This mind map presents all Julian Alvarez's work since 1991 in the fields of serious games, edutainment, video games, robot pedagogy... In concrete terms, you'll find writings, applications, videos, podcasts... The idea is to offer you a different way of browsing the various resources.
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Back to school! It's time to review your mental calculation skills, and we've just released a video game for that: Math Smashers. It's an arcade game that will challenge both your dexterity and your mental calculation skills.
Each level is made of bubbles floating around. Each bubble holds a number. You play as a "Smasher", a soldier equipped with a grappling hook. Using this weapon, you’ll have to smash bubbles together: their numbers will then add up. Smash bubbles so their numbers match the goal number displayed on top of the screen to earn points!
But beware, if your soldier get hit by a bubble, he’ll explode!
The game offers a selection of 10 "Smashers" to play with. Each Smasher comes with a different gameplay style: ground infantry - quick but fragile; Tank - though but hard to drive; Plane - a vehicle that can’t stop moving forward; etc.
Click here to play Math Smashers on this website
The game is also available on mobile:
Android (Google Play)
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=air.com.ludoscience.mathsmashers
iOS (Apple Appstore)
https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/math-smashers/id1249699782
Amazon App Store
IDATE is pleased to offer for free the Serious Games study published in 2012.
This is the 3rd edition that succeeds those of 2010 and 2008.
This third edition analyzes the different segments of the Serious Gaming market based on detailed case studies and a systematic presentation of technologies, uses and professions, particularly analyzing the key stages of design, development and diffusion. It also presents the technological and business prospects for each market segment.