KR102579332B1 - System and method for providing personalized game service combined to dynamic learning contents - Google Patents

Abstract

A customized game service provision system combined with dynamic learning content is provided, and the game environment and learning difficulty are set, the game is played, the game progress results are fed back, and the game environment and learning difficulty are dynamically changed in response to the progress results. A user terminal that plays the game with a learning difficulty level, a game environment unit that receives at least one type of game environment input from the user terminal, a personal situation unit that receives at least one type of learning difficulty input from the user terminal, and a game environment and learning difficulty level. It includes a game service providing server including an environment control unit that controls the environment by creating settings of the user terminal, and a result storage unit that stores the play results of the user terminal.

Description

System and method for providing customized game services combined with dynamic learning content {SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING PERSONALIZED GAME SERVICE COMBINED TO DYNAMIC LEARNING CONTENTS}

The present invention relates to a system and method for providing a customized game service combined with dynamic learning content, and provides a platform that adaptively changes the game environment and learning content according to the user's play results.

One field that dynamically produces content within a game is PCG (Procedural Content Generation). To overcome the limitations of a typical NPC (Non-Player Character), the NPC learns the user's behavior patterns and creates new behavior patterns. Self-Organizing Map (SOM) or Bayesian Network are also used for machine learning. By applying a genetic algorithm to a strategy game, the difficulty level can be maintained dynamically. It is configured by dynamically generating the parameters necessary for artificial intelligence, and the game generation pattern changes depending on the user's skill level. The environment creation system that analyzes the user's game behavior to operate based on the user's behavior information and creates a game environment based on this quantifies the coordinate data the user moved, and based on this, the shape of the map and the objects. You can also adjust the location.

At this time, a method of dynamically transforming game content according to the learner's abilities while learning through games was researched and developed. In this regard, Korean Patent Publication No. 2011-0054774 (published on May 25, 2011), which is a prior art, was developed. ) and Korea Patent Publication No. 2020-0081171 (published on July 7, 2020), an evaluation model for learning ability is created based on the learning elements requested in functional games and the relationship between learning elements, and user information and goals The information is projected onto the evaluation model, the first model onto which the user information is projected and the second model onto which the goal information is projected are simplified by reducing the dimensionality, and the simplified models are compared to create a personalized decision from the first model to the second model. A configuration that performs learning after creating an optimal learning path, monitors users playing the game using a machine learning algorithm to dynamically modify the game played after obtaining the user's response, and uses the obtained response data to monitor users playing the game. Methods in which a game can be adaptively modified by creating a parameter function based on each are disclosed.

However, the biggest problem when applying learning content to a game is that the game is applied as standardized content and is fixed regardless of the user's play and learning difficulty, and users with a high level compared to the progress process are likely to lose interest. On the other hand, even low-level users give up when they encounter a task that is too difficult, which leads to lower loyalty and a sharp increase in the number of defectors. In addition, when applying games to learning, many users perceive it as learning rather than a game, so they actually play games but are having difficulty applying immersion through the fun and interest of games because they are learning. Accordingly, research and development of a platform that adaptively changes game content to respond to the user's learning ability and gaming skills is required.

One embodiment of the present invention dynamically changes at least one type of game environment according to the initial user's settings and the user's game results, and the learning content output within the game environment also adapts the difficulty level based on the user's academic achievement. A customized game service combined with dynamic learning content that can provide dynamic game content to respond to the user's learning ability and game skills by adjusting it appropriately, and can build a game environment that corresponds to a learning environment optimized for the user. A method of provision can be provided. However, the technical challenge that this embodiment aims to achieve is not limited to the technical challenges described above, and other technical challenges may exist.

As a technical means for achieving the above-described technical problem, an embodiment of the present invention sets the game environment and learning difficulty, plays the game, feeds back the game progress results, and then dynamically responds to the progress results. A user terminal that plays the game with the changed game environment and learning difficulty, a game environment unit that receives at least one type of game environment input from the user terminal, a personal situation unit that receives at least one type of learning difficulty input from the user terminal, and a game environment unit that receives input of at least one type of learning difficulty from the user terminal. It includes a game service providing server that includes an environment control unit that controls the environment by creating an environment and learning difficulty level through the settings of the user terminal, and a result storage unit that stores the play results of the user terminal.

Another embodiment of the present invention includes the steps of receiving at least one type of game environment set from a user terminal, receiving at least one type of learning difficulty level from the user terminal, and the game environment and learning difficulty level set and input from the user terminal. It includes controlling the environment of the game content based on and storing the play results of the user terminal.

According to one of the means for solving the problem of the present invention described above, at least one type of game environment is dynamically changed according to the initial user's settings and the user's game results, and the learning content output within the game environment is also adjusted to the user's academic achievement. By adaptively adjusting the difficulty based on , dynamic game content can be provided to respond to the user's learning ability and gaming skills, and a game environment corresponding to a learning environment optimized for the user can be established.

1 is a diagram illustrating a system for providing a customized game service combined with dynamic learning content according to an embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 2 is a block diagram illustrating a game service providing server included in the system of FIG. 1.
3 to 5 are diagrams for explaining an embodiment in which a customized game service combined with dynamic learning content is implemented according to an embodiment of the present invention.
Figure 6 is an operation flowchart illustrating a method of providing a customized game service combined with dynamic learning content according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Below, with reference to the attached drawings, embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail so that those skilled in the art can easily implement the present invention. However, the present invention may be implemented in many different forms and is not limited to the embodiments described herein. In order to clearly explain the present invention in the drawings, parts that are not related to the description are omitted, and similar parts are given similar reference numerals throughout the specification.

