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The experience of game studios shows that classical methodologies of software development are poorly implemented in video game development because of the interactive component of this area, related to the correct creation of feedback between the game and the user. In addition, video game development involves a large number of developers from different areas, whose activities must be coordinated in the project.

Despite these differences, video games, like any other developed software, need a development team organization process. In this article we reviewed traditional software development methodologies, as well as modifications specializing specifically in video game development. The most popular methodologies were compared and the quality of their implementation in video game development studios was determined.

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The problem of high and increasing cost of video game development is considered, and to solve it is proposed to apply procedural content generation, which will reduce development costs.

The work is a part of a large-scale research on automatic prototyping of video games and is devoted to the processing of game scenarios, i.e. natural language texts. It is proposed to extract the necessary entities from the scripts and pass them to further steps of the algorithm, which will generate game resources based on the textual descriptions.

There are several publications devoted to game text processing, in which several different structures for storing the extracted information are proposed. In this paper we propose a universal format that is suitable for processing the text of any video game and allows to create a corpus of texts for use in further research and automatic generation of game prototypes.

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This paper presents a critique of the traditional approach used to create a multiplayer game in the Unity real-time interactive application development system, especially in the case of a large number of concurrent users. As a hypothesis, an alternative option, which is not common, but which solves many of the problems of the previous approach, is proposed. Two client-server solutions have been compared for developing multiplayer online games in Unity, and the advantages of both approaches have been described for different cases. A game development architecture using a more up-to-date method is proposed: instead of the Mirror library, a standard toolkit for Unity development, microservices written in Golang are used. We present solid proofs of the preference of the alternative approach, the main advantage of which is the support of modern architecture providing high-speed communication between microservices, supported tests on messaging on different platforms.

The test results confirm the hypothesis put forth, and we can conclude that the Unity bundle with Golang is more effective for multiplayer video games.

The article also contains basic methods for debugging multi-threaded application in Golang bundled with Unity game development system and suggests a technological method that allows to get a fast way of data transfer between the client and the server.

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To disclose the concept of game balance and to develop an approach to automate the routine when working with game economics, methods of data analysis and experimentation were applied. According to the results of the analysis of existing definitions, a special case of mathematical balance and a generalized design definition of game balance were singled out. By parsing the existing approaches for balancing and testing games, a vision of our own solution was developed. Based on the findings, an approach for automating balance within a game prototype generator has been proposed. As an intermediate result, an updated structure and operation procedure of the game prototype generation tool were presented. The prospects for further development in this direction are given.

Abstract: There are various approaches for creating artificial intelligence in games, and each has both advantages and disadvantages. This study describes an authoring implementation of the NPC behavior task using machine learning algorithms that will be associated with the Unity environment in real time. This approach can be used in game development.

Abstract: The article discusses the socio-psychological characteristics of work with students to increase the percentage of originality of research. Presents the results of an experimental study. As a determinant, causing the desire to improve the scientific and original work of members of educational groups, highlighted - joint activities and the level of development of the team. The dependence between the introduction of technologies for constructing developing social media according to L.I. Umansky and A.S. Chernyshev in the educational process and the development of subjective qualities, both individuals and groups. As a hypothetical position, it is suggested that the degree of inclusion of the group in the social environment and the level of development of the team contribute to the formation of students installation for productive collaborative activities in the framework of the implementation of research projects. The positive socio-psychological climate in the study group and the overall level of motivational attitudes mediate the likelihood of high originality of the scientific text in students. The study involved more than 200 people. As a result, it was found that against the background of the prevalence of the joint-individual form of organization of joint activities, the majority of students show an average level of originality of the text of scientific research. The following changes were made to the livelihoods of educational groups: the introduction of a jointly-interdependent form of organizing joint educational and educational work, the organization of scientific circles with the inclusion of subjects in them, the introduction of a rating assessment of the degree of originality of the texts of research papers of students. As a result, we observed positive dynamic changes both at the qualitative and quantitative levels. The introduction of the jointly interdependent form of organizing joint educational and educational work in the livelihoods of groups contributed to the discovery of the scientific potential of students, against the background of learning (in popular science and game form) the principles of building scientific text, working with methodical literature, organizing research activities (from theoretical to experimental). level). Thus, it can be said that the socio-psychological components highlighted in the article contribute to the development of students' personal qualities, thereby increasing their responsibility for the authenticity and originality of the provision of theoretical and practical information within the framework of the research work being done.

