Board games are steadily growing, re-evaluating the value of analog communication in the digital age. This market growth has heightened players' expectations for quality, leading to a growing demand for well-crafted, or "well-balanced" games. Game balance is a key element in providing players with a fair and engaging experience. However, to date, balancing efforts have relied primarily on designers' intuition and small-scale testing, which is time-consuming, costly, and carries the risk of bias. Therefore, this study aimed to empirically analyze the core factors of balance perceived by players. Based on prior research, we identified four balance factors (Parity: fairness, Rich: diversity, Innovative: scalability, and Mitigate: mitigating randomness) and three play experiences (Flow: immersion, Aesthetics: aesthetics, and Interaction: interaction). A survey was conducted with 78 college students who played eight board games over an eight-week period. The collected data were analyzed for correlation and multiple regression using SPSS 26.0. The analysis results revealed that fairness (Parity) and variety (Rich) were key predictors of players' "immersion" experiences. Variety (Rich), randomness mitigation (Mitigate), and scalability (Innovation) significantly influenced the "aesthetic" experience, while scalability (Innovation) and variety (Rich) were found to have the greatest impact on the "interaction" experience. This study is significant in that it leads the discussion on board game balance to a data-driven empirical analysis and provides objective balancing guidelines for game designers.
목차
ABSTRACT 1. 서론 2. 이론적 배경 2.1 게임 밸런스의 개념 및 중요성 2.2 밸런스 요인 2.3 플레이 경험 3. 연구 내용 및 결과 3.1 연구 대상 및 분석 절차 3.2 측정 도구의 구성 3.3 분석 결과 4. 결론 참고문헌
키워드
Game DesignPlayer ExperienceGame BalanceBoard Game MechanismGame Level Design
저자
Eunl-Jung Lee [ Department of Game Studies, Graduate School, Kwangwoon University Seoul, Korea ]
Corresponding Author
1. 게임산업을 활성화 하고,
2. 게임기술과 기술 인력을 양산할 수 있도록 교육기관의 교과과정을 개발하고,
3. 관련기술에 대한 연구발표회, 강연회, 강습회 등을 개최하며,
4. 학회지, 논문지 및 관련 문헌을 발간하고,
5. 게임 기술 개발을 위한 국제화, 표준화 등을 지원하고,
6. 산.학.연.관이 협동할 수 있는 국제적 학술교류 및 협력을 지원하고,
7. 회원 상호간의 공동 이익과 친목을 증진시킨다.
간행물
간행물명
컴퓨터게임및콘텐츠논문지(구 한국컴퓨터게임학회논문지) [Journal of Computer Games and Contents]
간기
월간
pISSN
3091-7409
eISSN
3092-3638
수록기간
2002~2026
등재여부
KCI 등재
십진분류
KDC 691DDC 793
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