Throughout the specification, when a part is said to be "connected" to another part, this includes not only the case where it is "directly connected," but also the case where it is "electrically connected" with another element in between. . In addition, when a part is said to "include" a certain component, this does not mean excluding other components unless specifically stated to the contrary, but may further include other components, and one or more other features. It should be understood that it does not exclude in advance the presence or addition of numbers, steps, operations, components, parts, or combinations thereof.

The terms "about", "substantially", etc. used throughout the specification are used to mean at or close to that value when manufacturing and material tolerances inherent in the stated meaning are presented, and are used to enhance the understanding of the present invention. Precise or absolute figures are used to assist in preventing unscrupulous infringers from taking unfair advantage of stated disclosures. The term “step of” or “step of” as used throughout the specification of the present invention does not mean “step for.”

In this specification, 'part' includes a unit realized by hardware, a unit realized by software, and a unit realized using both. Additionally, one unit may be realized using two or more pieces of hardware, and two or more units may be realized using one piece of hardware. Meanwhile, '~ part' is not limited to software or hardware, and '~ part' may be configured to reside in an addressable storage medium or may be configured to reproduce one or more processors. Therefore, as an example, '~ part' refers to components such as software components, object-oriented software components, class components, and task components, processes, functions, properties, and procedures. , subroutines, segments of program code, drivers, firmware, microcode, circuits, data, databases, data structures, tables, arrays, and variables. The functions provided within the components and 'parts' may be combined into a smaller number of components and 'parts' or may be further separated into additional components and 'parts'. Additionally, components and 'parts' may be implemented to regenerate one or more CPUs within a device or a secure multimedia card.

In this specification, some of the operations or functions described as being performed by a terminal, apparatus, or device may instead be performed on a server connected to the terminal, apparatus, or device. Likewise, some of the operations or functions described as being performed by the server may also be performed in a terminal, apparatus, or device connected to the server.

In this specification, some of the operations or functions described as mapping or matching with the terminal mean mapping or matching the terminal's unique number or personal identification information, which is identifying data of the terminal. It can be interpreted as

Hereinafter, the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the attached drawings.

1 is a diagram illustrating a system for providing a customized game service combined with dynamic learning content according to an embodiment of the present invention. Referring to FIG. 1, a customized game service providing system 1 combined with dynamic learning content may include at least one user terminal 100 and a game service providing server 300. However, since the customized game service providing system 1 combined with the dynamic learning content of FIG. 1 is only an embodiment of the present invention, the present invention is not limited to the interpretation of FIG. 1.

At this time, each component of FIG. 1 is generally connected through a network (Network, 200). For example, as shown in FIG. 1, at least one user terminal 100 may be connected to the game service providing server 300 through the network 200. Additionally, the game service providing server 300 may be connected to at least one user terminal 100 through the network 200 .

Here, the network refers to a connection structure that allows information exchange between each node, such as a plurality of terminals and servers. Examples of such networks include a local area network (LAN) and a wide area network (WAN). Wide Area Network, Internet (WWW: World Wide Web), wired and wireless data communication network, telephone network, wired and wireless television communication network, etc. Examples of wireless data communication networks include 3G, 4G, 5G, 3rd Generation Partnership Project (3GPP), 5th Generation Partnership Project (5GPP), Long Term Evolution (LTE), World Interoperability for Microwave Access (WIMAX), and Wi-Fi. , Internet, LAN (Local Area Network), Wireless LAN (Wireless Local Area Network), WAN (Wide Area Network), PAN (Personal Area Network), RF (Radio Frequency), Bluetooth network, NFC ( It includes, but is not limited to, Near-Field Communication (Near-Field Communication) network, satellite broadcasting network, analog broadcasting network, and DMB (Digital Multimedia Broadcasting) network.

In the following, the term at least one is defined as a term including singular and plural, and even if the term at least one does not exist, each component may exist in singular or plural, and may mean singular or plural. This should be self-explanatory. In addition, whether each component is provided in singular or plural form may be changed depending on the embodiment.

At least one user terminal 100 may be a player's terminal that plays a game using a web page, app page, program, or application related to a customized game service combined with dynamic learning content. At this time, the user terminal 100 may be a terminal that sets the type or level of difficulty of the subject to be learned in order to initially run the game and initially sets the environment in which the game will be played. Initially, the user sets the settings, but after that, the game service providing server 300 can change the game environment and learning content adaptively according to the user's play results. Of course, even in this case, the user's instructions or commands are not excluded or ignored, and it is obvious that the user can adjust the difficulty level or change or modify the map or object in the game environment at any time. .

Here, at least one user terminal 100 may be implemented as a computer capable of accessing a remote server or terminal through a network. Here, the computer may include, for example, a laptop equipped with a navigation system and a web browser, a desktop, a laptop, etc. At this time, at least one user terminal 100 may be implemented as a terminal capable of accessing a remote server or terminal through a network. At least one user terminal 100 is, for example, a wireless communication device that guarantees portability and mobility, and includes navigation, personal communication system (PCS), global system for mobile communications (GSM), personal digital cellular (PDC), PHS (Personal Handyphone System), PDA (Personal Digital Assistant), IMT (International Mobile Telecommunication)-2000, CDMA (Code Division Multiple Access)-2000, W-CDMA (W-Code Division Multiple Access), Wibro (Wireless Broadband Internet) ) It may include all types of handheld-based wireless communication devices such as terminals, smartphones, smartpads, and tablet PCs.

The game service providing server 300 may be a server that provides a customized game service web page, app page, program, or application combined with dynamic learning content. In addition, the game service providing server 300 is a server that maps and stores at least one type of game environment and game object, and builds a platform that can adaptively change the game environment to respond to the user's play results. You can. Additionally, the game service providing server 300 may be a server that maps learning content to at least one learning difficulty and sets it, and increases or decreases the learning difficulty adaptively according to the user's play results. Additionally, the game service providing server 300 may be a server that stores play results and can be used as feedback to later adjust the game environment and learning difficulty.

