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A classification of video games deduced by a pragmatic approach (Broacasting our studies)

The aim of this article is to present a classification of video games deduced by a pragmatic approach. The methodology consisted in indexing a significant number of video games by taking account their elementary “game bricks”. At last all these combinations have been studied in a database called V.E.Ga.S. Access to proceedings

Keywords : Classification, Bricks, Gameplay, Taxonomy, Game, Play, Morphology

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Etude morphologique des jeux vidéo (Broacasting our studies)

L’objet de cet article est de présenter un outil destiné à classer les jeux vidéo, étudier leur nature et corroborer des hypothèses par une approche pragmatique. L’approche suivie est de s’inspirer de la méthodologie de Vladimir Propp qui a servi à classer les contes russes en son temps, tout en nous appuyant sur les travaux et l’approche « itérative » des game designers Katie Salen et Er [...]

Keywords : Classification, Bricks, Gameplay, Taxonomy, Video games

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Video game classification (Videogame)

More than 39000 games classified according many criterias: authors, years, gameplay, machines... 

Keywords : Video Game

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EduMarket Game: Technocity (Broacasting our studies)

The objective of this paper is to restore the process of development and installation of a project called "Technocity" which aims to develop technology courses of French State Education among the young people from 15 to 18 years old. We develop a gameplay to build a new school guidance tools. We choose to create a dynamic approach with video game and shortly report on different technical job. After, we explore the impact and the reception of this tool in different classrooms by childre [...]

Keywords : Advertaising tools, Advertainment, Education, Innovation, Marketing, Reception, School guidance, Serious Game

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New Advertising Tools for School Guidance (Broacasting our studies)

The objective of this paper is to restore the process of development and installation of a project called "Technocity" which aims to develop technology courses of French State Education among the young people from 15 to 18 years old, with a very special care for the girls. We develop a gameplay to build a new school guidance tools. We choose to create a dynamic approach with video game and shortly report on different technical job. After, we explore the impact and the reception of this [...]

Keywords : School guidance, Advertaising tools, Advertainment, Education, Edumarket game, Innovation, Marketing, Reception

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New advertising tools: Edumarket game (Broacasting our studies)

The objective of this paper is to restore the process of development and installation of a project called "Technocity" which aims to develop technology courses of French State Education among the young people from 15 to 18 years old, with a very special care for the girls. We develop a gameplay to build a new school guidance tools. We choose to create a dynamic approach with video game and shortly report on different technical job. After, we explore the impact and the reception of this [...]

Keywords : serious game, Advertising tools, Advertainment, Education, Edumarket game, Innovation, Marketing, Reception

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The Game Design Reader - A Rules of Play Anthology (Book reference)

With nearly 1000 pages, this heavy book was baked for you by two of best videogames researchers. I gathers many articles that anyone serious about the study of games must (or at least should) have read. The articles gathers are quite different, ranging from scientific essays about the definition of videogames (Huinzingua, Caillois, Suits, etc.) to players gaming diaries and professional game developers postmortems (Valve Software on how they created Half-Life, Lucasart on their pioneering MMO &q [...]

Keywords : research, game studies, history, definition

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Disco hit my Keyboard (Student project)

Your keyboard is a dancefloor !   Follow the flashlights by pressing the according key, and let the groove runs though your veins !  Disco is still alive !

Keywords : keyboard

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ColdHot (Student project)

Press any key on your keybord and you'll see if you're near ("hot") or far ("cold") from the chosen key.  Conception and development by Sfeir Dyana and Vialaret Christian. ESAV 2006.

Keywords : keyboard

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Duckstructor (Student project)

Stop sick ducks with your chainsaw. Beware, keyboard keys mappings will change during play !

Keywords : keyboard

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