sample of parents and their adolescent children was recruited through Qualtrics research panels, social media, listservs, and snowball sampling. Eligible participants were adolescents aged between 12 and 18 years and their parents. Study participants were required to reside in the United States; speak, read, and understand English; and have access to a computer with a webcam. Parent-child dyads completed pregame and postgame surveys and participated in gameplay for up to 30 minutes. Primary outcome scales have been previously evaluated by the study team. A total of 60 adolescent participants and 68 parent participants met full attention criteria for inclusion in this study. Statistical analysis confirmed that both adolescents' and parents' concept scores improved from baseline regarding opioid safety self-efficacy (adolescent: mean 0.35, SD 0.60; P<.001; parent: mean 0.28, SD 0.42; P<.001), perceived knowledge (adolescent: mean 1.08, SD 1.04; P<.001; parent: mean 0.56, SD 0.55; P<.001), behavioral intent (adolescent: mean 0.26, SD 0.39; P<.001; parent: mean 0.25, SD 0.32; P<.001), safe storage (adolescent: mean 0.12, SD 0.27; P<.001; parent: mean 0.03, SD 0.11; P=.03), disposal knowledge (adolescent: mean 0.10, SD 0.27; P=.006; parent: mean 0.07, SD 0.16; P<.001), and knowledge about misuse behavior (adolescent: mean 0.05, SD 0.14; P=.002; parent: mean 0.04, SD 0.10; P<.001). Participant groups, stratified by who completed and who did not complete gameplay, improved their knowledge and awareness, with no significant differences between subgroups. The use of this serious game to improve opioid prescription safety practices among parents and adolescents was supported by the study findings. MedSMARxT: Adventures in PharmaCity is an intervention with the capability of teaching parents and adolescents about safe opioid prescription practices. Further studies and game refinement are needed to demonstrate the effectiveness of a game-based intervention in clinical settings and community pharmacies.

Escape Rooms and Collaborative Problem-Solving: Examining the Competence of Teacher Candidates

The paper discusses the use of educational escape rooms as an innovative learning activity that can engage and motivate students to master the curriculum. Traditional didactic models are no longer sufficient to equip students with the knowledge and skills needed in the real world. Therefore, competencies such as communication, collaboration, problem-solving, learning, and performance enhancement are essential.&#x0D; An educational escape room is a game created for pedagogical purposes. It involves clues, logical puzzles, and tasks that a team must solve in a limited time. The game's goal is to escape from a physical room or find a hidden object. A crucial aspect of the game is the development of soft skills.&#x0D; The paper presents the authors' own educational escape room game, which was designed to measure collaborative problem-solving competencies among students in higher education. The authors used Guttmann diagrams to analyse students' performance according to their competence level.&#x0D; The study provides insights into the methodological possibilities of using educational escape rooms to measure collaborative problem-solving competence among students in higher education. The findings have implications for the design of future educational escape room games and for the development of collaborative problem-solving skills among students in higher education.

ARENA AIRSOFT GUN DI KABUPATEN TANAH LAUT

Pelaihari sub-district is one of the sub-districts in Tanah Laut Regency which is the center of government and offices for the regional government. Pelaihari sub-district is the most developed sub-district in Tanah Laut Regency. The tourism sector in Pelaihari District is very well developed, people outside Pelaihari make Pelaihari a tourist destination during holidays or weekends. Airsoft guns are replicas of firearms that are now used as sports equipment. Airsoft gun hobbyists realize the battlefield by shooting between teams. Strategizing or just getting an adrenaline rush is the goal of the airsoft gun game. Airsoft gun has now become a recreational sport which means that airsoft gun can be used as a tourist destination. Although classified as an extreme sport, airsoft gun can be a family-friendly tourist destination if it is equipped with good facilities and uses the right scenario.

A Survey on the Application of Game Teaching Method in English Teaching of Primary School: A Case Study of a Primary School in Our Local City

The game based teaching method is specifically aimed at assisting English teaching, communicating in English, and widely used in English classrooms or extracurricular activities. Compared with Chinese, primary school students lack a certain language environment for English learning and do not have a true understanding of English learning. Therefore, English teachers should use games to mobilize students’ enthusiasm for learning, and follow the basic principle of “happy teaching” to adapt to students’ development. However, there are still many problems with game teaching methods in English teaching. This thesis wants to explore the current situation of the application of games in English teaching and research its countermeasures, so that more front-line teachers can benefit from it.This study is based on Piaget’s cognitive development theory and happiness education theory. By using the methods of questionnaire survey and interview, this paper delves into the current application status, existing problems, and cause analysis of game teaching methods in primary school English classrooms. And the study summarized the shortcomings of current primary school English teachers in the application of classroom game teaching methods.It is found that the main problems are: in ordinary classes, the use of game-based teaching methods is still relatively limited; students’ game goals are unclear and cannot be applied to practice; the class is chaotic; and all students cannot participate in the game.The study suggests that the teacher enrich the theoretical knowledge of game teaching methods and strengthen their application. Schools can provide training for teachers at appropriate times, or regularly order publications or books related to games. Teachers can also learn more from successful game application cases to improve the application ability of game teaching methods. For the student group, research suggests that students clarify the purpose of games and enable them to understand the true intention of the teacher in using games in the classroom. Secondly, it is necessary to strengthen students’ classroom discipline.Through in-depth exploration of the practice of game teaching methods in primary school English classrooms, it has reference value for primary school English teachers to correctly and effectively implement game teaching methods, and has profound significance for better implementing game teaching methods in primary school English classrooms.