Here, the game service providing server 300 may be implemented as a computer that can connect to a remote server or terminal through a network. Here, the computer may include, for example, a laptop equipped with a navigation system and a web browser, a desktop, a laptop, etc.

Figure 2 is a block diagram for explaining the game service providing server included in the system of Figure 1, and Figures 3 to 5 are implementations of a customized game service combined with dynamic learning content according to an embodiment of the present invention. This drawing is for explaining an embodiment.

Referring to FIG. 2, the game service providing server 300 may include a game environment unit 310, a personal situation unit 320, an environment control unit 330, and a result storage unit 340.

The game service providing server 300 according to an embodiment of the present invention or another server (not shown) operating in conjunction with at least one user terminal 100 is a customized game service application, program, or app combined with dynamic learning content. When transmitting a page, web page, etc., at least one user terminal 100 may install or open a customized game service application, program, app page, web page, etc. combined with dynamic learning content. Additionally, a service program may be run on at least one user terminal 100 using a script executed in a web browser. Here, a web browser is a program that allows the use of web (WWW: World Wide Web) services and refers to a program that receives and displays hypertext written in HTML (Hyper Text Mark-up Language), for example, Netscape. , Explorer, Chrome, etc. Additionally, an application refers to an application on a terminal and includes, for example, an app running on a mobile terminal (smartphone).

Referring to FIG. 2 , the game environment unit 310 may receive at least one type of game environment from the user terminal 100 . At least one type of game environment may include game stages, environments, difficulty levels, environmental components, and interactive components. At this time, when setting the game difficulty level while receiving input of the game environment from the user terminal 100, the user may directly select the game difficulty level, for example, high, medium, and low, but the user can also directly select the difficulty level of the game that the user has not encountered before. Since setting it up can be difficult, it is possible to test the user's skills using a demo first and then apply the corresponding difficulty level.

<Measuring user skills>

The game environment department 310 quantifies the user's skill by measuring four items. The first metric is elapsed play time. As play time increases, the difficulty level needs to increase. Second, the success rate is the rate at which the event touched by the user is equal to the preset correct answer. Third, the success interval is to measure the tension felt by the user. Short intervals mean that the mission is not enough to provide tension to the user. Therefore, the system needs to progress the mission faster. Lastly, the item usage rate can be used to determine whether the play environment is favorable for mission success. Accordingly, the correlation between the measurement items for quantifying the user's skills and the items of the mission to be adjusted can be created in advance into a database.

<Fuzzification>

Fuzzy is finding the degree of membership for all fuzzy sets of a fuzzy set. Using the fuzzy set and membership function used in the fuzzification process and the scope of discussion in which fuzzification takes place, for example, if the mission success rate is 1/2, this means In a set, the membership of Z can be calculated. If a number exceeding the maximum value of the discussion range is entered during the calculation of membership, the system can clip the membership to 1.

<Rule evaluation>

Rule evaluation occurs immediately after a mission or objective is produced. A fuzzy rule represents a relationship between fuzzy sets and has the form “IF Accuracy rate is Good AND Play elapsed time is Long THEN ‘Moving speed is Fast.” The membership of the antecedent term changes to the reliability of the consequent through the rule evaluation stage. If there are more than two preceding terms in the rule evaluation stage, they are reduced to one using fuzzy operations. In a typical fuzzy system, the OR operation, which is the union of two or more evaluation results, is used to combine them into one. However, depending on the embodiment, when using a result that satisfies both antecedents, the AND operation, which is the intersection of sets, can be used.

<Drawing results>

After evaluating all fuzzy rules, the reliability of the fuzzy set belonging to the consequent is finally determined. At this time, if the consequent overlaps between fuzzy rules, the values are integrated using a boundary sum or OR operation. If the fuzzy set whose reliability has been determined is defuzzified. As a defuzzification method, the average method of maximum values can be used, which is simpler to calculate than the center of gravity method and allows derivation of values close to it. The formula for calculating the CrispValue output using the average method of the maximum values is as shown in Equation 1 below.

The personal situation unit 320 may receive at least one type of learning difficulty level from the user terminal 100 . At this time, standard problems that can evaluate the user's skills may be presented and the difficulty level may be automatically applied by evaluating the user's level, or the difficulty level may be selected directly from the user terminal 100.

The environment control unit 330 can control the environment by creating the game environment and learning difficulty level through the settings of the user terminal 100. The user terminal 100 can set the game environment and learning difficulty, play the game, feed back the game progress results, and then play the game with the game environment and learning difficulty dynamically changed in response to the progress results. there is.

In the case of static games, it has been used to intelligently express and control NPCs (Non Player Characters). However, in this method, as the game is repeated, the difficulty of the game increases due to changes in NPC properties, and the user is forced to deal with more difficult NPCs in the same environment. These techniques may actually act as factors that reduce the fun effect of the game. In other words, rather than changing the NPC that plays a role relative to the player, it is necessary to reduce the decrease in fun effect and adjust the difficulty of the game by changing the environmental elements of the game (terrain, buildings, etc.).

Accordingly, the game environment can be dynamically changed using the player's game behavior data. First, the player's movement information that occurred while playing the game is collected. By analyzing the information on movement in the game terrain during play time and using it as the base information for dynamic terrain changes, and if the game is operated to the player's advantage by staying in a specific location for a long time, the creation of objects and By changing the layout, it provides users with a more diverse type of environment.

