The UI Design of Digital Interactive Game Using Smart Phone as a Controller － Fishing Game for Example

• Main Authors: Lo, Yahsuan, 羅雅宣
• Other Authors: Pa, Paishan
• Format: Others
• Language: zh-TW
• Published: 2012
• Online Access: http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/71877720908254203264

碩士 === 國立臺北教育大學 === 數位科技設計學系(含玩具與遊戲設計碩士班) === 100 === Recently, smart phones have become a shining star in the mobile phone market, and the services provided by smart phones have significantly increased due to the advancements in hardware development and the great variety of user interfaces. Also, the stress of modern life has given more and more importance to the recreation and game industries. Therefore, this study aims to integrate a smart phone with a digital game so that the player can have the feel of real actions and enjoy the interaction during the game. By combining a digital game with a physical device, i.e., a mobile phone, the game player is provided with a richer gaming experience in which the mobile phone serves more than as a phone, and the game is more than tapping at a keyboard or clicking a mouse. The digital game in this study is about fishing. The fishing games on the market are typically played with a keyboard or a mouse, which nevertheless makes the games quite different from the real fishing experience. For example, the existing fishing games can hardly simulate the action of casting a fishing rod or reeling in the fish on the hook. In this study, a simulated setting is designed to mimic real situations so that digital interaction between the human and the computer in a human-computer interface can be assessed. A digital interactive game including both hardware and software is designed in this study, and whether the interactivity and the human-computer interface of the interactive game are acceptable by players is studied. According to questionnaire survey results, most players give positive evaluation to the combination of the mobile phone (i.e., hardware) and the digital game (i.e., software), and the more interactive the human-computer interface is, the stronger the interest and the greater the pleasure a player will feel in playing the game. Suggestions on how to improve the hardware and software design are also provided.