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Introduction au Serious game (Book reference)
This book explores the "Serious Games" universe. It starts with a definition of Serious Games, in order to identify their differences from entertainment videogames. It will then present out with a lot of current examples of Serious Games from various domains: education, healthcare, communication, defense, politics, etc. The third part will explain you the history of Serious Games, while the fourth and final part gathers many interviews with people from the Serious Games field: designer [...]Keywords : serious game, definition, history, interviews, examples
Serious Games: Training & Teaching - Healthcare - Defence & security - Information & Communication (2nd ed.) (Broacasting our studies)
This report analyses the different Serious Game markets through a systematic examination of the technologies, the uses made of the games and the different professions involved, with particular focus on the key stages of design, development and distribution. It also explores the outlook for each market segment....Keywords : Serious Games, Serious Play
Low cost video game technology to measure and improve motor skills in children (Broacasting our studies)
Video games are ubiquitous in modern day life. Unfortunately, several children are overweight or even obese because they spend a lot of time watching television or playing non-physical video games, instead of perfoming physical activities. Furthermore, this lack of exercise affects their development. The fact that children are becoming overweight or obese is a health concern for many countries that are economical developed (like England) or are in development (like Mexico). In this paper we pres [...]Keywords : Costs, Medical treatment, Pediatrics, Minimally invasive surgery, TV, Games, Airplanes, Virtual reality
Taxonomy of Serious Games dedicated to Healthcare (Broacasting our studies)
Since the first days of the Serious Gaming industry, many Serious Games dedicated to Healthcare were released. However, all these games don’t serve the same purpose, nor they target the same audience. This article tries to propose an approach suited to handle the variety of such Serious Games. Starting from general definitions of Serious Games, we will build a taxonomy of Healthcare-related to Serious Games accompanied with several examples.Keywords : Serious Game, Retro Serious Game, Taxonomy, Healthcare, Prevention
Dora - Sasa la salade (Student project)
Chipeur the fox want to steal Dora's food and replace it with junk food. Protect Dora's health by stopping all the fox !Keywords : serious game, dora, action, shoot
Evolution (Student project)
A serious game teaching about healthy meals habits. Help Frank to pick food according to its limited budget, so he can have a long and healthy life...Keywords : serious game, healthy meals, healthy habits
Puppy's lunch (Student project)
A serious game teaching about healthy meal habits. Listening to advices from Puppy the dog, arrange a meal for your heroin, and watch what effect it will have on its health and life expectancy...Keywords : serious game, healthy meals, healthy habits, cartoon
Serious Games: Games That Educate, Train, And Inform (Book reference)
One of the flagship book of the current wave of Serious Games, focused on videogames. This 350 pages book start with a definition of Serious Games, through a comparative analysis with entertainment videogames. It then features a lot of games examples for each of the main Serious Games application domains in 2005: defense, government, corporate, education, healthcare, politics, religion and art. This book also gives some Serious Games design advices related to each of these domains. This bo [...]Keywords : serious game, definition, examples