<Game player location data>

By converting the coordinate data that the user moved to complete missions while playing the game and the radius of action that the user moved to eliminate NPCs into data, the location and shape of objects on the entire map are changed, creating a different environment every time you play the game even if you are playing the same game. Make it accessible. For example, a map of size w*h is divided into i*j areas, and the data of the player's movements to clear the game in each area is quantified. For accurate quantification, one M area is reorganized into cells of x*y size. Based on the numbers in each M, a new environment map is created in the next stage.

If the player shows a lot of activity in the M(1,1) area and wins the game, data on the time the user stayed in the cells belonging to M(1,1) will be accumulated. Then, in the next stage, the obstacles in the M(1,2), M(2,1), and M(2,2) areas that are close to the M(1,1) area are simplified to allow NPCs and users to interact more than the existing terrain. By making it possible to collide a lot, the map can be changed so that users can enjoy the game by using the map more than in the previous stages. If the user moves around the map in various ways and enjoys the game, the cells of the overall map will accumulate similar amounts of data. In that case, in the next stage, the complexity of the map should be left the same and only the overall shape should be changed to prevent a decrease in immersion in the game due to the same pattern of behavior.

<Data analysis>

When the user moves the character in the game, the collision check with each cell increases the time accumulation for the cells at the moved coordinates, and data is collected on how many cells in an area were passed by. After completing the game, you can calculate the average accumulation of cells for each region by calculating the sum of the accumulation of cells for each area and dividing it by the number of cells. Sets the number of starting points of obstacles to be drawn on the map based on the average of the cumulative degree. The number of starting points for these obstacles can be variable depending on the type of game, the size of the map, and the difficulty of the first stage of the game.

For example, in a game, a map with a size of 2048 * 1572 pixels is created, and each cell of the map is assumed to have 64 * 48 minimum unit areas with a size of 32 * 32 pixels. Each group area has 64 minimum unit areas with 8*8 pixels. The number of group areas in the entire map is 8*6, which is divided into a total of 48 areas. At this time, when collecting the player's movement information, the area with the number '0' is the area where the character did not go, and the cumulative degree is naturally '0'.

The location of the area is divided into a total of 8*6 with index numbers entered in order starting from area [0] and the X axis. After calculating the accumulation of the area, the number of Seed Points appropriate for the area must be created. This is because the map can be changed dynamically in the next stage. The number of Seed Points must be changed as the developer develops the game to suit the game. The number of Seed Points may vary depending on the type and difficulty of the game. Here, if the average value is '0', which is less than '1', the average Seed Point can be set to '3', where '3' is the average Seed Point applied when an obstacle in the first stage of the game is created. It is a point value.

<Changes in map structure>

When data on the movement of the user terminal 100 is received for each zone, changes are made when a new stage is created in the area of the size divided by i*j above. The game environment is recreated by erasing the picture from the area where it originally existed and placing obstacles according to complexity. The creation of the background starts from random coordinates in an area divided by i*j and creates an obstacle by moving one space at a time on the X and Y axes the number of times specified as 0 and 1. As complexity increases, the number of random coordinates generated in the map increases. As mentioned above, the minimum and maximum number of arbitrary coordinates may vary depending on the type of game, map size, and map difficulty of the first stage of the game. The number of random coordinates affects the complexity of the map, shows users various map shapes, and increases the fun and difficulty of the game.

For example, starting from A or B, which are randomly generated from coordinates, create obstacles a specified number of times. It determines its location from the generated coordinates and moves to a relatively distant place. Starting from the drawn coordinates, move to areas with a lot of empty space with priority. For example, obstacle ‘A’ starts from the coordinate point at the end of the left, and by searching for its relative position in the area, it can move away from the area where it is located and create the next obstacle. The Similarly, obstacle ‘B’ started from the relatively lower left coordinates, and the next obstacle may be created biased toward the upper right coordinates.

The environment control unit 330 can set the size of the world in the game environment to be proportional to the learning difficulty. When the personal situation unit 320 receives an input from the user terminal 100 about the learning difficulty level, the environment control unit 330 provides a world where the game content will be output to correspond to the length of the text in the learning content to be output in response to the learning difficulty level. The size can be increased or decreased.

For example, assuming that the learning content is foreign language learning content and is a game of filling in the blanks in sentences, the more complex the sentence structure, the more difficult it becomes. A more complex sentence structure means that the likelihood of the sentence being longer increases. , the number of spellings to fill in the blank spaces also increases. Accordingly, the size of the world must be set large to create a map that can contain all spellings. Or, the size of the world is a game where you guess words while exploring, and the difficulty of learning increases because there are many words to learn. If there is a game that matches a total of 100 words within one map, what needs to be learned? As the number of words increases, the number of maps also increases, meaning that there must be more maps for players (users) to play. Since there may be various ways to adjust the size of the world according to the level of difficulty, the description is not limited to any one, and the above-described example is only an example and is not limited to the above-described embodiment.

The environment control unit 330 may derive disruptive elements in the game environment based on the game difficulty and learning difficulty set in the user terminal 100. For example, the distraction factor is set by the difficulty level set by the user during initial setup, but after the user plays, it can be derived based on the play results. An obstacle is an element that prevents the player (user) from performing a task to achieve a goal (mission or quest). For example, in a game where you guess the spelling of the word A, the word A is the spelling of the BCDE and It is composed in order, and assuming that many users frequently confuse BCDE with BCDC, the difficulty can be increased by providing BCCDE in a random mix. If the user's learning level and gaming skills are high, gaming distractions may be added. For example, when you have to choose the correct answer, A, the choices may be overlapped to make it difficult. Accordingly, the environment control unit 330 can proportionally increase the disruptive elements in the game environment when the learning achievement level of the user terminal 100 is high.

