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From playability to a hierarchical game usability model

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This paper presents a brief review of current game usability models. This leads to the conception of a high-level game usability framework model that integrates current usability approaches in game industry and game research.

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Future Play '09: Proceedings of the 2009 Conference on Future Play on @ GDC Canada

May 2009

58 pages

ISBN:9781605586854

DOI:10.1145/1639601

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University of Ontario Institute of Technology
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University of Ontario Institute of Technology
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Cinetik Studio
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Algoma University

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