Research Challenges at the Intersection of Computer Games and Software Engineering

This paper provides an overview and review of R&D studies, findings, and practices that identify important problems that constitute an emerging program of future R&D opportunities relevant to established scholars and new students interested in computer games and software engineering (CGSE). This includes examining how computer games may be used to address longstanding, grand challenge problems in software engineering in new ways. The review also examines other challenges in game software requirements engineering, game software design, game software testing, teamwork processes in CGSE, global CGSE, and other closely related areas for CGSE research. From these results, it becomes possible to identify and outline possible areas for future CGSE research opportunities that may be appropriate for consideration by students, scholars, or research agencies seeking to build up scientific and technological capabilities in CGSE research and educational practice.