Research and analysis of browser games

Yibing Chen; Haoyu Qin

doi:10.54254/2755-2721/17/20230910

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Chen,Y.;Qin,H. (2023). Research and analysis of browser games. Applied and Computational Engineering,17,45-52.

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Research and analysis of browser games

Yibing Chen *^,1, Haoyu Qin ²

¹ Northeastern University Boston
² Nanjing Foreign Language School

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https://doi.org/10.54254/2755-2721/17/20230910

Abstract

In 1987, the first video game was published. People entered a new world to explore gaming. After ten years, browser games were invented. In order to deeply discuss browser games’ future, this article summarizes the features and current situation of browser games. This article analyzes the strengthens of browser games in three aspects, which are convenient setup for players to start the game, social interaction for players to interact with other people, and free-to-play experience provided for players. The analysis of browser games’ weaknesses is included in this article as well, which were the potential factors that lead browser games to current situation. The weaknesses are browser games’ low quality of display and the dependencies of the internet. Also, this article analyzes the reasons why the revenue of browser games reduced, which are related to the presence of mobile games, the reduction of funding, and the stopped service of Adobe Flash player. In conclusion, the full article and the future development of browser games were concluded.

Keywords

browser game, strengthens, weaknesses, revenue

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Chen,Y.;Qin,H. (2023). Research and analysis of browser games. Applied and Computational Engineering,17,45-52.

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Volume title: Proceedings of the 5th International Conference on Computing and Data Science

Conference website: https://2023.confcds.org/

ISBN：978-1-83558-025-7(Print) / 978-1-83558-026-4(Online)

Conference date: 14 July 2023

Editor：Roman Bauer, Marwan Omar, Alan Wang

Series: Applied and Computational Engineering

Volume number: Vol.17

ISSN：2755-2721(Print) / 2755-273X(Online)

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