The environment control unit 330 may set the mission level in the game environment to be proportional to the learning difficulty level set in the user terminal 100. Of course, it is initially based on the difficulty level set by the user, but the mission level can later be adjusted based on the performance of the user terminal 100. The environment control unit 330 may set the number of missions achieved in the game environment to be proportional to the game difficulty set in the user terminal 100.

The environment control unit 330 can increase or decrease the proportion of voice recognition in the game environment based on the learning difficulty. For example, assuming that the player is accustomed to Korean-style English classes and is good at reading and listening to English, but the level of speaking and writing is very low, the proportion of speaking and writing must be increased to increase the learning difficulty. At this time, in the case of speaking, game points can be assigned based on the results of voice recognition. Depending on the user's learning level, the pronunciation may not be similar to that of a native speaker, but if the order of the text was spoken correctly, whether the correct answer will be given to the native speaker and stress (Stress). ), whether intonation or pronunciation features such as rhythm must be the same to be considered the correct answer can be increased or decreased based on the learning difficulty. In summary, in the former case, the difficulty can be relatively low because, like quantitative analysis, only the text is correct, so the difficulty can be relatively low, while in the latter case, like qualitative analysis, the difficulty can be high because not only the text but also the pronunciation must be similar.

The personal situation unit 320 can receive the user's emotional state from the user terminal 100, and the environment control unit 330 can change at least one type of game environment according to a preset mood. At this time, an artificial emotion agent can be used to change the user's emotional state and game environment according to the preset mood. A character equipped with artificial emotions, that is, an artificial emotion agent, has a basic structure consisting of three elements.

First, emotional stimulation in the game must be defined. Emotional stimulation is an important element for expressing the current emotional state felt in a real situation. Second, emotions must be defined. The emotions that players can feel vary from game to game. This is because in some games, the emotion of fear is mainly conveyed to the player, but in other games, the emotion of fear cannot be felt. Therefore, analytical models such as the OCC (Ortony Clore Collins) model, which analyzes emotions as a causal relationship according to the cause of the emotion, are used to define emotions in artificial emotions. Third, you must decide how to express your emotions. This is the part that defines how to convey emotions generated through artificial emotions to the player. Artificial emotions can be used to directly affect game components, and expressing them through character behavior can also be considered.

There are two main ways to apply artificial emotion agents in games. The first is to apply artificial emotions to characters that players can select. This method expresses the emotions of the game by adding artificial emotions to each character, similar to how artificial intelligence is used in games. The second method is to apply artificial emotions to the environment that makes up the game. This method applies artificial emotions to the agent in charge of the game, creating a structure in which players compete through the game. Among these, it is appropriate to choose the second method in order to apply an artificial emotion agent to a casual game and consider player feedback.

In order to apply artificial emotions to game agents, the basic elements of the artificial emotion model, which are emotional stimulation, emotion, and emotional expression, must be defined. The emotional stimulation elements that can be considered in games are simpler than other games. Therefore, there are not enough emotional elements in the game to define emotional stimulation and emotions using the OCC model, which analyzes causal relationships. Therefore, the game agent's artificial emotion model can select four emotions that can be felt in games, including fear, anger, joy, and sadness, among the six emotions proposed by Paul Ekman.

To apply an artificial emotion agent to a game, let's assume that we use a whack-a-mole button-clicking game that has simple input and is universally familiar to people. Here, the artificial emotion agent receives as an emotional stimulus whether the player clicks the button within a set time or not, and emotions are generated. The calculated emotion can be expressed, for example, through the background color of the game. However, color is a part of design, and not only in games, but in all games, design is an important immersion factor for players. Therefore, there is a possibility that artificial emotions expressed in color may not be conveyed to the player as intended, so design elements of the game being produced can be excluded as much as possible and the colors expressed by the artificial emotion agent can be shown.

In this game, the artificial emotional agent has four emotions: fear, anger, joy, and sadness. In terms of emotional judgment, the worse a player is at a game, the more the agent expresses negative emotions, and the more the player does well at the game, the more positive emotions the agent expresses. And in order for the artificial emotion agent to have depth of emotion, anger and joy can be set as deepened emotions of sadness and fear. The background color associated with the emotion can be randomly matched, but if there is an administrator's input for this, it can also be used. The game agent initially starts with an emotion between joy and anger, and stores the emotional stimulus according to the player's click response. The stored emotional stimulus is reflected as an emotion to the agent at every N click event and changes the background color so that the player can know the agent's emotions.

Meanwhile, among the methods that directly affect the game situation, there is a method of changing the game difficulty. There are many factors that determine the difficulty of a game, but in games, the speed of the game plays a decisive role in determining the difficulty. For example, when the game speeds up, the player feels that the game is difficult, and when the game speed slows down, the player feels that the game is boring. The speed of button click games basically has a constant acceleration. However, when an artificial emotion agent is applied, the acceleration of the game increases or decreases depending on the emotion. The standard for increasing or decreasing acceleration is to increase or decrease acceleration by comparing the emotional stimulus received by the agent with the emotion it currently has.

For example, if the player is good at the game, the acceleration of the game can be increased to increase the speed of the game, making the game more difficult for the player. Through this, you can define emotional stimuli in the game and express the emotions connected to the emotional stimuli with colors, and adjust the difficulty of the game so that players feel as if they are competing against a real agent. When training a game agent using feedback in this way, it is modeled so that if the user is good or bad at playing the game later, the game agent changes the background color according to the emotions felt. Generally, a game agent refers to the player's opponent character. The above-described configuration assumes a case where there is no opponent, and the game agent refers to the player.

If it is a game with opponents, the above-mentioned emotions are opposite, i.e., when the player is good at the game, the game agent should be negative, and when the player is bad at the game, the game agent should be positive. The artificial emotion agent uses the player's actions as a source of emotional stimulation and expresses emotions through background colors while playing the game. Additionally, the speed that determines the game's difficulty is adjusted so that players can receive various feedback from the game through an artificial emotion agent.

