모바일 RPG게임의 디바이스환경 변화에 따른 인터페이스디자인 분석

Abstract

In the process of converting the game based on the existing PC online platform to the mobile, the interface design developed in accordance with the device environment of the PC online game has been required to be changed to suit the environment of the mobile device. Especially, mobile RPG game genre requires complex playing controls for the effective game play of the user due to the characteristics of the RPG game, and interface design different from that of PC environment is required. In this study, we focused on how the interface design of PC environment is transformed into mobile environment in the RPG game genre which contains the complex player controls and interface elements. As a result, we found that the configuration of mobile RPG game tends to separate combat screen and information screen differently from PC environment, and this classification is made through discreet mode conversion. In addition, we also found that the change of the input method due to the availability of the finger gesture influenced the interface design due to the touch input of smartphone. Through this, it is meaningful to examine how the early mobile RPG games remediate the interface of the RPG game in the PC environment.