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Serious gaming: From learning experience towards User Experience (Broacasting our studies)
Abstract:A number of existing innovation paradigms and design approaches such as Open Innovation (Chesbrough, 2003), User Experience (Hassenzahl & Tractinsky, 2006) and User Centred Design (Von Hippel, 2005), as well as User Centred Open Innovation Ecosystem (Pallot, 2009a), are promoting distributed collaboration among organisations and user communities. However, project stakeholders are mainly trained for improving their individual skills through learning experience (i.e. practical exercis [...]Keywords : Experiential Service Platform, Serious Game, Learning Experience, User Experience, Living Lab, User Co-Creation, Collaborative Distance
Jeux et simulations éducatifs : Etudes de cas et leçons apprises (Book reference)
A thick 600-pages book detailing the findings of a large scientific research project dedicated to the use of video games for education. The 26 chapters of this book are written like quite separate contributions, and address topics ranging from theory to practice, such as the design of educational video games or the study of their effects. A book warmly recommended to any researcher in the field thanks to very rich book contents, backed by an extensive literature review and several field experime [...]Keywords : serious game, education, theory, practice, design, literature review
From "Mods" to "Gaming 2.0": an overview of tools to ease the game design process (Broacasting our studies)
This article focuses on tools that allow amateurs to create or modify videogames. In order to contribute to study the nature of game design, we will analyze games as crafted "artifacts". We will first review five categories of tools that allow creating games, in order to highlight the different "parts" games are made of. We will then use this empirical review to introduce a simple model of the inner structure of games: the ISICO model.Keywords : game design, tools, game creation toolkit, mods, gaming 2.0
Casual Game Design (Book reference)
This book focuses on the design of "Casual Games", i.e. video games aimed to people playing them casually. The three first chapters deals with the definition of casual games, their professional creation process, and a broader study of the various play from they can offer. The nine following chapters are then dedicated to each sub-category of casual games: management, match-3, puzzles, hidden objects, construction, social games, etc. While the text is easy to read and understand, this b [...]Keywords : game design, casual games, examples, analysis, industry
L'étude des Serious Games (The Study of Serious Games) (Broacasting our studies)
Depuis quelques années, le concept de « Serious Game » est de plus en plus présent dans tous les évènements liés au e-learning. Mais est-il réellement nouveau ? Où se trouve la limite entre Jeu Vidéo et Serious Game ? Comment un jeu vidéo peut-il remplir des objectifs pédagogiques ? Autant de questions auxquelles répond Julian Alvarez.Keywords : Serious Games, Retro Serious Games, Serious Play, Pedagogy
Video games for collection exploration: Games for and out of data repositories (Broacasting our studies)
In this paper, we establish a link between video games and data collections. In particular, we examine video games as potential interfaces for collection exploration, i.e. as a platform for a more insightful and exploratory interaction with a repository. Furthermore, we question if a more structural relationship between the game and the collection is possible: Can we produce video games based on the structure of a repository? We explore these ideas on theoretical grounds and by means of a protot [...]Keywords : Video games, Data collections, Data exploration, Human Factors, Theory, Experimentation
Les Serious Games, leurs évaluations, leurs impacts (Broacasting our studies)
This talk presents the result of a study of the impact of 11 Serious Games onto 121 persons.Keywords : Serious Games, Serious Play, Impact, Message
Low cost video game technology to measure and improve motor skills in children (Broacasting our studies)
Video games are ubiquitous in modern day life. Unfortunately, several children are overweight or even obese because they spend a lot of time watching television or playing non-physical video games, instead of perfoming physical activities. Furthermore, this lack of exercise affects their development. The fact that children are becoming overweight or obese is a health concern for many countries that are economical developed (like England) or are in development (like Mexico). In this paper we pres [...]Keywords : Costs, Medical treatment, Pediatrics, Minimally invasive surgery, TV, Games, Airplanes, Virtual reality
Serious Games & Cultural Heritage: A case study of prehistoric caves (Broacasting our studies)
The creation and development of multimedia devices destined for the general public pose many questions for designers. In this article we present two multimedia applications – a Serious Play and a Serious Game – which were part of an experiment performed in 2006. This article will present both devices designed specifically for the promotion of a prehistoric heritage site – the Gargas caves – and describe how they were received by the general public. The aim of this task wa [...]Keywords : Serious Game, Cultural Heritage, Prehistory
On the core elements of the experience of playing video games (Broacasting our studies)
AbstractThis dissertation presents a multi-method approach to study the user experience of playing video games. The motivation is to devise an objective assessment of the concept of user experience. It is proposed that user experience is better understood when it is studied as a two fold phenomenon formed by a process and an outcome. This definition allows the combination of the subjective nature of experience together with the objectivity needed to propose an objective assessment of experi [...]Keywords : User experience, Video Game, Gaming experience, Metaphor