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Simulation, virtualisation et Serious Games (Lesson)
This PPT presents Serious Game, Rétro Serious Game, Serious Play and Serious Gaming concepts and learning questions.Keywords : Serious Games, Serious Play, Retro Serious Games, Serious Gaming, Learning
Simulateurs, virtualisation et jeux sérieux (Broacasting our studies)
A talk about defintions of Serious Games, Serious Play, Simulation, Retro Serious Games in order to debate around the game and Pedagogy. PPT of this talk.Keywords : Serious Games, Serious Gaming, Retro Serious Games, Pedagogy, Simulation, Retro SG, Retro Serious Games, Serious Play
Level Design: Concept, Theory, and Practice (Book reference)
This book is dedicated to level design, i.e. the design of levels, maps and other "playing spaces" for video games. Written as an introductory book, it first details the basis of level design, before discussing how it can be used to "embody" the mechanisms defined by game rules, to tell a story, or even to spark off emotions in player's mind. An interesting book for beginners discovering this topic.Keywords : level design, introduction
La théorie des jeux (Book reference)
A book introducing the so-called "game theory", which explains the numerous aspects of this research domain halfway between maths and economy. The author presents different kinds of "games", i.e. problems that allow him to introduce the various components of the game theory: zero-sum games and non zero-sum games, games with rational or irrational players, with or without collaboration, etc. While this book is exhaustive and while the author seems to master this topic, this bo [...]Keywords : game theory, introduction, maths, economy, expert
Evaluation of the impact of Serious Games in the context of Customer Relations (Broacasting our studies)
Post-doctoral thesis carried out from June 9, 2008 to September 8, 2009 at Orange Labs / France Télécom.The aim of this study is to evaluate the impact of Serious Games (SG) on the general public and on employees of the France Telecom group. The overall approach is written within the framework of Customer Relationship (CR), which is orchestrated by OR Tools for Customer Relationship. The main challenges are to- To help optimize customer relationship management with the aim of obtai [...]Keywords : Serious Games, Serious Play, Impact, Customer Relationship
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
Serious Games & Cultural Heritage: A case study of prehistoric caves (Broacasting our studies)
The creation and development of multimedia devices destined for the general public pose many questions for designers. In this article we present two multimedia applications – a Serious Play and a Serious Game – which were part of an experiment performed in 2006. This article will present both devices designed specifically for the promotion of a prehistoric heritage site – the Gargas caves – and describe how they were received by the general public. The aim of this task wa [...]Keywords : Serious Game, Cultural Heritage, Prehistory
On the core elements of the experience of playing video games (Broacasting our studies)
AbstractThis dissertation presents a multi-method approach to study the user experience of playing video games. The motivation is to devise an objective assessment of the concept of user experience. It is proposed that user experience is better understood when it is studied as a two fold phenomenon formed by a process and an outcome. This definition allows the combination of the subjective nature of experience together with the objectivity needed to propose an objective assessment of experi [...]Keywords : User experience, Video Game, Gaming experience, Metaphor
Japan Arcade Mania! The Turbo-Charged World of Japan's Game Centers (Book reference)
This book is dedicated to arcade video games in Japan. Each of the 9 chapters of this book is dedicated to a specific kind of arcade game: UFO Catchers (mechanical games where you have to catch objects with a grip), Puriruka (improved photo booths loved by teenagers girls), rhythm games, shoot'em ups, fighting games, games of chance (Pachinko, Mahjong...), dedicated arcade games (for those seeking adrenaline through Taikan games), retrogaming (arcade games from the 80's and 90's still played tod [...]Keywords : arcade, japan, versus fighting, shoot'em up, ufo catcher, rythm game, purikura, players
Colors, Faces and Illustrations New concepts for tools for reporting emotion and activity in a pervasive game (Broacasting our studies)
Abstract Players of video games often find themselves at a set location, in a room or a game hall, playing alone, with family or friends, even both, or maybe with strangers over the Internet. The game becomes intense when the player reaches a crucial moment or event. Such moments might be when the player has reached a new level, received a new piece of equipment, found the last hidden key or is about to kill the last “boss” in the game to win a war. The emotional state of the pl [...]Keywords : Pervasive games, Learning