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Serious Games: Mechanisms and Effects (Book reference)
A scientific book gathering 28 contributions from researchers who are specialized on Serious Games, over 530 pages. The covered topics are wide, ranging from the definition of "Serious Games" to the advantages, limits, and practical use of games for education and social change. An interesting book featuring the work of some recognized researches in the field: James Paul Gee, Henri Jenkins, Yasmin Kafai, Debra Lieberman, Joost Rassens, etc.Keywords : serious game, scientific research
Kaisha / Kompany (Our projects)
Kaisha (a.k.a Kompany) is a Serious Game, available on social networks such as Facebook, that enables students in 8th and 9th grade to discover Corporate life through gameplay! The game helps teenagers learn the essential vocabulary used in the workplace and the principal mechanisms that underlie corporate activity. This project is initiated and coproduced with the French Ministry of Education.Keywords : serious game, job orientation, corporate
geDriver (Our projects)
A Serious Game, based on a car simulator, designed to teach how to drive in a ecological way. The player has to drive a car in a city to reach a place in a limited amount of time. The goal of the game is to try to reduce the amount of C02 produced by the car through an "ecological" style of driving: taking the habit to brake "softly", learning how to shift gears, knowing when to turn the engine off... This project received a grant from the french gover [...]Keywords : serious game, ecology
« Serious games » : apprendre en jouant ? (Broacasting our studies)
Distance learning technology used at the beginning of 2000s has not gained a wide approval. Recently, the numerous new options rendered possible by NTIC development have not yet been analyzed or interpreted properly and a through indepth study of e-learning is lacking. We distinguish three on-line methods of e-learning. Rapid learning consists on static information publishing which, in best cases, can have knowledge tests or spoken information. To improve this, a training by “scenarios&rdq [...]"Serious games": the video games reach societies (Broacasting our studies)
A Wii near the coffe machine? To play PES in order to animate a meeting? Business stratgies elaborated thanks to Advance Wars? Not at all, we're going to talk about "serious games"...Read the article (french).Rétro SG : Consoles et Serious Games (Broacasting our studies)
Article dedicated to Retro Serious Games. Pix'N Love #7 (pages 90 to 97).Keywords : Serious Games, Retro SG, Retro Serious Games
LCI, Plein Ecran of january the 31th of 2009: The video game is serious. (Broacasting our studies)
"This week, it's serious! The Serious Gaming is a new market of the video game industry dedicated to the learning, advertising, political... areas. A world market of 50 billions USD." Journalist :Cédric Ingrand Speakers : Jean-Claude La Rue (SELL), Sébastien Beck (DAESIGN) et Julian Alvarez (Orange Labs/ Ludoscience). PodcastKeywords : Serious Games, LCI, Plein Ecran, Market, Video games, Serious Gaming
Fiber Zero (Student project)
A fast-paced racing game taking place inside a fiber wire. You play as a data packet, and must make your way from one computer to another while avoiding fiber imperfections. Use either "UDP" and "TCP" communication modes to manage your speed and TTL in order to reach your destination.Keywords : serious game, telecommunication, racing
Geek Communication (Student project)
A series of minigames starring a geek boy who must overcome his communication-related problems in order to get out with a nice girl.Keywords : serious game, telecommunication, minigames