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
The autobiography of Nicolas Gaume, founder of the french game studio Kalisto, which created some of the finest videogames during the 90's: Pac-in-time, Nightmare Creatures, Ultim@te Race Pro, Dark Earth, etc. Praised for the quality of its creations, this studio unfortunately closed its door in the 2000's, mainly due to the financial crisis caused by the burst of the ".com economy" bubble. This rare book is a detailed legacy of the quick transformation of the AAA videogames industry f
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Keywords : biography, nicolas gaume, kalisto, french touch
A scientific book that gathers contributions from 18 researchers who are studying different sides of videogames (design, use, interactivity, storytelling, emotions, gender, etc.).
Keywords : science, humanities
Quels sont les risques et les protections ? Quelle interaction entre le jeu et l'éducation ?
Keywords : serious game
This paper presents the project of extension of the on-line learning system Sphinx to multimedia capabilities. Sphinx is actually used by the students of the University Laval at Quebec in an artificial intelligence course. This system enables the student to revise during their course and before the exams. The originality of the method rises in collaborative way of working, each student adding comments on the others. This interactivity has reach its boundaries and a new way is arising in order to
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Keywords : pédagogie, Video Game, Avatar, Virtual Companion, Serious Game
A 700 pages introductory bible to the many concepts of Game Design. This book is an updated and revised edition of "Andrew Rollings and Ernest Adams on Game Design", and it's still divided in two parts. The first one is explaining the fundamental concepts of video game design: game design process, game mechanics, balancing, storytelling, characters, level design, etc. The second part of the book presents the main video game genres (action, adventure, simulation, sports, etc.) and their
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Keywords : game design, introduction, genre, beginner
The aim of this article is to present V.E.Ga.S tool, which intends to classify video games, study their nature and to corroborate hypothesis by a pragmatic approach. The approach has been inspired by the methodology of Vladimir Propp, who has classified Russian Tales at the time, as well as on the works and the "iterative" approach of the game designers Katie Salen and Eric Zimmerman. The approach consists in studying a significant number of video games in order to index their composit
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Keywords : Classification, Game design, Video Games, Morphology, Taxonomy, Bricks, Experimental Methods
Que l’éducation nationale, les Nations Unies et Greenpeace par exemple utilisent des jeux vidéos pour faire passer un message et communiquer, cela révèle que cette forme de loisir numérique constitue une alternative crédible aux formes classiques de la communication. De plus si le message intègre une dimension éducative, au sens le plus global du terme, nous pensons que nous sommes face à un n
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Keywords : Serious Game, Advertainment, Edugame, Education, Innovation, Marketing, Réception
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
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Keywords : Classification, Bricks, Gameplay, Taxonomy, Video games
More than 39000 games classified according many criterias: authors, years, gameplay, machines...
Keywords : Video Game