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The work is devoted to the study and improvement of the design, development, and testing of video game storytelling. The existing practices of writing and keeping up-to-date scripts for interactive works have been studied. The definition of a scenario prototype and requirements for its form are formulated. An idea was put forward about the efficiency of automating the creation of a scenario prototype in the form of a generator tool. A vision of such a tool has been drawn up. The impact of such a tool on development order is presented. Implemented a tool component and conducted an experiment that proves its effectiveness with an example such as generating storyboards from the text. Plans for future development have been formulated.

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The approaches to the development (using the contactless touchscreen game controller Microsoft Kinect) of rehabilitation games for the complete or partial restoration of the motor functions of post-stroke patients using Microsoft Kinect are outlined. Problems that have been overcome, when working with the Microsoft Kinect and elements of game mechanics to achieve the involvement of the patient in the rehabilitation and gaming process are described.

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The description of the architecture of the tool for generating a scenario prototype from the text outlined in this paper is described based on the existing solutions.

We formed software requirements and developed prototype of the tool that illustrating the basic principle of the user's work with the application.

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The paper presents mathematical approaches for implementing methods for synchronizing human actions and virtual avatar movements, using inverse kinematics. To create a complete system for synchronizing the player's behavior and VR-avatar, the implementation of the necessary functionality is described: hand positioning, calibration of their size, bending of hands into anatomically acceptable sides, anatomical flexion of the spine, squatting and moving in space. The implementation of tilt and squat significantly extends the functionality of synchronization of the player's behavior and avatar, which allows creating a complete set of visual sensations of the user in a virtual environment, which is deprived of most of the applications of virtual reality at the moment.

Abstract: In this paper we decibel the general algorithm and classify the common steps of creating authentic historical and cultural reconstructions. Using «Bolgar XIV» as an example, we reviewed the main stages of reconstruction, including three-dimensional modeling of architecture, household items and citizens of ancient city. As a result, we made some valuable conclusions about the general track of creating virtual reconstructions and described technologies that can be used for it, such as procedural generation of terrain.

Abstract: Framework for development of native mobile applications with augmented reality. Analysis of various development spheres: game development, mobile applications development. The concept of a new framework and a set of tools for developing mobile applications with augmented reality is presented.

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The work is aimed at considering the process of modeling a realistic controller of the behavior of groups of objects. The main techniques and principles used to create a realistic controller of the behavior of autonomous agents, united in related groups, are investigated. Based on this data, a behavior controller has been created.

The following works were performed: on the calculation of the effectiveness of the behavior of groups of autonomous agents; on the possibility of using a system of local scalar fields with the aim of constructing the most accurate mathematical model; on the analysis of the possibility of creating a hierarchical system of multi-agent subgroups within the group, with the aim of realizing the movement of these same groups, as an integral part; to use a structured approach to create an efficient controller architecture; on conducting practical experiments to evaluate the correctness of the data obtained.

To achieve the goals set, the computational methods of optimization theory, mathematical statistics, and analytical methods of the mathematical modeling apparatus are involved.

Abstract: The rapid development of complex virtual worlds (most notably, in 3D computer and video games) introduces new challenges for the creation of virtual agents, controlled by artificial intelligence (AI) systems. Two important subproblems in this topic area which need to be addressed are (a) believability and (b) effectiveness of agents' behavior, i.e. human-likeness of the characters and high ability to achieving their own goals. In this paper, we study current approaches to believability and effectiveness of AI behavior in virtual worlds. We examine the concepts of believability and effectiveness and analyze several successful attempts to address these challenges. In conclusion, we suggest that believable and effective behavior can be achieved through learning behavioral patterns from observation with subsequent automatic selection of winning acting strategies.