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A adoção de aplicações informáticas com características de jogos online: Uma perspetiva no setor do e-banking em Portugal (Broacasting our studies)

The online game's commercial success and the influence on user behavior, led us to consider developing applications with games features in order to investigate which variables and features that could influence in e-banking adopting. The topic of games and business, lead us to a main research question, "What is the impact of computer applications with game features in e-banking?", and two other questions, "Which elements, characteristics or variables of games on e-bank [...]

Keywords : e-Commerce , Gamification, Online games, Software development, Information technology, Web design, Technology acceptance, e-Banking

Voluntary Play in Serious Games (Broacasting our studies)

AbstractVoluntariness is an important feature of games. Serious game designers intend to generate engaging gameplay, which implies that voluntary play should be equally important for serious games as for entertainment games. This paper describes the outcome of a study on the impact of voluntariness on learning in a serious game. The results of 19 participants, randomly assigned to voluntary and mandatory gameplay, are analyzed to identify possible differences. The findings of this study suggest [...]

Keywords : Serious games, Effectiveness, Learning effect, Freedom of choice

Supporting Collaborative Serious Game Studies Online (Broacasting our studies)

AbstractWhile a lot of papers have argued for the educational potential of serious games, the field is still young and methods and tools are needed in order to support effective and efficient design. The SG Studies Database is an instrument devised to allow sharing structured information about SGs. This information can be used by scholars and practitioners also to perform comparative analysis and identify components and modules that could be used in different games. The SG Studies database, whic [...]

Keywords : Personal Computing, Computers and Education, User Interfaces and Human Computer Interaction, Image Processing and Computer Vision, Artificial Intelligence (incl. Robotics), Software Engineering

A Practical Evaluation of the Influence of Input Devices on Playability (Broacasting our studies)

AbstractInnovations being achieved with interactive devices (screens, sensors etc.) allow the development of new forms of interaction for many applications. Videogames played with these devices are completely changing how we use them and taking advantage of intuitive interfaces. Based on that, we ask “What aspects of playability are affected using different input devices for a certain gaming task and how is gaming performance affected?”. Our contribution is to present a practical eva [...]

Keywords : Emotions in HCI, Entertainment systems, Evaluation methods and techniques, User Experience, Input devices

The Effects of a Customisable Pedagogical Agent in a Serious Game Teaching Art Concepts to Middle School Students (Broacasting our studies)

Abstract During this project a serious game was created, which included a pedagogical agent to teach middle schoolers about art concepts. The game is used to test if the option to customise the agent would have an effect on fun, knowledge gain, and how the player rated the agent. This game consists of five mini games and a character creator. The mini games each focused on teaching a specific art concept; perspective, image cropping, composition, genre, and colour blending. The player can cu [...]

Keywords : Serious game

L'Année Jeu Vidéo : 1992 (Book reference)

This tall book (larger than A4) is a collection of articles written by different authors who offer you a journey through the main video game-related events from the year 1992, in France. The book begins with a handful of papers dealing with year-long events, such as the home console competition between Nintendo and Sega, with a lot of figures. They are completed by a portrait of Masahiro Sakurai (Kirby, Smash Bros) and another one of the Lucasarts studio. Then, several articles are dealing with [...]

Keywords : history, 1992, console, pc, super nes, lucasarts

E3 2016 : les nouveautés les plus attendues au plus grand salon mondial du jeu vidéo (Broacasting our studies)

L'E3 (Electronic Entertainment Expo), le plus grand salon annuel du jeu vidéo, se tiendra cette semaine du 14 au 16 juin au Los Angeles Convention Center à Los Angeles. Il réunira des journalistes du monde entier, et sera le théâtre d'annonces des nouveautés et exclusivités des plus grands éditeurs (Microsoft, Ubisoft, Sony, Nintendo) qui modèleront l'univers vidéoludique pour l'année toute entière.

Keywords : Video game, Industry, Virtual Reality, Nintendo, Playstation, Xbox

Journée partenaires ESPE de Lille (Broacasting our studies)

===========Actions menées =========== Stand présentant le concept de Serious Game et les différents ouvrages de Ludoscience. ================Résumée de la journée================ Les fonctionnaires stagiaires de la promotion 2015-2016 ont pu rencontrer tous les partenaires de l’éducation. La journée du 9 juin qui a accueilli plus de 1200 étudiants fonctionnaires stagiaires, fera date dans l’histoi [...]

Keywords : Serious game, Edugame, Education, Ludopedagogy

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Retrogaming #2 : La Vectrex Cette 2eme session Rétrogaming se propose de (re)découvrir la console de jeu Vectrex (MB, 1982). Sur un plan pratique cet atelier se propose de présenter la machine et de la tester.Les différents jeux et accessoires proposées pour cette machine seront également évoqués.Enfin, une séance d'échanges autour de la Vectrex sera proposée au public.Quand ? : mercredi 8 juin de [...]

Keywords : Retrogaming, History, Videogames, Vectrex

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