LudoScience

Med's Lab (Student project)

A Serious Game dealing with the "Mediator" drug scandal that took place in France. You are playing as a journalist who investigates inside a very strange laboratory. This investigation will make you discover some secrets that will force you to run to protect your life! 

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Se former en jouant : le "serious game" (Broacasting our studies)

 Interview by Philippe Duport  Hear the podcast

Keywords : Serious games

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Serious Wine night - Official registration of the Ludoscience association (Our projects)

In order to celebrate the official registration of our Ludoscience association, we organized a party at "La Cantine" in Toulouse (France). We proposed a selection of Serious Games to play, but we also introduced a wide selection of great french wines to taste and drink.     Medias who talked about it Ludovia "Inauguration de Ludoscience" Ludovia TV, 2011. Lire l'article (Ludovia TV) Chantal Delsouc "Inauguration de LudoScience : quand Serious gam [...]

Keywords : serious game, food

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la conduite et la simulation (Broacasting our studies)

 Gérard Feldzer talk about Serious games...

Keywords : Simulation

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The educational contribution of serious games (Broacasting our studies)

From the education 2010 show, the students of LDVTV proposed us a special show on the "serious games", broadcast live on Curiosphere.tv. In the present from this broadcast, Julien Llanas, Chargé de mission in the Academy of Créteil, and Julian Alvarez, researcher and designer of serious games in Ludoscience, specify the specificity of the educational contribution of serious games.   Acces to the vidéo

Keywords : Serious game, Education, Pedagogy

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EDoS: An authoring environment for serious games design based on three models (Broacasting our studies)

Serious games (SGs), the confluence of e-learning and videogames, have been developing very fast these past years. Indeed, SGs combine aspects of tutoring, teaching, training, communication and information, with entertainment elements derived from videogames, in order to capture people's attention for purposes that go beyond pure entertainment. However, the creation of a SG for educational purposes and professional training is a very time-consuming and expensive process. The challenge is to comb [...]

Keywords : Serious games, Scenario design, Authoring environment, e-learning, Pedagogical objective

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Mahjian (Our projects)

Mahjian is an "Alternate Reality Game" who took place during 6 month (from january to june 2011) in the city of Blagnac, France. Proposing puzzles to solve on Internet mixed with real-life treasure hunts throughout the city, alongside with a giant game-show as a closing event, this game was designed to promote the cultural activities of Blagnac city.  While we were working for the game libraray of the Odyssud cultural center, we got involved in the geensis of this game, an [...]

Keywords : serious game, alternate reality game

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Un Serious Game pour l'écoquartier Andromède (Broacasting our studies)

A short tv documentary broadcasted in the local news bulletin program of the "France 3" channel which presents the Serious Games EcoReporter : à la découverte d'Andromède and Le Jardinier Ecolo, designed by Damien Djaouti for his PhD thesis.

Keywords : serious game, ecology, tv

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Why So Serious? On the Relation of Serious Games and Learning (Broacasting our studies)

Serious games have become a key segment in the games market as well as in academic research. Although the number of games that identify themselves as belonging to this category as well as the research done on their effects has been rapidly growing, there has thus far been no attempt to define all of the various opportunities that digital games provide for learning. To address this issue we look at existing definitions of serious games and their potential for learning. We identify the shortcoming [...]

Keywords : Serious game, Learning

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Replay : The History of Video Games (Book reference)

Alongside with "The Ultimate History of Videogames" and  "La Saga des Jeux vidéo", here is without a doubt the third must-read book for anyone who want to have a global view on the history of videogames. The authors starts from the early games up to nowadays, and tells the story of the most important games and machines thanks to interviews with their creators. The added value of this book compared to the two previous ones is the fact that, in addition to tackling [...]

Keywords : history, united kindgom, france, europe

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