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Application of Serious Games in Industrial Contexts (Broacasting our studies)
This chapter describes application areas for serious games in the context of such CNOs. A classification scheme for serious games has been developed based on two different approaches: one based on a process framework, the other one based on a game genome approach. Both are applied on a number of known serious games with the objective to identify uncovered areas and gaps. These gaps represent new opportunities for the application of serious games which has not yet been realized. References ( [...]Keywords : Serious Game, Classification, Game genome approach, Virtual Organisation life cycle, Education, Industry
Le rôle des interfaces dans l?expérience de jeu vidéo : le jeu du ping-pong et son adaptation sur des plateformes numériques (Broacasting our studies)
Abstract: The market success of Video games shows us that they have become a significant alternative for leisure and entertainment. While observing the trends one can realize that game designers tend to transpose or adapt leisure activities such as dance, playing music or sports to the context of video games which has become even more obvious with the appearance of input devices incorporating physical movement as a mode of interaction. Inspired by these different forms of leisure, vide [...]Keywords : Design, videogames, interfaces, experiences, fun, interaction
Gunpei Yokoi : Vie et philosophie du dieu des jouets Nintendo (Book reference)
The biography of Gunpei Yokoi, one of the most creative employee Nintendo ever had. He is the creator of the Game & Watch, the Gameboy and the Virtual Boy, among others popular toys. This book is an excellent companion to the book series about the history of Nintendo, and offers many details about each creation of this little known genius. Besides the games and toys, this book also deals with the man itself, and more specificially with his famous "lateral thinking for old technologies&q [...]Keywords : gunpei yokoi, nintendo, biography, gameboy, game & watch, virtual boy, wonderswan
Michel Ancel : Biographie d'un créateur de jeux vidéo français (Book reference)
The biography of Michel Ancel, a french game designer, who is famous for creating the "Rayman" and "Raving Rabbids" series. This book details the creations of this famous game designer, by presenting the main steps of his career: the childhood of Michel Ancel, his first professionnal videogames, Rayman, Beyond Good & Evil, King Kong, Raving Rabbids, and Rayman Origins. Each chapter features an interview of someone who worked with Michel Ancel or who is part of his private [...]Keywords : biography, michel ancel, rayman, king kong, raving rabbids, beyond good & evil
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
Introduction au Serious game (Book reference)
This book explores the "Serious Games" universe. It starts with a definition of Serious Games, in order to identify their differences from entertainment videogames. It will then present out with a lot of current examples of Serious Games from various domains: education, healthcare, communication, defense, politics, etc. The third part will explain you the history of Serious Games, while the fourth and final part gathers many interviews with people from the Serious Games field: designer [...]Keywords : serious game, definition, history, interviews, examples
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
Level Up!: The Guide to Great Video Game Design (Book reference)
Through a book of over 500 pages, game designer Scott Rogers shares his professional experience of creating videogames. This industry veteran has worked on games such as God of War, Darksiders and the Maximo series, among others. This book deals with the various steps and key-points of the game design process: ideas, scenario, writing a Game Design Document, characters, camera, controls, user interface, level design, game mechanics, enemies... The main strength of this book lies in the way the a [...]Keywords : game design, example, game design document, maximo, drawing
Can "Gaming 2.0" Help Design "Serious Games"? A Comparative Study (Broacasting our studies)
The "Serious Games" field raises a specific need. People without professional game design skills, such as teachers, corporate trainers, therapists and advertising professionals, request tools that could allow them to create or modify such games. This article will analyze "Gaming 2.0" examples in order to identify tools that could help fulfill this need. Indeed, "Gaming 2.0" is a way for players to create videogame content without skills from the entertainment videog [...]Keywords : gaming 2.0, serious games, game design, level design, player-generated content
Takahashi Meijin : Autobiographie d'une idole du jeu vidéo au Japon (Book reference)
The autobiography of Takahashi Meigin, someone relatively unknown here but known by every gamer in Japan. He spent most of his career as a employee in Hudson Soft, a game development studio who created the "Bomberman" and the "Mario Party" series, among many others popular titles. But Takashi Meijin wasn't a regular employee: instead of designing videogames, he was hired to advertise them. A remarkably skilled videogame player, he was casted as living legend during the NES/Fa [...]Keywords : biography, takahashi meijin, hudson soft, japon, nes, pc engine, 16 shot