The result storage unit 340 may store the play results of the user terminal 100. The result storage unit 340 includes the game stage, environment, and difficulty of the game environment unit 310, the learning stage, content, difficulty, and current situation of the personal situation unit 320, and whether the game played on the user terminal 100 is successful. , Game results, including information on accomplished missions and progress time, can be saved. In other words, the user's initial settings and the user's actual play results are saved together.

HTML5 technology can be applied to author content with smart functions applied, such as gamification techniques having the above-described configuration. HTML5's semantics provide tags with more structured functions that enable the expression of intelligent, diverse and rich web documents. You can select one from various types of structured templates and find and select the necessary components from the component library. This enables smart content creation. Multimedia provides animation, game elements, and musical elements in a content authoring environment. The multimedia functions required for education can be easily implemented and operated without a separate external plug-in just by defining the location and operation method of the relevant elements in the content.

Problems with processing methods and data storage functions in case of network disconnection, which were considered limitations of the web, can be resolved through offline & storage through the use of the web. Improvements in the performance of mobile devices' local storage have made it easier to run content even when offline, and data can now be accessed when the environment returns to online. In addition, databases and files can be accessed through local storage with various types of content by varying the content and order of smart content that has already been created for each student group. Users can use content equipped with smart functions anytime, anywhere. 3D, Graphics & Effects technology, which can be considered a basic technology in content creation for installing smart functions, processes 2D and 3D graphics through SVG, canvas, and WebGL that support vector methods. functions.

Full-scale web app development is possible with Device Access technology, a feature that allows you to directly control the hardware functions of various devices such as GPS, cameras, and motion sensors on the web. The performance issue, which was one of the biggest problems in the mobile web app environment, has been greatly improved by improving local storage in the mobile web app environment and improving online and offline processing performance through the asynchronous communication and multi-threading functions of Performance & Integration. It can be improved. Connectivity technology, which expands the scope of application development by providing communication functions in a mobile environment, provides efficient communication functions between clients and servers and can greatly enhance the efficiency of web app-based communication.

Cascading Style Sheets (CSS3: Cascading Style Sheets) Styling Effect, also called dependent sheets, is a language that describes how a markup language is actually displayed and is a W3C standard, and is used when defining layout and style. Because the degree of freedom is very high, it is possible to enhance the expressiveness of the user interface (UI) style and graphic effects of web applications without deforming web documents or degrading performance in a smart education content authoring environment. By providing N-Screen service in terms of user interface, OSMD (One Source Multi Device) is supported and content optimized for various types of devices can be provided without a separate process.

Looking at the main features and implications of HTML5 technology, it provides smart functions such as push notifications, evaluation result transmission, incorrect answer notes, and customized learning guidance, and implements gamification elements such as motivation, competition, and rewards, and provides creative and dance-like learning by applying various component libraries. An environment can be created. Linkage with Learning Management System (LMS) and Learning Contents Management System (LCMS) may also be possible in a multimedia environment for a truly smart education environment. The HTML5-based content authoring environment can be ported to education-wide subsystems such as Edunet, run by the Ministry of Education, and can contribute to the technological expansion of the future smart education environment. User interface development for integrated edutainment authoring for smart educational content is possible on web standards based on HTML5, CSS3, and Java Script. Therefore, a system environment that allows content authoring and differentiation in the form of a Web-App or Hybrid-App that supports component selection, editing, and preview functions is possible.

Of course, it is possible to support editing functions in conjunction with a content authoring platform and apply additional functions such as transformation and conversion of content. It is possible to create web apps and hybrid apps (App Generator) by combining several components selected in the smart content development editor and edited HTML code, and create components by using animation or motion graphics using HTML5's 3D, Graphics & Effects. You can apply various game packs produced in library format. This is a powerful smart content integration technology as it provides storage for real-time data processing such as multimedia and web storage, provides other smart functions such as location-based services, and supports component self-support using various tag elements. Implementation is possible.

Hereinafter, the operation process according to the configuration of the game service providing server of FIG. 2 described above will be described in detail using FIGS. 3 to 5 as an example. However, it will be apparent that the embodiment is only one of various embodiments of the present invention and is not limited thereto.

<First Example>

Referring to Figure 3, in one embodiment of the present invention, in the convergence of learning and games, the game environment and system can change depending on the individual's learning state, and can be expanded to change the game environment and system through the individual's situation. do. In other words, the content and environment of the game are not fixed, but change depending on the individual's learning status and current situation, providing a non-fixed game environment.

For example, the game environment can be adjusted according to the content generated depending on the user's age and learning level. In a typical game, all users go through the same steps at each level or step, but in one embodiment of the present invention, different environments are created for each user at each step. In other words, if the user's level is beginner, the world can be configured according to learning content suitable for beginner.

Therefore, in one embodiment of the present invention, information corresponding to the user's game stage and information corresponding to the user's learning situation are input, and the game world is constructed in various ways through random weight values based on the two information. . The results of the game world constructed in this way are later used to build the game world. In other words, it is possible to provide users with a game environment for personalized learning.

In the case of a game environment for learning English, if the learner is currently learning 'Would you like some coffee?', the world is structured (placement of spellings) according to the corresponding situation (sentence, game level, learning level, physical location, etc.) ) becomes. The situation at this time varies from person to person, and even if the sentence is the same, the world is structured in a different form.

