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1、MobileGameDevelopmentProvidingtheskillsrequiredforinnovativemobilegamedevelopmentusingindustry/academicpartnershipsReubenEdwards&PaulCoulton,Informatics,InfoLab21,LancasterUniversity,UKAbstractMobilegamedevelopmentisseenasanarealikelytoexhibitincreasinginfluenceonthestructureofthegamesindustryalthou
2、ghmanycurrentpc/consolegamedevelopersarestrugglingtoadapttheirexistingpracticestothisnewmedium.Thisisduetoboththephysicalrestrictionsofthemobilephoneandthemobilenetworkasadevelopmentenvironmentandtheverydifferentdemographicofmobilegamer.Theyaregenerallyignoringtheinherentfeaturesofmobility,almostuni
3、versalconnectivity,context,location,andproximityavailableonmobilephonesandthusthepossibilitiesofcreatingnewgamegenres.Academiaiswell-placedtoteachtheskillsrequiredtoproducetheinnovationinmobilegamesdevelopmentthroughburgeoningresearchinpervasiveandmobilecomputing.However,theymustalsoovercomethepreju
4、dicesofthegameindustrywhichhasoftencriticisedacademicgamescoursesforfailingtogivestudentsatrueinsightintoitsdaytodayoperationoftheindustryandinparticularthecommercialpressuresofworkingtobudgetsandtimescales.InthispaperwedescribethestructurearoundourMScinMobileGameDesignandM-CommerceSystemswhichencou
5、ragesinnovationandentrepreneurshipwithinanacademicenvironmentbyemployinganindustrialapproachtoacademicgamedevelopmentthroughcollaborativepartnershipswithindustryandtheprovisionofadirectroutetomarket.IndexTermsMobileGamesEducation,Symbian,Brew,J2ME,FlashLite1IntroductionAttheheartofacademicresearchli
6、esthetaskofpushingtheboundariesofknowledgeandthentotransferthisknowledgeto:thewideracademiccommunity;students;andincreasingly,industry.Whilstacademicjournals,conferences,etcprovidethemechanismforknowledgetransfertotheacademiccommunityandHighereducationprovidesthesameforstudents,itisthetransferofknow
7、ledge,andinparticularintellectualproperty,toindustrythatremainsthemostdifficult.Specificprojectcollaborationsbetweenacademicsandcommercialorganisationsoftenprovideameansofjointdevelopmentofnewtechnolo