Designing and implementing common market for cross-game purchases between mobile games

Erkki Siira; Elina Annanperä; Otto Simola; Samuli Heinonen; Jani Yli-Kantola; Jani Järvinen

doi:10.18690/978-961-286-043-1.37

Designing and implementing common market for cross-game purchases between mobile games

Erkki Siira, Elina Annanperä, Otto Simola, Samuli Heinonen, Jani Yli-Kantola, Jani Järvinen

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference article in proceedings › Scientific › peer-review

Abstract

The mobile game markets are increasingly competitive and the game publishers are looking for new ways to increase player retention and cross commercialization of games. In this paper, we examine how a purchasing system using virtual currency based common market can be designed and implemented in order to create a larger service platform. The solution enables cross-game purchasing of virtual items from one game into another. We present how such a system can be designed, how it would fit into larger vision of multi-game ecosystem and what kind of limitations there are when implementing such a system. As a result, we describe solution of a bank and a marketplace entity, which are responsible of the transactions, virtual items and connecting games to each other. As a conclusion, we are presenting the expected challenges and expansion plans for the common market system.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	30th Bled eConference
Subtitle of host publication	Digital Transformation - From Connecting Things to Transforming our Lives, BLED 2017
Publisher	University of Maribor Press
Pages	531-544
Number of pages	14
ISBN (Print)	978-961-286-043-1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.18690/978-961-286-043-1.37
Publication status	Published - 2017
MoE publication type	A4 Article in a conference publication
Event	30th Bled eConference: Digital Transformation : From Connecting Things to Transforming Our Lives, Bled 2017 - Bled, Slovenia Duration: 18 Jun 2017 → 21 Jun 2017

Conference

Conference	30th Bled eConference
Abbreviated title	Bled 2017
Country	Slovenia
City	Bled
Period	18/06/17 → 21/06/17

Keywords

mobile games
virtual currency
common market
cross-game purchase

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Siira, E., Annanperä, E., Simola, O., Heinonen, S., Yli-Kantola, J., & Järvinen, J. (2017). Designing and implementing common market for cross-game purchases between mobile games. In 30th Bled eConference: Digital Transformation - From Connecting Things to Transforming our Lives, BLED 2017 (pp. 531-544). University of Maribor Press. https://doi.org/10.18690/978-961-286-043-1.37

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Siira, E, Annanperä, E, Simola, O, Heinonen, S, Yli-Kantola, J & Järvinen, J 2017, Designing and implementing common market for cross-game purchases between mobile games. in 30th Bled eConference: Digital Transformation - From Connecting Things to Transforming our Lives, BLED 2017. University of Maribor Press, pp. 531-544, 30th Bled eConference, Bled, Slovenia, 18/06/17. https://doi.org/10.18690/978-961-286-043-1.37

Designing and implementing common market for cross-game purchases between mobile games. / Siira, Erkki; Annanperä, Elina; Simola, Otto; Heinonen, Samuli; Yli-Kantola, Jani; Järvinen, Jani.

30th Bled eConference: Digital Transformation - From Connecting Things to Transforming our Lives, BLED 2017. University of Maribor Press, 2017. p. 531-544.

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference article in proceedings › Scientific › peer-review

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