In the pathfinding genre game using foreign language learning, the game environment is, game level: 15, environment: forest, difficulty: difficult, components: (environment) trees, grass, puddles, (interaction) beginner infantry, intermediate cavalry, A beginner archer is set, and the personal situation is, learning level: 7, content: How was your days?, difficulty: easy, current situation: moving, world size: proportional to the content of the personal situation, presence of obstacles and properties. : Derived from a combination of the difficulty input in the personal situation and the difficulty input in the game environment, Mission level: Proportional to the difficulty of the personal situation, Number of missions achieved: Proportional to the difficulty of the game environment, Proportion of voice recognition: Determined depending on the individual situation do. The saved game results store information such as game stage of the game environment, environment, difficulty level, learning stage of personal situation, content, difficulty level, current situation, game result, that is, success or failure, accomplished mission information, progress time, etc. .

<Second Embodiment>

Referring to FIG. 4, when a personal situation is input from the user terminal 100, input regarding the learning content and environment (physical and situational) to be currently performed is received. The information received in this way determines the size of the world. It cannot be specified as it is determined by different characteristics for each game. For example, in the case of language learning, if what the learner has to learn is a sentence, the size of the world varies depending on the length of the sentence and the indication of L1 (native language, first language) and L2 (foreign language, second language). In other words, the size of the world is different when saying ‘Hello’ and ‘How was your day?’.

In the former case, a 3x3 map is created based on a length of 5, and in the latter case, a 5x5 map is created with a length of 17. In addition, the size of the world is determined by the objects decorated on the map according to the learner's physical situation (location, movement, etc.). Additionally, depending on the learner's learning level, the addition of confusing objects is also a factor in determining the world size.

Interference factors are determined through environmental control and are determined based on the game situation and information received from the game environment. This also depends on the genre concept of the game and cannot be specified. For example, in the case of math learning, to complete the number 17, number objects placed in the world are used as distracting elements in addition to '10', '+', '7', '=', and '17'. Elements such as , '3', and '23' can be added. Another example, in the case of learning a foreign language, when using unscrambled to learn 'How was your day?', in addition to 'How', 'was', 'your', and 'day?', 'is', 'my', ' You can add distracting elements such as ‘what’. If the learner's level of learning or gaming is high, game-like distractions may be added. In other words, when choosing ‘How’ in language learning, the choices are overlapped to make it difficult.

When receiving personal situation input, the individual's learning level or environment input is generated by the system (location, location-based surrounding information, location-based weather, activity information), and when inputting the game environment, it is also generated by the system. It is something (stage, level, etc.). Of course, the user must make additional choices about stage settings or locations, that is, receive additional information that cannot be received by the system, the current emotional state, and determine the game environment when controlling the environment. For example, the user's input can receive the current emotional state, and depending on the user's emotional state, the game environment is brightened or darkened, or environmental elements (objects) are changed.

<Third Embodiment>

Referring to FIG. 5A, environmental information may be, for example, information such as location (latitude The world size is proportional to the content entered in the individual situation. For example, the English learning content 'Hello' (5 length) must be 3x3 or larger, and 'How was your day?' (13 length) must be 5x5 or larger. You need to create a map.

Referring to FIG. 5b, the presence and nature of an obstacle can be derived from a combination of the personal situation and the difficulty level input from the game environment. For example, in the case of learning math to complete numbers, only '17,'=', '10', '+', and '7' are used among the personal situation information for beginners, but for beginners, others are used. '-', '3', '23', etc. may appear as distracting elements. Referring to Figure 5c, the mission level is proportional to the difficulty level entered in the personal situation. For example, if the difficulty level among the personal situation information is beginner, only one mission (time limit, combo, etc.) may be given.

Referring to Figure 5d, the voice recognition weight may be used to input personal situations in a foreign language learning situation and, if speaking learning is necessary in the learning stage, elements in the game can be progressed through voice recognition.

Matters not described regarding the method of providing a customized game service combined with the dynamic learning content of FIGS. 2 to 5 are the same as those previously described regarding the method of providing a customized game service combined with the dynamic learning content through FIG. 1. Since it can be easily inferred from the explained contents, the description below will be omitted.

FIG. 6 is a diagram illustrating a process in which data is transmitted and received between components included in the customized game service provision system combined with the dynamic learning content of FIG. 1 according to an embodiment of the present invention. Hereinafter, an example of the process of transmitting and receiving data between each component will be described with reference to FIG. 6, but the present application is not limited to this embodiment, and the process shown in FIG. 6 according to the various embodiments described above It is obvious to those skilled in the art that the process of transmitting and receiving data can be changed.

Referring to FIG. 6, the game service providing server receives at least one type of game environment from the user terminal (S6100).

And, the game service providing server receives at least one type of learning difficulty level from the user terminal (S6200).

In addition, the game service providing server controls the environment by creating the game environment and learning difficulty through the settings of the user terminal (S6300) and stores the play results of the user terminal (S6400).

The sequence between the above-described steps (S6100 to S6400) is only an example and is not limited thereto. That is, the order of the above-described steps (S6100 to S6400) may change, and some of the steps may be executed simultaneously or deleted.

Matters not described regarding the method of providing a customized game service combined with the dynamic learning content of FIG. 6 are the same as those previously described regarding the method of providing a customized game service combined with the dynamic learning content through FIGS. 1 to 5 or Since it can be easily inferred from the explained contents, the description below will be omitted.

The method of providing a customized game service combined with dynamic learning content according to an embodiment described with reference to FIG. 6 is also provided in the form of a recording medium containing instructions executable by a computer, such as an application or program module executed by a computer. It can be implemented. Computer-readable media can be any available media that can be accessed by a computer and includes both volatile and non-volatile media, removable and non-removable media. Additionally, computer-readable media may include all computer storage media. Computer storage media includes both volatile and non-volatile, removable and non-removable media implemented in any method or technology for storage of information such as computer-readable instructions, data structures, program modules or other data.