Educational Game Scenario Model Based On Imperative Game Goal Typology

Educational games are digital products resulting from the application of game-based learning concepts. The main factors forming educational games include combining a learning subject with challenging elements and engaging visualization. Most educational games translate the challenge component of the game in the form of multiple choice quizzes, questions, answers, or puzzle solving. This result causes the mechanical structure of educational games less interesting than the mechanics of entertainment games. This paper proposes a scenario development model for educational games derived from the game goal typology commonly found in entertainment games. This model is expected to be a reference for developing educational game scenarios that can enrich the types of mechanics and increase the engagement of an educational game. The proposed model in the research has been tested on two educational games, both of which received high attractiveness scores of 1.632 and 1.542 respectively on the User Experience Question (UEQ) scale.

Contribution of Agility and Flexibility to Football Dribbling Skills in Junior High School Extracurricular Students

Dribbling is a basic engineering skill most often used by football players in both amateur and professional classes. Because with dribbling therapy, it can help the effort to score goals into the opponent's goal as the ultimate goal of the football game. This study aims to find out the magnitude of the contribution between agility to dribbling ability in extracurricular football students, then find out the magnitude of the contribution between flexibility to dribbling ability in extracurricular football students of SMP N 2 Liwa, as well as to know the magnitude of the contribution between agility and flexibility to the dribbling ability of football extracurricular students. The sample of this study was 30 junior high school extracurricular students with male gender. The method used is descriptive correlational, which is a study that aims to describe or describe events or events that are taking place at the time the research is carried out without regard to before and after with a validity value of 0.67, and test reliability of 0.79. The results of this study are Agility contributes to dribbling skill results by 50.12%, while the rest is influenced by other variables, flexibility contributes to dribbling skill results by 28.19%, while the rest is influenced by other variables, agility and flexibility contribute to dribbling skill results by 55.65%. Keywords: agility, flexibility, dribbling skills, students.

ANALISIS LATIHAN MENEMBAK BOLA KEARAH GAWANG DENGAN MENGGUNAKAN PUNGGUNG KAKI PADA PERMAINAN SEPAK BOLA PADA CLUB LAPPA UNITED

The problem in this research is that the Lappa United Sinjai Club in shooting at the goal is less accurate in football games . This research is an experimental research which aims to determine the effect of shooting the ball towards the goal using the back of the foot in the Lappa United Sinjai club soccer game. The population in this study were all 30 Lappa United Sinjai players, while the research sample consisted of 30 players. with sampling using total sampling. The ball shooting test is used as a data collection method. By using computer resources and the SPSS program version 21.00, descriptive statistics and inference t-test were the data analysis techniques performed. Based on the analysis of the data and the findings of this study, it can be said that training with the instep has a major impact on increasing the practice of shooting the ball towards the goal in soccer games at Club Lappa United Sinjai

Explaining the Outcomes of Social Gamification: A Longitudinal Field Experiment

ABSTRACT Social gamification, which allows technology users to interact with each other in gamified tasks, has drawn increasing interest due to its effectiveness in facilitating users’ game engagement and task efforts. In social gamification, users can compete or cooperate with other users or teams to complete game tasks and achieve game goals. However, it remains unclear how various social interaction mechanisms (SIMs), such as cooperation, interpersonal competition, and intergroup competition, influence gamification outcomes when they are separately or jointly implemented. In addition, the effects of SIMs on experiential and instrumental gamification outcomes have not been well differentiated. In this study, we systematically investigate the influences of these fundamental SIMs, as well as the possible interaction effects among them, on fitness app users’ game engagement and fitness behavior. Using a fitness app custom-developed for the Chinese market, Fitness Castle, we conducted a longitudinal field experiment to test our proposed model and hypotheses. The results indicate that when separately implemented, cooperation and interpersonal competition can lead to differential instrumental gamification outcomes in the fitness context. We also systematically compare the differential gamification outcomes when cooperation, interpersonal competition, and intergroup competition are combined in various coopetition settings. Our study offers a theory-based framework and design principles for social gamification. Our findings help practitioners better design SIMs in their gamified technologies with the purpose of achieving optimal experiential and instrumental gamification outcomes simultaneously.

How to understand sports and traditional games and how to apply it to physical education. On the "Goal of Game".

