Advances in Game Design and Development Research

Caroline Martell

ISBN 10: 1633214788 / ISBN 13: 9781633214781

Published by Nova Science Publishers Inc Sep 2014, 2014

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Neuware - Learning games have long been used in adult education, and are particularly common in business education. This has brought up the question on how to design effective learning games to be continuously readdressed, often to emphasize some particular aspect as key to designing effective, game-based learning. Despite famous game-designer Costikyan's characterization of game-design as an art, rather than an engineering discipline, such studies all seem to look for a recipe for unraveling how to design effective learning games. This book discusses topics on game design and developmental research. Some of the topics include game design and development curricula for digital literacies and 21st century learning; the role of metaphors in game-based learning processes; illustrative, iterative, interdisciplinary and design-oriented use of learning games in university teaching; the relationship between game volatility, house edge and prize structure of gambling games and what it tells us about gambling game design; and a gaming system for shoulder rehabilitation.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Advances in Game Design and Development Research
• Publisher: Nova Science Publishers Inc Sep 2014
• Publication Date: 2014
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1633214788
• ISBN 13: 9781633214781
• Binding: Buch
• Condition: Neu
• Dimensions: 258W x 185H x 18D millimeters 258 millimeters width by 185 millimeters height by 18 millimeters depth
• Weight: 602 grams

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Synopsis

Learning games have long been used in adult education, and are particularly common in business education. This has brought up the question on how to design effective learning games to be continuously readdressed, often to emphasize some particular aspect as key to designing effective, game-based learning. Despite famous game-designer Costikyan's characterization of game-design as an art, rather than an engineering discipline, such studies all seem to look for a recipe for unraveling how to design effective learning games. This book discusses topics on game design and developmental research. Some of the topics include game design and development curricula for digital literacies and 21st century learning; the role of metaphors in game-based learning processes; illustrative, iterative, interdisciplinary and design-oriented use of learning games in university teaching; the relationship between game volatility, house edge and prize structure of gambling games and what it tells us about gambling game design; and a gaming system for shoulder rehabilitation.