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DICE: A Generic Model for the Design Process of Serious Games (Diffusion de nos travaux)

This article deals with serious game design methods. More specifically, it focuses on the following question: is there any universal series of steps to design a serious game? Or is the availability of several different design methods unavoidable? To try to answer this question, we will study a corpus of ten design methods suited to Serious Games. Most of these theoretical tools are coming from or aimed to industry professionals. This literary review will allow us to perform a comparative [...]

Mots-clés : game design, serious game, methodologie, modele generique

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THE PERIODIC TABLE FOR VIDEO GAME ANALYZIS (Diffusion de nos travaux)

P0627THE PERIODIC TABLE FOR VIDEO GAME ANALYZISCHEMISTRY AND EDUCATION2. Tools in chemistry educationJ. Alvarez 1.,*Recherche Dept. / Université Polytechnique Hauts-de-France - Devisu - Lille (France)*Corresponding author(s).Email: julian.alvarez@espe-lnf.fr (J.Alvarez)Abstract This communication aims to present a formal deconstruction of video games in the form of various elementary elements called "Gameplay Bricks". To understand these elements and stu [...]

Mots-clés : Atomic Approach, Gameplay, Taxinomy, Formalism, Periodic Table

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Datagame : gamifier le crowdsourcing et partager les richesses ? (Diffusion de nos travaux)

RÉSUMÉ. Cette présentation se propose de remettre en question l’un des critères proposé par Roger Caillois pour définir le jeu. Ce critère est le 4e en lien avec l’improductivité. En nous appuyant sur le Datagame, catégorie de jeu appartenant à l’ensemble du Serious Game, nous proposons de faire la démonstration par une approche hypothéticodéductive de notre mise en r [...]

Mots-clés : Datagame, Serious Game, Jeu vidéo, Jeu sérieux, Health Game, Gamification, Base de données, Crowdsourcing

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Blue Bot Project experiment: First statistical results of the performance of 5-year-olds pupils on their ability to program (Diffusion de nos travaux)

BLUE BOT PROJECT Serious digital games are attractive educational tools and resources which are undoubtedly relevant in appropriate contexts and situations (Alvarez et al., 2016). Faced with growing screen consumption by young children and its dangers on the development of several capacities, the exposure of kindergarten children is questionable (Tisseron, 2013). In order to benefit from the potential of serious digital games, without achieving overexposure to the screen, the use of toys su [...]

Mots-clés : Serious Game, Robot

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Tracking Students? Activities in Serious Games (Diffusion de nos travaux)

Abstract  A Serious Game (SG) is a virtual process designed for the purpose of real-world problem-solving. In SG analytics studies, learning processes are tracked using diverse techniques to support the personalization of instruction. However, it is a challenge to find potential meanings of each parameter of the tracking logs and define an appropriate indicator for a user’s behavior. Game tracking logs often only provide limited information regardless of a game context. Therefore, res [...]

Mots-clés : Serious games analytics, Visualization, Learning path

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Improving Democratic Awareness and Participation in the European Elections by means of Digital Narrative-Based Learning: a Research Agenda (Diffusion de nos travaux)

Based on the FEPES project (First European Parliament Elections Simulator), this paper seeks to contribute to the growing field of research and experiments dealing with political sciences digital games. Awareness and democratic participation to the European union are significant and critical social issues. Digital narrative-based learning offers a means of raising citizens’awareness and in engaging them in participating to the democratic life of the European Union. An online survey was con [...]

Mots-clés : Serious Game, European Parliament, Political sciences digital games, Game

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Skill assessment in learning experiences based on serious games: A systematic mapping study (Diffusion de nos travaux)

AbstractSerious games are games with an educational purpose. In these games, players develop their skills by facing a number of challenges, and students are assessed according to their game playing behaviour. Assessment of serious game-based learning experiences has to take into account diverse features as game genre, pedagogical aim or game context. This paper analyses how skills are usually assessed in learning experiences based on serious games. To reach this objective, a systematic mapping s [...]

Mots-clés : Serious games, Game based learning, Systematic mapping study, Skill assessment, Interactive learning environments

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Creating Story-Based Serious Games Using a Controlled Natural Language Domain Specific Modeling Language (Diffusion de nos travaux)

AbstractCreating serious games calls for a multidisciplinary design team, including game developers, subject-matter experts, pedagogical experts, and narrative designers. However, such multidisciplinary teams often experience communication and collaboration problems due to differences in terminology, background and the concerns of the people involved. As one step towards solving this problem, we developed a modeling language for authors of serious games to specify both the story and the pedagogi [...]

Mots-clés : Serious games, Narrative, Pedagogy, Domain specific modeling language, Modeling, Controlled natural language, Graphical notation, Simulator

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Competitive game environment and its application: Case study with focus on tournament entertainment (Diffusion de nos travaux)

Abstract  This study explores a novel way for analyzing tournament structures. Our goal is to find the best suitable tournament under considered purposes. Aside from the number of matches, we address on two other important aspects: competitiveness development and ranking precision. Competitiveness development emphasizes the importance participants’ motivation in every match while keeping the matches exciting throughout the tournament. Ranking precision reflects the convincement of tou [...]

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Realistic Simulation of Cultural Heritage (Diffusion de nos travaux)

AbstractOne of the most challenging problems in the simulation of real environments is to generate worlds that appear realistic and more attractive. It becomes increasingly challenging when the simulated environment focuses on minors (students), because the young generation has high demands on simulation systems due to their experience in computer gaming. Virtual museums are among the most important simulation environments, which present cultural and educational content for everyone. Their purpo [...]

Mots-clés : Cultural Heritage , Serious Game

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