Abstract:This paper presents the design and implementation of a mini map navigation system into an RPG Action Adventure game created using Unity3D game engine with the goal of improving the usability and user experience. The main aim of this work is to find out how a mini map navigation system can be beneficial to the end user and improve the over game play of a video game. The mini map can help reducing the user frustration, as well as aiding story progression so that it keeps the user immersed
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Keywords : Games, Navigation, Prototypes, Usability, Animation, Cameras, Computers
Who knows Alive published by Lankhor in 1991? Probably very few people. This adventure game for the Amstrad CPC was developed by Arnaud Laplace and myself when we were still in high school. Inspired by films such as “New York 1997” and “Planet of the Apes",we imagined the game's story and then improvised as game designers, writers, coders, computer graphics artists and musicians to bring it to life. The
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Keywords : Retrogaming, Video game, Adventure, Amstrad CPC, Video game history
Serious games (SGs), the confluence of e-learning and videogames, have been developing very fast these past years. Indeed, SGs combine aspects of tutoring, teaching, training, communication and information, with entertainment elements derived from videogames, in order to capture people's attention for purposes that go beyond pure entertainment. However, the creation of a SG for educational purposes and professional training is a very time-consuming and expensive process. The challenge is to comb
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Keywords : Serious games, Scenario design, Authoring environment, e-learning, Pedagogical objective
The autobiography of Takahashi Meigin, someone relatively unknown here but known by every gamer in Japan. He spent most of his career as a employee in Hudson Soft, a game development studio who created the "Bomberman" and the "Mario Party" series, among many others popular titles. But Takashi Meijin wasn't a regular employee: instead of designing videogames, he was hired to advertise them. A remarkably skilled videogame player, he was casted as living legend during the NES/Fa
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Keywords : biography, takahashi meijin, hudson soft, japon, nes, pc engine, 16 shot
A book explaining in a clear and illustrated way how to use the videogame creation software RPG Maker (XP and VX versions). This software tool allows to easily create role-playing and adventure computer games without requiring any kind of computer programming skills. The author details the different aspects of this tool, from the simplest ones (software installation, level edition, visual events creation system...) to the more complex ones (Ruby scripts programming, creation of a real-tim
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Keywords : rpg maker xp, rpg maker vx, introduction, manual, programmation, simple, role playing game
An adventure and management game which will let you discover the pionneering telecommunication devices. Going back through time, you'll first have to manage ressources in order to let people "re-invent" the first telecommunication devices. You'll then be able to use them in order to understand how they worked. This game will extend your knowledge related to the history of telecommunications.
Keywords : serious game, telecommunication, adventure
A point & click adventure game. You play as a teenage girl who has to find a way to "escape" from his house, in order to go out with friends !
Keywords : feminine audience
An adventure game where you play as a detective woman. Your ability to disguise yourself in various fake characters, thanks to your wardrobe, will be very helpful to infiltrate any place in the city in order to find clues.
Keywords : feminine audience
Manimal (Student project)
An adventure/survival game concept. The player has the ability to transform himself in several animals. The player will have understand and master his power, while keeping quiet enough to seems a normal human being. (gameplay concept)
Keywords : free topic, adventure
This tiny 88 pages book attempts to provide a introduction to the world of video games to people who doesn't know anything about them. It begins with a quick summary of the history of video games, followed by a detailed presentation of the main games genres. It then presents the main steps of the creation process of a video games, and ends with leads for their future. The book is written in a way that makes each topic covered over two pages only: video games from the 70's, the 80's, the 90's, ac
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Keywords : video games, introduction, history, genres, design