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Aesthetic experience and the interface in digital games The production of an edutainment game - Moon (Broacasting our studies)
Abstract In this research, we present one of the principal aspects of games. The interfaces or better knew by the acronym HUD’s (Heads-Up Display). We are going to show the succinct evolution in the history of games suffered by them as well as the advance in their production in order to amplify or affect positive the immersion in digital games. We emphasize forms and ways of developing what we consider an intelligent interface (Boschetti, 2001), in order to help the INDIE developers w [...]Keywords : Interface, Aesthetic experience, Edutainment game
Les Serious Games : Une Révolution (Book reference)
An introductory book to the universe of Serious Games, written by an educator working with them on a daily basis in an "after-school" context. The book starts by defining Serious Games and their history, with many examples. The author then explores "why?" Serious Games, again backed by a lot of case studies. The last part of the book gathers a lot of references and resources on the topic, from tools and advices to design your own Serious Games to a list of events and schools [...]Keywords : serious games, introduction, history, events, schools
Perspectives d'avenir (Broacasting our studies)
It's always complex to anticipate the evolution of an object. So we'll remain cautious, modestly confining ourselves to extrapolating the evolution of Serious games over the coming months and years, based on the technological innovations and uses we've identified at the start of 2012. At the same time, we'll be exploring the history of video games, which this year celebrates its 40th anniversary with the release of Pong (Atari, 1972), marking the industry's tangible start, or its 65th anniversar [...]Keywords : Serious game, Outlook
Serious Games : Enjeux, offre et marché - Enseignement - Formation - Santé Information & Communication - Défense (3e e.) (Broacasting our studies)
This study examines the various market segments of Serious Gaming based on detailed case studies and a systematic presentation of the corresponding technologies, practices and know-how, while emphasising on the key stages of the design, development and dissemination phases. It also provides technology and business prospects for each market segment.Keywords : Serious Game, Market, Education, Evolution, Defence, Training, Health, Study
Serious Games: Issues, offer and market Education - Training - Health Care Information & Communication - Defence (3rd Edition) (Broacasting our studies)
This study examines the various market segments of Serious Gaming based on detailed case studies and a systematic presentation of the corresponding technologies, practices and know-how, while emphasising on the key stages of the design, development and dissemination phases. It also provides technology and business prospects for each market segment. Serious Gaming (SG) is at the crossroads of several disciplines: e-learning, computing, engineering, virtual world d [...]Keywords : Serious Game, Market, Evolution, Health, Defence, Education, Study, Training
A serious game based method for business process management (Broacasting our studies)
Abstract:Nowadays, organizations have to be flexible enough to allow adjustments to new circumstances and to be able to align their processes in a short time according to the users requirements, respecting environmental constraints and technological evolution. The challenges are then to improve process efficiency and quality, to introduce a continuous process evolution and to improve the stakeholder's satisfaction. This article proposes a Serious Game-based Method for Business Process Management [...]Keywords : Serious game, Business Process, Modeling, Management, Participative process, Process improvement, BPM
Tunisian Oppression (Student project)
A Serious Game about the revolution that took place in tunisia during the year 2011. You are casted as the dictator, who must try to stay in command as long as possible before being forced to escape by the people...Please be informed that this game tackles a very important event in a satirical way, which some people might find offensive (although this game was in NO WAY designed to be offensive).Keywords : serious game, newsgame, politics, tunisian revolution
Michel Ancel : Biographie d'un créateur de jeux vidéo français (Book reference)
The biography of Michel Ancel, a french game designer, who is famous for creating the "Rayman" and "Raving Rabbids" series. This book details the creations of this famous game designer, by presenting the main steps of his career: the childhood of Michel Ancel, his first professionnal videogames, Rayman, Beyond Good & Evil, King Kong, Raving Rabbids, and Rayman Origins. Each chapter features an interview of someone who worked with Michel Ancel or who is part of his private [...]Keywords : biography, michel ancel, rayman, king kong, raving rabbids, beyond good & evil
Serious Game : révolution pédagogique (Book reference)
A book about Serious Games, written by the two heads of a company who is one of the french leader in this area, KTM Advance. This book offers a captivating real-life feedback from people working in the Serious Games industry, and who share with us some cases studies and detail the design methodology they use in their company. A rare and very interesting testimony that should be more than relevant for anyone working professionally on Serious Games.Keywords : serious game, entreprise, ktm advance, design methodology
Des Pixels à Hollywood (Book reference)
This book deals with the rich history of videogames and cinema, and more specifically their relations with American movies. The author details with a high level of precision the various links between the movie and videogame industries, such as the numerous movies-games and games-movies adaptions. But the author doesn't remain at a surface level, he pursues his analysis at a deep level: he studies the evolution of games-movies relations according to the different economical eras of the videogames [...]Keywords : cinema, videogames, hollywood, thesis, mario, donkey kong, warner