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Du jeu vidéo au serious game, approches culturelle, pragmatique et formelle (Broacasting our studies)

Summary: This thesis is situated on the border of the Computer Science and the Social Sciences. It concerns the conception of Serious Games and their use within the context of targeted learning. By a Serious Game we mean a computer application, whose initial intention is to combine coherently the serious aspects (Serious) in a neither exhaustive nor exclusive manner, with instruction, learning, communication or further on information, assorted with the playing aspect of Video Games (Game). [...]

Keywords : serious game, gameplay, teaching

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Morphologie des jeux vidéo (Broacasting our studies)

This paper is part of an experimental approach aimed to raise a classification suited to videogames. According to the methodology that Propp used for its classification of the Russian tales, we have found recurring diagrams within the rules of videogames. We named these recurrent rules "GamePlay bricks", as the combination of those bricks seems to be an interesting way to classify video games. In this article, we will study the nature of “GamePlay bricks”, especially the li [...]

Keywords : classification, gameplay, video games, rules, bricks

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Pix'n Love (Book reference)

Pix'n Love is a journal dedicated to the history of videogames. It uses a format that is half-way between a book and a regular journal. The 128 pages of each issue explores in great details the history of a selection of games and machines, ranging from the highly popular ones (Pac-Man, Space Invaders, Megaman, Rayman, etc.) to the nearly unknown games. Each article is generally written after the interview of the creators, allowing Pix'n Love to provide the reader with a lot of novel and unique i [...]

Keywords : history, interview, novel

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Jeux vidéo et convivialité narrative (Broacasting our studies)

Keywords : interactive storytelling

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Gam.B.A.S. 2.0 (Our projects)

Direct successor of the Gam.B.A.S. project,this new project aimes to build a new software tool able to ease the creation of videogames. To achieve this goal, it relies on the idea of "Gameplay Bricks", in order to allow real-time creation and modification of the rules of the game through an high-level of abstraction.      A short video clip of the only created prototype (2008):    Publications related to this project Damien Djaouti "Serious Ga [...]

Keywords : game design, game creation software

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Le monde des jeux vidéo (Book reference)

This tiny 88 pages book attempts to provide a introduction to the world of video games to people who doesn't know anything about them. It begins with a quick summary of the history of video games, followed by a detailed presentation of the main games genres. It then presents the main steps of the creation process of a video games, and ends with leads for their future. The book is written in a way that makes each topic covered over two pages only: video games from the 70's, the 80's, the 90's, ac [...]

Keywords : video games, introduction, history, genres, design

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Le jeu vidéo peut-il être sérieux ? (Broacasting our studies)

Le jeu vidéo peut-il être sérieux ?Impact de l'industrie du jeu vidéo sur la vie des enfants, des adolescents et propositions alternatives. Rencontre thématique, samedi 21 avril à 15h dans l'auditorium d'OdyssudPour de nombreux enfants, le jeu vidéo occupe une place importante dansleur temps libre. Pour les parents qui ne pensent pas avoir leur place dans cetteactivité, ils préfèrent souvent limiter la durée d'utili [...]

Keywords : serious game

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Party games for MSN (Student project)

A collection of party games suited for teenage girl, playable through MSN Messenger while chatting. 

Keywords : feminine audience

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Interactive storytelling and videogames (Lesson)

A presentation of many interactive storytelling techniques used in videogames. -= Presentation slides (in french) =- (Flash file - click inside the window to give it the keyboard focus,then use the left and right arrow keys to browse through the slides)   

Keywords : interactive storytelling

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Art, jeu vidéo et cognition (Lesson)

-= Presentation slides (in french) =- (Flash file - click inside the window to give it the keyboard focus,then use the left and right arrow keys to browse through the slides)  

Keywords : art

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