This talk aims to establish a state of the art of video games associated with video mapping. This approach will lead us to identify a competition between video projection and screens through Led / Oled technologies. This technological competition, will be an opportunity to question the video game criteria with regard to the video game and to question the relevance of establishing the outgoing interface as a differentiating factor.
Keywords : Video game, Video mapping, Screens, Retrogaming, Videoprojection, Illusionism
This tall book (larger than A4) is a collection of articles written by different authors who offer you a journey through the main video game-related events from the year 1992, in France. The book begins with a handful of papers dealing with year-long events, such as the home console competition between Nintendo and Sega, with a lot of figures. They are completed by a portrait of Masahiro Sakurai (Kirby, Smash Bros) and another one of the Lucasarts studio. Then, several articles are dealing with
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Keywords : history, 1992, console, pc, super nes, lucasarts
As you may have noticed, these last months have been quiet for Ludoscience. Don't worry, the lab is still running, it's just that we have all been so busy with our current projects, that nobody had the time to actually update the website! As these projects near completion, in the upcoming weeks we will have new projects to share with you, including... a new book written by all the Ludoscience members! In the meantime, here is a selection of our activities during the last months: Our b
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Keywords : ludoscience, news, conferences
The turn of the 20th and 21st centuries was a time of significant social and economical transformations. The progressive technologizing of our lives and the development of the information society impacted on the intensive cultural transformations. In the face of this new economic reality and the free‑market intense competition on the field of cultural offers, many institutions had to comprehensively reorganize their activities to meet the needs and expect
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Keywords : Culture, Technology, Media, Museum
Abstract Rehabilitation can be defined as a process devised in response to unplanned life changes imposed by diseases or traumatic accidents. Cognitive rehabilitation is a form of therapy, focused on restoring functions that remain partially intact, applied to people with some form of cognitive impairment such as memory loss. The problem of traditional approaches is the lack of motivation and lack of interest of patients to perform repetitive tasks. This is where the concept of serious game
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Keywords : Serious games, Rehabilitation, Cognitive rehabilitation, NUI, Games
Insert Coin is a funny one-button game where you have to trick an arcade cabinet into giving you credits, by using a coin attached to a string. In this game, you'll have to "buy" as many credits as possible from an arcade cabinet using a single coin. The coin is tied to a string. After inserting the coin, you can pull the string to try to get your coin back, and play for "free". But beware, the arcade cab won't let you steal from it easily! Click repeatedl
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Keywords : arcade, game, one button, android, flash, pixel
Insert Coin is a funny one-button game where you have to trick an arcade cabinet into giving you credits, by using a coin attached to a string. This game was created in 72h for the #indiesVSgamers competition hosted by GameJolt on the theme "Arcade". The game is also freely available on Android . In this game, you'll have to "buy" as many credits as possible from an arcade cabinet using a single coin. The coin is tied to a string. After inserting the coin, you can pull t
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Keywords : arcade, indiesvsgamers, one button, android, flash
The One Fork Restaurant DX takes place in a restaurant where many customers are coming to eat, but unfortunately the restaurant only has a single fork! So the customers have to share it to eat their meals, but they aren't really patient.. Move the fork from one customer to another by clicking on them (or their tables). The patience of each customer (represented by the gauge below them) slowly decreases when they are waiting for the fork. Help them eat their food bowl before they
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Keywords : the one fork restaurant dx, game, flash, android, casual, ludum dare
Here is my latest game, created for the Ludum Dare 32 competition (game creation in 48h), under the theme "An Unconventional Weapon". Weapon Regulator is sending you to a battlefield. Your mission is to seize any unconventional weapon that you'll see. You are neutral, so the soldiers won't hurt you, but beware of the stray bullets! Use arrow keys / WASD to move.Use Space / Control / Shift to seize a weapon from a soldier (you have to move over the soldier first). &nb
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Keywords : ludum dare, experimental gameplay
Even the war has rules : some weapons are allowed, while others are forbidden. They are called unconventional weapons. You are sent to a battlefield. Your mission is to seize any unconventional weapon that you'll see. You are neutral, so the soldiers won't hurt you. But beware of the stray bullets. Use arrow keys / WASD to move.Use Space / Control / Shift to seize a weapon from a soldier (you have to move over the soldier first). The weapons convention change regularly.try to ca
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Keywords : ludum dare 32, an unconventional weapon