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Research Article

Smartphone Games Heuristics (SmGH) – Towards a Standard Set of Platform-Centric Heuristic for Smartphone Games Evaluation

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Received 08 Jan 2024, Accepted 13 May 2024, Published online: 11 Jun 2024

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