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Emergence of the "gameplay" term in the English-speaking and French-speaking video game culture sphere in the 20th century (Broacasting our studies)
The present study aims to verify the emergence of the terms « game play » (in one word) and « gameplay » (in two words) within the framework of the Anglophone and Francophone video game cultural sphere. Starting from the writings of Wikipedia who sees the origin of these words associated with the mention « How the game plays ? » which would have appeared on the first coin-op arcade games, we are conducting an investigation of [...]Keywords : gameplay, game play, video game, lexicometry, emergence, coin-op arcade Games, History of video game
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On February 5, 2020 in Lille, as part of the “Didapro” Francophone computer didactics symposium, a workshop entitled “MOTIF..MOTIF..MOTIF.. is to repeat MOTIF... 3 times” was proposed. (https://www.didapro.org/8/programme/#atelier). The aim of the workshop was to introduce young Cycle 1 pupils (kindergarten and first grade) to computer thinking through two edutainment sessions involving teachers and researchers. The proposed activities were game-based, with the pedagogica [...]Keywords : Serious game, Edutainment, Ludopedagogy, Evaluation, Debriefing, Education, CEPAJe, Colectyng
Preface of the book ?The Gamification Toolbox? (Broacasting our studies)
These days, we're seeing an increase in references to the culture of games and video games. It's in this context that we find the phenomenon of gamification. But is it aimed exclusively at gaming enthusiasts, or is it open to all? To find out, let's play! The rules are simple: take a look at Camille's day below. Each time you come across the symbols * @ & #, ask yourself if the sentence matches you. If so, count the symbol in question. Early in the morning, the clock radio plays 8-bit mu [...]Keywords : Serious game, Game, Gamification
Design Games and Game Design: Relations Between Design, Codesign and Serious Games in Adult Education (Broacasting our studies)
Experience design implies an "experience to be lived" (Vial, 2015) where the subjects "interact with their natural and artificial environment". If we can easily imagine a "natural" or "artificial" environment, there is an in-between proposed by the game. Neither totally "natural" because it can rely on artifacts, nor totally "artificial" because some animals play and the game activity falls, depending o [...]Keywords : Serious Game, Design Game, Game design, Gamification, Ungamification, Serious Game design, Serious Play design
Differentiate between Play and Game... (Blog post)
Here's a question posed by one of our DIU Apprendre par le jeu students: “I'm currently following the MOOC on serious games offered by the Erasmus University of Rotterdam: https://www.coursera.org/learn/serious-gaming Very interesting, by the way...I'm coming up to week 2, which deals with the psychological approach to games, and here's what it says about the difference between “play” and “game”:Game are specific form of play, but not all play can be considered [...]Keywords : Play, Game, Toy, Term, Definition, English speaking
Design Games and Game Design: Relations Between Design, Codesign and Serious Games in Adult Education (Broacasting our studies)
This chapter defines, explores and illustrates the terms "design", "design games", "game design", "codesign", "games", "serious games" and "gamification". It explores links between design and serious play. The chapter also identifies the different approaches people know about in order to design a serious game, illustrates it with examples and checks on a case-by-case basis whether the deep mises en abymes currently associated [...]Keywords : Serious game, Design, Design game, Game Design, Codesign, Games, Gamification
Ludopedagogy (Broacasting our studies)
Ludopedagogy is the idea of using games, or serious games, as a teaching method. Contrary to what such a term might suggest etymologically (“pedo” refers to “child”), the term “ludopedagogy” comes from adult education. Banks and major groups use the term to designate teaching methods to designate teaching methods targeting their employees. We could, however, refer to such approaches as “ludo-andragogy”. But this neologism has no currency.Unive [...]Keywords : Ludopedagogy, Edutainement, Serious game, Pedagogy
Blue Bot Project experiment: First statistical results of the performance of 5-year-olds pupils on their ability to program (Broacasting our studies)
BLUE BOT PROJECT Serious digital games are attractive educational tools and resources which are undoubtedly relevant in appropriate contexts and situations (Alvarez et al., 2016). Faced with growing screen consumption by young children and its dangers on the development of several capacities, the exposure of kindergarten children is questionable (Tisseron, 2013). In order to benefit from the potential of serious digital games, without achieving overexposure to the screen, the use of toys su [...]Keywords : Serious Game, Robot
Recommendations for the Design of Serious Games in Neurodegenerative Diseases (Broacasting our studies)
The use of Serious Games (SG) in the health domain is expanding. In the field of Neurodegenerative Diseases (ND) such as Alzheimer’s Disease, SG are currently employed to provide alternative solutions for patients’ treatment, stimulation, and rehabilitation. The design of SG for people with ND implies collaborations between professionals in ND and professionals in SG design. As the field is quite young, professionals specialized in both ND and SG are still rare, and recommendations f [...]Keywords : Serious games, Ergonomic criteria, Game design, Alzheimer Disease, Mild cognitive impairment
Analogies between the world of cinema and Serious Games (Blog post)
To understand how Serious Games fit into the videogame landscape, we can draw an analogy with the world of cinema.In the film industry, we primarily find big-budget entertainment films, also known as “block busters”.In the video-game industry, the equivalent would be AAA (triple-A) titles. Next come auteur or independent films. This is where we find the independent games community.As for art films, we identify Arts games such as Jason Rohrer's Passage.Then we come to documentari [...]Keywords : Serious game, Video game industry, Documentary, Movie industry, Docu-fiction, Art game, Advergame, Audio-visual