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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
The creation of "Newsgames" as a teaching method: empirical observations (Broacasting our studies)
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
"Realities", digital games and learning (Broacasting our studies)
PRESENTATIONAs part of the work of Groupe de travail n°7 "Immersion numérique et virtualité" ("Digital immersion and virtuality") of the Digital Projects Incubator Group of the Direction du numérique pour l'éducation, we offer you the second webinar in our cycle "Réalité virtuelle et serious game dans le cadre de l'enseignement et de l'apprentissage" ("Virtual reality and serious games in teaching and learning" [...]Keywords : Serious Game, Game, Game based learning, Immersion, Virtual Reality, Video games
Automatic Extraction of Smart Game Based Learning Design Expertise: An Approach Based on Learning Ontology (Broacasting our studies)
Smart Game Based Learning System (SGBLS) design is a complex area. It requires the intervention of multiple actors with specific skills and expertise. Unfortunately, novice game designers who do not have necessary competency inspired from both educational and video games systems cannot successfully create SGBLS. For that, they have to acquire specific skills and expertise in an efficient and active pedagogical manner. To solve this problem, there are several existing techniques, among them learn [...]Keywords : Smart Game Based Learning System (SGBLS), Game design
Serious Games for the Development of Learning (Broacasting our studies)
With the advent of interactive media, learning by playing is taking a variety of forms. Serious game, this term may seem contradictory, in reality it reflexes a very current reality, it rests on the video culture playful learners. This type of games is appropriate for investing in classrooms, the idea is to make learning more interactive and motivating. They have been developed to enable learners to build their own knowledge, skills and knowhow to develop highlevel skills to deal with [...]Keywords : Serious Games, Education, Game, Learning, Video game
(Broacasting our studies)
A video game for learning is a complex computer system whose objective is to teach a learner new skills in a specific area of knowledge. Interdisciplinary teams responsible for this type of video game face significant communication and design challenges. They must therefore be able to rely on a formal and well-structured process in order to deal with the delicacy of bringing together education and video games. The method described in this paper combines instructional engineering video game devel [...]Keywords : Serious Game, Video Game, Learning, Instructional Design, Method
Playstation VR review: the body comes back in force! (Blog post)
This first of January 2017 was the occasion for Ludoscience to test the Playstation VR. Here's a look back at our observations and experiences with various titles associated with this technology. First of all, we tested the “Playstation VR Worlds” compilation and in particular the title: “Ocean Descent”, which invites us to visit the ocean depths. Protected by a cage, you descend little by little into the depths, contemplating the aquatic landscapes. Right from [...]Keywords : Video game, Virtual Reality, Playstation VR, Helmet, VR Helmet, Vertigo, Motion Sickness, Nausea
Apprendre le Game Design : aspects théoriques et pratiques (Lesson)
A presentation of both practical and theoretical dimensions of Game Design. It explains the basics before you can launch in creating a (video) game.Deals with the concepts of Fun, Flow, Gameplay loop, game rule, Gameplay bricks, etc. It will also tell you to participate in Game Jams! -= Presentation slides (in french) =- (Flash file - click inside the left or right side of the window to browse through the slides) Download the game Frog Hunt (1.7mo)Keywords : game design, theory, pratice, gameplay, fun
Le processus de Game Design : la création professionelle de jeux vidéo (Lesson)
An overall presentation of the various jobs related to videogames:Journalist / YoutuberSalesmanProfessionnal player (pro-gamer) Events organizer -= Presentation slides (in french) =- (Flash file - click inside the left or right side of the window to browse through the slides)Keywords : game design, indudtry, video games