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Positive Psychology in Game Design: A Framework for Collaboration (Broacasting our studies)

ABSTRACT With more than 1.5 billion gamers around the world as of the end of 2015, with further growth projected as mobile devices achieve greater market penetration, there has been a great deal of interest in using games for purposes beyond entertainment. However, gamification and serious games often fail to engage prospective users, generate commercial interest, or meet long­term objectives, due to mismatched expectations, failures in communication, and lack of understanding of design [...]

Keywords : Well­Being Theory, Game Design, Inter­Professional Collaboration, Psycholog

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Gamification and the Psychology of Game Design in Transforming Mental Health Care (Broacasting our studies)

Researchers and health professionals have long been curious about the potential of electronic games for purposes beyond entertainment. This topic is of particular importance given the rapid growth of the game industry, whose products are enjoyed by over 1.5 billion people worldwide (EEDAR, 2015), many of them on mobile devices. As the number of smartphone users continues to grow, with conservative estimates projecting a rise from 2 billion worldwide at the end of 2015 to 6.1 billion in 2020 (Eri [...]

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L'emploi des jeux dans l'enseignement des langues étrangères : Du traditionnel au numérique (Broacasting our studies)

This article questions the place of games in language teaching and more specifically examines how the transition between the use of traditional games in the classroom and their adaptation to digital media has been carried out. Are these games the same or have they changed ? Has the digital switchover preserved the entertaining aspects of these games or have these aspects changed in order to accommodate more serious content ? We will thus examine the potential added value of digital ver [...]

Keywords : learning games, language learning, tasks, action-based learning, playful attitude

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Summarising the 7 Dimensions of an Action-Oriented Framework for Video Games (Broacasting our studies)

AbstractThis article summarises our Ph.D. thesis – an analytical view on the player-game relationship through the lens of an action-oriented framework, centred on fundamental entities defined as actors, entities through which action is enacted in the game and of which the player and the game system are a part of. With this in mind, the grounding principles of this framework are seeded in a transition of action into experience, based on communicational systems that structure the dynamic for [...]

Keywords : Action, Chronology, Design, Responsiveness, Thinking and Actuation, Transcoding, Video Games, Depth

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Playing in 7D An Action-Oriented Framework for Video Games (Broacasting our studies)

Grounded on a perspective in which action is a defining trait in video games, this work proposes the development of an action-oriented framework focused on the analysis of the relationships between the player and the game system centred on the existence of actors, which we define as entities responsible for the actions that affect the game – a category in which the player and the game system are included. We describe the grounding principles of this framework as focused on a transformation [...]

Keywords : Action, Chronology, Responsiveness, Thinking and Actuation, Transcoding, Video Games, Design, Depth

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Game Design of Therapeutic Games : Models and methods to design the gameplay (Broacasting our studies)

This PhD thesis explores the field of therapeutic games in order to propose methods and tools for the game designer of such games. The most fundamental design problem of therapeutic games is the gameplay, ie. the game objectives and the actions the player does to address the objectives. In therapeutic game, the gameplay must, at the same time, provide the therapeutic effects and motivate the patient to follow his protocol. The sub-problems of this are 1. the two-fold evaluation (medical and moti [...]

Keywords : Serious game, Health, Health game, Gameplay

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Ludo-persuasive systems for sustainable consumption. 1 ? Landmarks and challenges (Broacasting our studies)

Abstract. For over 40 years, it is common knowledge that industrial society has to reduce its energy consumption. Most of people are now aware that this change is necessary. However, commitment to action is still difficult and there is substantial work to be done. Attention has turned to Human and Social Sciences, as a deeper understanding of behaviors' determinant and use of influence principles could help to speed up behavior changes. New technical devices combining game design, interaction te [...]

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Design and Development of Effective and Customizable Educational Business Games (Broacasting our studies)

Serious Games are becoming increasingly popular. In all domains they are used to transfer content to players by mixing learning with pleasure in order to make teaching more easy and fun. However many of them are designed in an ad-hoc way without structure. Several research efforts have been conducted to tackle this deficiency and to improve the design of these games. Despite the vast literature, the domain is still in its infancy and scattered. Serious games offer great opportunities for le [...]

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Le designer de jeux vidéo comme agent d'évolution à l'ère du jeu casual (Broacasting our studies)

This article aims to demonstrate the importance of video game designers as agent of progress. This work is based on a study whose main purpose is to better define casual games while using the video game designers' professional knowledge. During the course of the study, it became clear that the game design practices have been evolving over time. Due to the scarcity of existing information on the role of designers in the scientific literature, it seemed appropriate to explore this lack. The r [...]

Keywords : video game design, design practice, designer role, professional knowledge, instrumental player, casual game

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BrainPlay: Serious Game, Serious Learning? (Broacasting our studies)

Abstract: Games are increasingly being used in educational contexts. The view of some game educationists is that games are able to effectively fulfil the requirements of a constructivist learning pedagogy. It is suggested, for example, that games are useful at representing complexity and often possess mechanisms that make learning more effective through mimicking behaviours required for study. This includes such elements as a call to focus, increasing levels of difficulty of skill, repetiti [...]

Keywords : Game-based learning, Neuroscience, How to learn, Primary school

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