RTS-GameFlow: A New Evaluation Framework for RTS Games

摘要

Modern games have shifted their core from game itself to the player enjoyment and preference. RTS games are the special category of computer games which are military simulation and abstraction. This paper proposes a new evaluation framework for RTS games-RTS-GameFlow which is based on the quintessence of Game Theory and an extensive model of GameFlow. RTS-GameFlow fills vacancy of evaluating RTS games. This evaluation framework is not only a development of the GameFlow, but also an extended model with new features. Meanwhile, the paper analyzes the relationship among the elements of RTS-GameFlow, and refines the evaluation criteria to use in experiment This RTS-GameFlow will be mainly used to evaluate the enjoyment while playing RTS games.