Determining quality of an electronic game based on developer engagement metrics

A non-transitory computer-readable medium having computer-readable instructions stored thereon, which in response to execution by a processor, cause the processor to perform or control performance of operations that comprise:

• determining, by an activity tracker at a first computer, a number of actions that are performed using a game development tool, wherein the number of actions are performed during-first and second time frames, and wherein the actions correspond to a particular game designed using the game development tool;
• generating, by the activity tracker, a signal having content that represents the number of actions taken during the first and second time frames;
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• sending, by the activity tracker, the signal to an agent computer to enable a determination, by the agent computer, of a quality of the particular game from the content of the generated signal, wherein the quality of the particular game corresponds to a total developer time that includes a first duration of the first time frame in which a first number of actions exceeds a first threshold and excludes a second duration of the second time frame in which a second number of actions is below the first threshold, and wherein an alert to investigate the particular game is generated and sent by the agent computer to a system administrator in response to the determined quality of the particular game being below a second threshold to thereby indicate a low total developer time.

A system, comprising:

• a non-transitory computer-readable medium with computer-executable instructions stored thereon for a game development tool and for an activity tracker associated with the game development tool;
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• a processor at a first computer and coupled to the computer-readable medium, and operable to execute the instructions to render a user interface for the game development tool and to operate the activity tracker perform or control performance of operations that include:
• determine a number of actions performed using the game development tool, wherein the number of actions are performed during first and second time frames, and wherein the actions correspond to a particular game designed using the game development tool;
• generate a signal having content that represents the number of actions taken during the first and second time frames;
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• send the signal to an agent computer to enable a determination, by the agent computer, of a quality of the particular game from the content of the generated signal, wherein the quality of the particular game corresponds to a total developer time that includes a first duration of the first time frame in which a first number of actions exceeds a first threshold and excludes a second duration of the second time frame in which a second number of actions is below the first threshold, and wherein an alert to investigate the game is generated and sent by the agent computer to a system administrator in response to the determined quality of the particular game being below a second threshold to thereby indicate a low total developer time.