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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

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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

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Concevoir l'interactivité ludique : une vue d'ensemble des méthodologies de "Game Design" (Broacasting our studies)

Cet article propose une revue de littérature relative au Game Design. Après la proposition d'un cadre théorique visant à préciser la définition de « l'interactivité ludique », nous analyserons un corpus de 36 textes traitant de la conception de jeux. Cette analyse nous permettra tout d'abord d'esquisser une catégorisation des différents types d'approches méthodologique du Game Design. Elle nous permettra ensuite d' [...]

Keywords : Game Design, Formal model, Interactivity

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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

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Serious games: to learn thanks to viedogames ? (Broacasting our studies)

Dans le cadre de l'exposition MuseoGames - Une histoire à rejouer présentée du 22 juin au 7 novembre 2010 au Musée des arts et métiers. Qu'apporte ce nouveau concept ? Avant tout, le jeu devient une activité « sérieuse ». Si la défense a été le premier domaine d’application des serious games, ces derniers intéressent aujourd’hui de nombreux secteurs d’activité : sant& [...]

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Un Serious Game pour l'écoquartier Andromède (Broacasting our studies)

A short tv documentary broadcasted in the local news bulletin program of the "France 3" channel which presents the Serious Games EcoReporter : à la découverte d'Andromède and Le Jardinier Ecolo, designed by Damien Djaouti for his PhD thesis.

Keywords : serious game, ecology, tv

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Andromède au coeur d'un jeu vidéo (Broacasting our studies)

A journal article published in "La Dépèche du Midi" which presents the Serious Games EcoReporter : à la découverte d'Andromède and Le Jardinier Ecolo, designed by Damien Djaouti for his PhD thesis.

Keywords : serious game, ecology

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Andromède fait sa promo avec les jeux vidéos (Broacasting our studies)

A journal article published in "ToulEco" which presents the Serious Games EcoReporter : à la découverte d'Andromède and Le Jardinier Ecolo, designed by Damien Djaouti for his PhD thesis.

Keywords : serious game, ecology

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Le Talk CT2E: Damien Djaouti (Broacasting our studies)

An interview in the news bulletin program of the webtv "CT2E" which presents the Serious Games EcoReporter : à la découverte d'Andromède and Le Jardinier Ecolo, designed by Damien Djaouti for his PhD thesis.

Keywords : serious game, ecology, tv

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Jouez sérieusement à l'écocitoyen (Broacasting our studies)

A journal article published in "20 Minutes" which presents the Serious Games EcoReporter : à la découverte d'Andromède and Le Jardinier Ecolo, designed by Damien Djaouti for his PhD thesis.

Keywords : serious games, ecology

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