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Introduction aux Serious Games (Broacasting our studies)
Serious Games ou comment sont détournés les jeux vidéo (Broacasting our studies)
When it comes to the issues surrounding digital objects in the world of young people, our usual bias, our reflex, is first and foremost to take an approach that is often exclusive to the educator, and not without reason. The interest of this article, based on the example of serious games, is to situate these issues from the viewpoints of both the marketing designer of “products to be consumed” and the educator designing “situations to be educated”. In the process, each bo [...]Keywords : serious game, e-learning, edugaming, advergaming, edumarket game, serious gaming, advergame, edugame
Mes enfants sont accros aux jeux vidéo ! (Book reference)
A book addressing the delicate "video game addiction" topic in a clear and thoughtful way. The book is suited to parents of young video game players, and explains the current state of scientific knowledge on this topic: in spite of what some un-rigourous journalists might say, video games are not a "drug", but some players may be in a "excessive playtime" state which they sometimes need help to escape from. To help parents achieve this goal, the book briefly introdu [...]Keywords : video game addiction, parent handbook, simple, practical, testimony
Art and videogames (Lesson)
An introduction to "art games", also featuring some example of art influenced by videogaming culture. -= 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 games
Fiction et Interactivité (Lesson)
A presentation about the different ways you can mix interactivity with storywriting and/or storytelling, alongside with the introduction of some basic concepts from narrative studies (artistole's narrative arc, climax...). -= 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, videogames, interactive storywriting
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
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
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
Push START - 30 ans de jeux vidéo (Book reference)
An illustration-only book which features screenshots and illustrations from the most famous videogames of the last 30 years.Keywords : pictures, history