The method of providing a customized game service combined with dynamic learning content according to an embodiment of the present invention described above includes an application installed by default in a terminal (this may include programs included in a platform or operating system, etc., installed by default in the terminal). It may be executed by, and may also be executed by an application (i.e. program) installed by the user directly on the master terminal through an application providing server such as an application store server, an application, or a web server related to the service. In this sense, the method of providing a customized game service combined with dynamic learning content according to an embodiment of the present invention described above is implemented as an application (i.e., a program) installed by default in the terminal or directly installed by the user, and is installed in the terminal, etc. It may be recorded on a computer-readable recording medium.

The description of the present invention described above is for illustrative purposes, and those skilled in the art will understand that the present invention can be easily modified into other specific forms without changing the technical idea or essential features of the present invention. will be. Therefore, the embodiments described above should be understood in all respects as illustrative and not restrictive. For example, each component described as unitary may be implemented in a distributed manner, and similarly, components described as distributed may also be implemented in a combined form.

The scope of the present invention is indicated by the claims described below rather than the detailed description above, and all changes or modified forms derived from the meaning and scope of the claims and their equivalent concepts should be construed as being included in the scope of the present invention. do.

Claims (10)

A user terminal that sets the game environment and learning difficulty, plays the game, feeds back the game progress results, and then plays the game with the game environment and learning difficulty dynamically changed in response to the progress results; and
A game environment unit that receives at least one type of game environment from the user terminal, a personal situation unit that receives at least one type of learning difficulty level from the user terminal, and the game environment and learning difficulty level are generated by setting the user terminal. It includes a game service providing server including an environment control unit that controls the environment and a result storage unit that stores the play results of the user terminal,
The Ministry of Game Environment,
Using a preset demo, the elapsed play time, the success rate where the event touched by the user shows the same percentage as the preset correct answer, the success interval to measure the tension felt by the user, and whether the play environment is favorable for success in the mission. The user's skills are tested based on the item usage rate to determine the user's skill, and the game difficulty corresponding to the test results is applied to the game environment.
In order to dynamically change the game environment using the player's game behavior data, we collect the player's movement information that occurred while playing the game and analyze the information on movement in the game terrain during play time to provide basic information for dynamic terrain change. Combined with dynamic learning content that dynamically changes the game environment by changing the creation and placement of objects in the terrain creation of the next stage when the game is operated to the player's advantage by staying in a specific location for a long time. A customized game service provision system.
According to claim 1,
The environmental control department,
Set the size of the world in the game environment to be proportional to the learning difficulty,
Deriving disruptive elements in the game environment based on the game difficulty set in the user terminal and the learning difficulty level,
Set the mission level in the game environment to be proportional to the learning difficulty set in the user terminal,
Set the number of missions achieved in the game environment to be proportional to the game difficulty set in the user terminal,
A system for providing a customized game service combined with dynamic learning content, characterized in that the proportion of voice recognition in the game environment is increased or decreased based on the learning difficulty.
According to claim 1,
The result storage unit,
Game results including the game stage, environment and difficulty of the game environment unit, learning stage, content, difficulty and current situation of the personal situation unit, success or failure of the game played on the user terminal, information and progress time of the accomplished mission A customized game service provision system combined with dynamic learning content that is characterized by storing.
According to claim 1,
A system for providing a customized game service combined with dynamic learning content, wherein the at least one type of game environment includes game stages, environments, difficulty levels, environmental components, and interactive components.
According to claim 1,
When the personal situation unit receives input from the user terminal about the level of learning difficulty to proceed,
A system for providing a customized game service combined with dynamic learning content, wherein the environment control unit increases or decreases the size of the world in which game content is to be output to correspond to the length of text in the learning content to be output in response to the learning difficulty level.
According to claim 1,
The personal situation unit receives the user's emotional state from the user terminal,
A system for providing a customized game service combined with dynamic learning content, wherein the environment control unit changes the at least one type of game environment according to a preset mood.
According to claim 1,
The environmental control department,
A system for providing a customized game service combined with dynamic learning content, characterized in that the disruptive elements in the game environment are proportionally increased when the learning achievement of the user terminal is high.
Receiving, by a game service providing server, at least one type of game environment from a user terminal;
Receiving at least one type of learning difficulty level from the user terminal by the game service providing server;
controlling, by the game service providing server, an environment of game content based on the game environment and learning difficulty level set and input by the user terminal; and
It includes: storing the play results of the user terminal by the game service providing server,
The game service providing server is,
Using a preset demo, the elapsed play time, the success rate where the event touched by the user shows the same percentage as the preset correct answer, the success interval to measure the tension felt by the user, and whether the play environment is favorable for success in the mission. The user's skills are tested based on the item usage rate to determine the user's skill, and the game difficulty corresponding to the test results is applied to the game environment.
In order to dynamically change the game environment using the player's game behavior data, we collect the player's movement information that occurred while playing the game and analyze the information on movement in the game terrain during play time to provide basic information for dynamic terrain change. Combined with dynamic learning content that dynamically changes the game environment by changing the creation and placement of objects in the terrain creation of the next stage when the game is operated to the player's advantage by staying in a specific location for a long time. A method of providing customized game services.
According to claim 8,
The step of storing the play results of the user terminal is,
Game stage, environment, and difficulty of the game played on the user terminal, learning stage, content, difficulty, and current situation of the learning content in the game played on the user terminal, success or failure of the game played on the user terminal, and information on missions achieved and storing game results including progress time;
A method of providing a customized game service combined with dynamic learning content, comprising:
According to claim 8,
The user terminal is combined with dynamic learning content, characterized in that, after playing the game and feeding back the progress results of the game, the game is played with the game environment and learning difficulty dynamically changed in response to the progress results. How to provide customized game services.

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