ABSTRACT
Data analytics have had a variety of uses in the gaming industry, most commonly in online games and the mobile market. However, in the development of FINAL FANTASY XV, an action style Role Playing Game (RPG), an additional use for data logging combined with visualization was found. This chapter addresses potential issues in FINAL FANTASY XV through a comprehensive logging and data analysis toolset. It describes various aspects of the game in a database and uses a web-based front end for analysis. This enables us to investigate movement issues, monitor event distributions in both time and space, and observe changes in the navigation mesh over time. A logging system that affects frame rate or causes gameplay issues is more harmful than it is helpful. A number of characteristics from the game are collected and analyzed during the development process, which has made debugging and investigation of data issues more efficient.
