Using heuristics to evaluate the playability of games
CHI '04 Extended Abstracts on Human Factors in Computing Systems
Playability heuristics for mobile games
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Playability heuristics for mobile multi-player games
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Critical review on video game evaluation heuristics: social games perspective
Futureplay '10 Proceedings of the International Academic Conference on the Future of Game Design and Technology
The explanatory power of playability heuristics
Proceedings of the 8th International Conference on Advances in Computer Entertainment Technology
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Proceedings of the 15th International Academic MindTrek Conference: Envisioning Future Media Environments
Social Network Games: Players' Perspectives
Simulation and Gaming
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Social network games in Facebook are played by millions of players on daily basis. Due to their design characteristics, new challenges for game design and playability evaluations arise. We present a study where 18 novice inspectors evaluated a social game using playability heuristics. The objective is to explore possible domain-specific playability problems and to examine how the established heuristics suit for evaluating social games. The results from this study show that some implementations of the social games design characteristics can cause playability problems and that the established heuristics are suitable for evaluating social games. The study also revealed that inspectors had problems in interpreting cause and effect of the found problems.