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  • Case study on challenges in video game engine and tools development in a Finnish game company
    (2024-08-19) Muraja, Simo
     Perustieteiden korkeakoulu | Master's thesis
    The gaming industry is highly competitive, and choosing to develop and maintain a proprietary game engine and editor tools offers an avenue for some game companies to meet the increasing market expectations. However, the development of a game engine and tools faces various unique challenges compared to traditional software engineering and addressing these challenges is difficult. This thesis investigates the challenges in development of internal tools and game engine by conducting a single case study in a Finnish Triple-A video game company using semi-structured interviews and observation. A detailed problem description is presented which serves as a basis for implementing organizational changes and addresses some of the difficulties in implementing incremental changes that are due to the complexities of the environment. The study identifies multiple categories of interlinked challenges and maps out their cause-and-effect relationships. Many of the observed challenges at the case company are found to originate from the effects of common industry trends and the inherent difficulties of game development which differ from traditional software engineering. The complexity of game development is found to necessitate a high degree of coordination, communication and collaboration, lack of which leads to inefficiencies and wasted work. Additionally, the development methods must be able to accommodate both iterative and waterfall development approaches due to current funding models and uncertainties of game production.
  • Formaalit menetelmät ohjelmistoteollisuudessa
    (2020-12-18) Muraja, Simo
     Perustieteiden korkeakoulu | Bachelor's thesis