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
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Keywords : Design, videogames, interfaces, experiences, fun, interaction
A talk about defintions of Serious Games, Serious Play, Simulation, Retro Serious Games in order to debate around the game and Pedagogy. PPT of this talk.
Keywords : Serious Games, Serious Gaming, Retro Serious Games, Pedagogy, Simulation, Retro SG, Retro Serious Games, Serious Play
(Broacasting our studies)
This learning project intents to raise students awareness on videogame academic research through Project Based Learning (P.B.L.). The students are involved in our different research project through the design of serious game, talks about history or culture related research or even through the creation of original gameplay principles... The students are also invited to share their own points of view through collective debates and group projects relying on their personnal thoughts
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Keywords : game design, education
A serious game created the 100th anniversary celebration of the "Gargas caves", a prehistoric site located in France. Famous for its negative wall-paintings of hands and its overlapping engravings of animal figures, part of this cave is unfortunately no longer visitable. Indeed, public access limited to avoid the deterioration (due to lightning and or CO2 rejected by breathing visitors) of its historical treasures. This virtual version of the caves presents you with a wall roc
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Keywords : serious game, prehistory
Cet article relate la démarche novatrice de l'Éducation Nationale qui tente via des jeux vidéo de transmettre un message à la génération des 15–18 ans pour valoriser ses filières Industrielles. Sous l'axe scientifique de la communication et de la sociologie, dans un premier temps, nous explorerons la stratégie mise en place pour élaborer les jeux dont la vocation sera de véhiculer le message souhait&e
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Keywords : Pedagogy, Video Game, Serious Game, Education