Does philosopher's stone exist in physical education? It could be said that teaching games for understanding approach (TGfU) keeps turning everything it touches into gold: its presence in the educational centers, its volume of publications, the way of teaching games and sports, its connections with other approaches, its game categories, learning transferable principles of play. But… no, all that glitters is not gold. There are TGfU issues that should be improved. For example, these categories are disconnected from each other because TGfU lacks classification criteria. The "goal of game" is a concept that has been studied, but it has not been applied to physical education. The aim of the article is to show how to deepen the understanding sports and traditional games from the "goal of game", and to propose its applicability to physical education. The traits of "goal of game" will be identified by investigating two close concepts, "prelusory goal" (formalist philosophy of sport) and "motor-goal" (motor praxeology). The traits of "goal of game" concept: main-motor-problem, described in the game rules and that the players will try to solve during the game dynamics. The "goal of game" chances: (1) It allows us to understand sports and traditional games based on their internal logic (2) It allows us to classify traditional games and sports based on classification criteria and that can be useful to organize the physical education program; (3) It allows us to deepen the understanding of sporting games and their applicability to physical education: on the one hand, proposing progressively more specific goal of game options and, on the other hand, proposing a network model of intentions of play to understand the game dynamics and to design learning tasks. The conclusions collect some properties of the "goal of game" concept in order to propose its applicability in physical education students learning: identify and compare the main-motor-problems of the games; solve these problems during the game dynamics; transfer the procedures used to solve other games. The goal(d) of game amazes us; maybe physical education teachers are curious to continue discovering this wonderful treasure.

Twitter Gamifies the Conversation

Twitter makes conversation into something like a game. It scores our communication, giving us vivid and quantified feedback, via Likes, Retweets, and Follower counts. But this gamification doesn’t just increase our motivation to communicate; it changes the very nature of the activity. Games are more satisfying than ordinary life precisely because game goals are simpler, cleaner, and easier to apply. Twitter is thrilling precisely because its goals have been artificially clarified and narrowed. When we buy into Twitter’s gamification, our values shift from the complex and pluralistic values of communication to the narrower quest for popularity and virality. Twitter’s gamification, thus, involves instrumentalizing our ends for hedonistic reasons. We have shifted our aims in an activity, not because the new aims are more valuable, but in exchange for extra pleasure.

Serious Games and Gamification in Healthcare: A Meta-Review

A serious game is a type of game that is designed for a primary purpose other than entertainment. Instead, serious games are intended to achieve specific goals, such as education, training, or health promotion. The goal of serious games is to engage players in a way that is both enjoyable and effective in achieving the intended learning or behavior change outcomes. Recently, several systematic reviews on the development and application of serious games and on the application of gamification techniques have been published, which indicate high activity and ongoing progress in this area of research. Such an extensive body of review papers raises the need to analyze and extract the current state and the prevailing trends of the serious games and gamification (SGG) domain by analyzing and summarizing the systematic review articles. This study presents a systematic meta-review, i.e., a review of the 53 survey papers on the domain of serious games and gamification. The systematic review follows the PRISMA guidelines, while constructive and cross-sectional methods are used to analyze and present the results. Finally, this study identifies the future trends and challenges for the domain. As a result, the meta-review helps the reader to quickly assess the present status of SGG and serves as a reference for finding further information on each technology utilized in SGG. Using the criterion of the citations, the meta-review analysis provides insight into the quantity and academic relevance of the published SGG articles. Moreover, 53 articles published in journals were selected as important surveys in the research field. The study found that serious games and gamification techniques are increasingly being used for a wide range of health conditions and the focus is shifting towards the use of mobile and digital platforms, virtual reality, and machine learning to personalize and adapt interventions. The existing research gaps include the lack of standardization in development and evaluation, insufficient understanding of underlying mechanisms of action, limited understanding of integration into existing healthcare systems, limited understanding of specific game mechanics and design elements for promoting health behaviors, and limited research on scalability, adoption, and long-term effects. These research gaps highlight the need for further research to fully understand the potential and limitations of serious games and gamification for health and how to effectively apply them.

Cooperate to play: How in-game cooperation knowledge impacts online gamer loyalty

Online games are prominent computer applications worldwide. Gamers form teams to cooperate to achieve gaming goals. If gamers do not have in-game cooperation knowledge, they may find it difficult to integrate into gaming groups (e.g., teams and communities), which may further undermine their loyalty toward online games. Nevertheless, little is known about how in-game cooperation knowledge forms online gamer loyalty, indicating a research gap. This gap hinders game makers from effectively allocating resources to strengthen gamer loyalty. Based on social capital theory, we develop a model to fill this gap. We collected 3036 responses from online gamers and used hierarchical regression to analyze the data. We find that cooperation knowledge, team participation experience, and gaming community identification are positively related to online gamer loyalty. Moreover, cooperation knowledge strengthens the relationship between team participation experience and loyalty. Overall, our findings uniquely inform game providers that gamers’ cooperation knowledge not only directly strengthens gamer loyalty but also amplifies the positive impact of team participation experience on loyalty.