The Mobile Life Simulator for Introducing the Career as a Professional Player in E-Sport

Abstract The concept of e-sport has been popular over these years. The e-sport industry reached more than one billion US Dollar of market share in 2019 and expecting significant growth over the next years. E-sports has become one of the most growth potential projects that provide the innovation and may attract investment in this current era of digital-electronics industry. This also leads to the growing number of people who are interested in craving their career in the e-sport industry (e.g. as professional players). However, a recent study shows only a number of people who are aware and know how to pave their way towards professional players profession. Not many people know what to expect, how to prepare, and what to do if they wanted to become a professional player in e-sport industry. Hence, this research aims to provide education about the e-sports’ career path by developing a mobile-based game application. The main objective of this application is to make the character become a professional player. The results of this research indicate that the proposed game helps players to understand more on the e-sport industry. The players also become more motivated to become a professional player in e-sport industry after they played the game.