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Le game design de jeux vidéo : Approches de l'expression vidéoludique (Book reference)
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
Le ludo-éducatif : quelle déontologie dans la création des jeux ? (Broacasting our studies)
Quels sont les risques et les protections ? Quelle interaction entre le jeu et l'éducation ?Keywords : serious game
Apport des technologies multimédias dans le système d'apprentissage en ligne Sphinx (Broacasting our studies)
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 [...]Keywords : pédagogie, Video Game, Avatar, Virtual Companion, Serious Game
Fundamentals of Game Design (Book reference)
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 [...]Keywords : game design, introduction, genre, beginner
V.E.Ga.S.: A tool to study morphology of the video games (Broacasting our studies)
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 [...]Keywords : Classification, Game design, Video Games, Morphology, Taxonomy, Bricks, Experimental Methods
Communiquer par le jeu vidéo (Broacasting our studies)
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 [...]Keywords : Serious Game, Advertainment, Edugame, Education, Innovation, Marketing, Réception
Etude morphologique des jeux vidéo (Broacasting our studies)
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 [...]Keywords : Classification, Bricks, Gameplay, Taxonomy, Video games
Video game classification (Videogame)
More than 39000 games classified according many criterias: authors, years, gameplay, machines...Keywords : Video Game
On the Edge: The Spectacular Rise And Fall of Commodore (Book reference)
This book details the history of Commode, a company who built legendary computers such as the Commodore PET, theVIC-20, the Commodore 64 and the Amiga. Over more than 550 pages, this book presents the full history of the company, with incredible details and a lot of unique information obtained through interviews with former employees. The story begins in 1976 with Chuck Peddle, an engineer working for MOS Technology, who designed a microprocessor called 6502. It was the first one to be cheap eno [...]Keywords : commodore, commodore 64, amiga, jack tramiel, computer