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Some simple game design tools (Lesson)
This presentation compares several easy to use tools suited to create videogames. -= Presentation slides (in french) =- (Flash file - click inside the window to give it the keyboard focus,then use the left and right arrow keys to browse through the slides)Keywords : game design, tools, creation, easy
Designing a game - a simple methodology (Lesson)
Introduction to a simple methodology (3 steps) to design videogames. -= Presentation slides (in french) =- (Flash file - click inside the window to give it the keyboard focus,then use the left and right arrow keys to browse through the slides)Keywords : game design, methodology, simple
Une matrice se cache derrière nos jeux d'arcade (Broacasting our studies)
An article about using the GamePlay bricks with arcade gamesKeywords : bricks, gameplay, arcade
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
La Saga des Jeux Vidéo (Book reference)
The french written reference about the history of videogames. This must-have book has know five different editions between 1997 and 2012. It details the story of many famous videogames thanks to interviews with their designers: Pong, Tomb Raider, Tetris, Doom, Myst, Sim City, etc. The book also have a background story with the life of Philippe Ulrich, famous french game designer and founder of Cryo, who have lived through all the stages of the videogames history. A very interesting read wi [...]Keywords : history, france, world of warcraft
Kaisha / Kompany (Our projects)
Kaisha (a.k.a Kompany) is a Serious Game, available on social networks such as Facebook, that enables students in 8th and 9th grade to discover Corporate life through gameplay! The game helps teenagers learn the essential vocabulary used in the workplace and the principal mechanisms that underlie corporate activity. This project is initiated and coproduced with the French Ministry of Education.Keywords : serious game, job orientation, corporate
geDriver (Our projects)
A Serious Game, based on a car simulator, designed to teach how to drive in a ecological way. The player has to drive a car in a city to reach a place in a limited amount of time. The goal of the game is to try to reduce the amount of C02 produced by the car through an "ecological" style of driving: taking the habit to brake "softly", learning how to shift gears, knowing when to turn the engine off... This project received a grant from the french gover [...]Keywords : serious game, ecology
« Serious games » : apprendre en jouant ? (Broacasting our studies)
Distance learning technology used at the beginning of 2000s has not gained a wide approval. Recently, the numerous new options rendered possible by NTIC development have not yet been analyzed or interpreted properly and a through indepth study of e-learning is lacking. We distinguish three on-line methods of e-learning. Rapid learning consists on static information publishing which, in best cases, can have knowledge tests or spoken information. To improve this, a training by “scenarios&rdq [...]LCI, Plein Ecran of january the 31th of 2009: The video game is serious. (Broacasting our studies)
"This week, it's serious! The Serious Gaming is a new market of the video game industry dedicated to the learning, advertising, political... areas. A world market of 50 billions USD." Journalist :Cédric Ingrand Speakers : Jean-Claude La Rue (SELL), Sébastien Beck (DAESIGN) et Julian Alvarez (Orange Labs/ Ludoscience). PodcastKeywords : Serious Games, LCI, Plein Ecran, Market, Video games, Serious Gaming
Serious Games Opinions (Our projects)
A Web 2.0 site dedicated to the evaluation of Serious Games. Visitor can play and rate a selection of Serious Games, and comment these games. http://www.seriousgamesopinions.org/ Publications related to this projet Julian Alvarez, Valérie Maffiolo "Etude de l'impact de communications électroniques basées sur le Serious game - 3ème approche" SEE / Revue REE, ISSN 1265-6534, n°4, 2011, p. 85, 2011. Site de la revueKeywords : serious game, rating