This paper presents a review of the literature on game design. After proposing a theoretical framework to clarify the definition of "ludic interactivity", we analyze a corpus of 36 texts dealing with game design. This analysis will first enable us to sketch out a categorization of the different types of methodological approaches to game design. It will then allow us to reflect on the very nature of game design, and more specifically on the different stages that make up this process.
Keywords : Game Design, Formal model, Interactivity
Games, MMOG-s (Massively Multiplayer On-Line Games), on-line social sites etc have become a major cultural and economic force. The main distinguishing features and attraction of these applications is their interactivity and emergent quality – participants constantly change the state of affairs with their actions. Gameplay, the resulting dynamic flow of events, is fascinating: this is like execution of an algorithm, where elementary actions are defined by game rules, but the logic, the flow
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Keywords : Gameplay, Structure, On-line social , Games, MMOG-s (Massively Multiplayer On-Line Games)
A book about Serious Games, written by the two heads of a company who is one of the french leader in this area, KTM Advance. This book offers a captivating real-life feedback from people working in the Serious Games industry, and who share with us some cases studies and detail the design methodology they use in their company. A rare and very interesting testimony that should be more than relevant for anyone working professionally on Serious Games.
Keywords : serious game, entreprise, ktm advance, design methodology
This books tells the history of Player One, a French magazine dedicated to home videogames and manga, alongside with its various spin-offs such as Nintendo Player, Ultra Player, Manga Player and Player Station. Thanks to the interviews with most of the journalists who wrote for it, this 300 pages books gathers a lot of unique information. It starts with an introduction detailing the arrival of Manga and Anime in France, a context in which a company called Média Système Edition firs
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Keywords : player one, history, france, press, manga
Animation of the Serious Game's workshop dedicated to : "Corporate" in the context of e-virtuoses (November 2009).
Keywords : Serious Games, Corporate, Animation
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
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Keywords : Costs, Medical treatment, Pediatrics, Minimally invasive surgery, TV, Games, Airplanes, Virtual reality
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
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Keywords : User experience, Video Game, Gaming experience, Metaphor
A scientific book gathering 28 contributions from researchers who are specialized on Serious Games, over 530 pages. The covered topics are wide, ranging from the definition of "Serious Games" to the advantages, limits, and practical use of games for education and social change. An interesting book featuring the work of some recognized researches in the field: James Paul Gee, Henri Jenkins, Yasmin Kafai, Debra Lieberman, Joost Rassens, etc.
Keywords : serious game, scientific research
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
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
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Keywords : serious game, ecology