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Laveborn, Joel. "Video Game Vocabulary : The effect of video games on Swedish learners‟ word comprehension." Thesis, Karlstad University, Karlstad University, 2009. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:kau:diva-5487.
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Video games are very popular among children in the Western world. This study was done in order to investigate if video games had an effect on 49 Swedish students‟ comprehension of English words (grades 7-8). The investigation was based on questionnaire and word test data. The questionnaire aimed to measure with which frequency students were playing video games, and the word test aimed to measure their word comprehension in general. In addition, data from the word test were used to investigate how students explained the words. Depending on their explanations, students were categorized as either using a “video game approach” or a “dictionary approach” in their explanations.
The results showed a gender difference, both with regard to the frequency of playing and what types of games that were played. Playing video games seemed to increase the students‟ comprehension of English words, though there was no clear connection between the frequency with which students were playing video games and the choice of a dictionary or video game approach as an explanation.
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Ortiz, de Gortari A. B. "Exploring 'Game Transfer Phenomena' : a multimodal research approach for investigating video games' effects." Thesis, Nottingham Trent University, 2015. http://irep.ntu.ac.uk/id/eprint/27888/.
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Video games are evolving and are becoming ever more immersive. Consequently, it is necessary to understand their effects on gamers’ psychological wellbeing. The impact on cognition, affect and behaviour has mostly been investigated separately and sometimes from narrow approaches that limit the understanding of the video games’ effects. This thesis investigates the effects of playing video games from a novel, multimodal and broad research approach that is termed "Game Transfer Phenomena" (GTP). The Game Transfer Phenomena framework examines the influence of video games on gamers’ sensorial perception, cognitions, and behaviours directly related to video games’ structural characteristic, game content and, in-game activities. A theoretically eclectic approach is taken to explain the interplay of physiological, perceptual, and cognitive mechanisms involved in GTP, mainly informed by socio-cognitive and behavioural theories. Mixed-methods were used in the empirical research. The three qualitative studies presented here were analysed by content and thematic analysis methodologies (n=1,244), and the quantitative online survey using appropriate statistical testing (n=2,362). The specific aims of the thesis were: (i) identify, classify and explain GTP experiences collected in online video game forums divided in three empirical studies, and (ii) investigate the characteristics of GTP, and factors associated with GTP in a cross-cultural online survey with a total sample of English and Spanish Speaking gamers. The results suggest that gamers experience a variety of non-volitional phenomena when not playing. (i) Experiencing thoughts, urges, images, sounds, tactile and kinaesthetic perceptions and sensations associated with the game, (ii) perceiving distorted physical stimuli due to the video game features, (iii) confusing physical stimuli with video game elements, (iv) responding to certain physical stimuli as in the game, and (v) experiencing involuntary body movements and behaviours directly related with the video game. In summary: (i) different gamers reported similar GTP in the same video games, (ii) GTP are in the continuum between normal and pathological phenomena, and appear to reflect failures in cognitive and control inhibition, and neural adaptations, (iii) age and occupation, having a medical condition, gamer type, session length, playing for escape, immersion, exploring, customization and rules and mechanics were significantly associated with GTP, and (iv) the appraisal of GTP were either positive or negative (with one in five players experiencing distress or dysfunction due to their GTP experiences). Findings suggest that resemblances between virtual and physical objects facilitate GTP and these may be strengthened with more advanced technologies. Knowing about particular video game features and their effect on gamers may contribute to taking more informed decisions regarding the psychological, cognitive, physiological and social effects of video games and the technologies that are still to come.
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Woo, Tack. "video game culture and interactivity; An exploration of digital interactive media through a metaphorical approach to video game culture." Thesis, University of Dundee, 2009. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.510624.
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Goujet, Raphaël. "Hero.coli : a video game empowering stealth learning of synthetic biology : a continuous analytics-driven game design approach." Thesis, Sorbonne Paris Cité, 2018. http://www.theses.fr/2018USPCB175.
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Les jeux vidéo ont prouvé leur valeur en tant que loisir et qu'outil pédagogique, que ce soit dans l'éducation ou dans le monde professionnel. Cependant, les jeux éducatifs doivent intégrer des stratégies pédagogiques et être finement ajustés pour être efficaces, et adoptés. La biologie de synthèse est une discipline émergente d'ingénierie centrée sur la conception de systèmes vivants pour accomplir des fonctions contrôlées. Elle partage des concepts avec les jeux vidéo de crafting et d'ingénierie. Nous avons conçu le premier jeu vidéo de biologie de synthèse, baptisé Hero.Coli, pour la vulgarisation et l'éducation. Pour intéresser et engager les joueurs volontaires et involontaires, c'est-à-dire les internautes lambda et les étudiants, notre principale stratégie est l'utilisation de techniques d'UX et d'apprentissage furtif. Cela consiste à créer un jeu éducatif sans coupure dans l'expérience (phases explicites d'apprentissage ou d'évaluation), par imitation des jeux commerciaux à succès. Les données d'utilisation ont été analysées en continu pour pouvoir améliorer le jeu, en identifiant les problèmes de game design, les mauvaises compréhensions révélées au posttest ainsi que les phases d'apprentissage réussies. J'ai validé l'utilité du jeu en comparant les pré- et posttests des joueurs (n=89). En moyenne, le pourcentage de réponses correctes s'accroît de 32 points de pourcentage par question entre le prétest et le posttest. Les plus grands accroissements se produisent pour les questions de plus haut niveau conceptuel, par opposition aux questions portant sur le lexique. Cela correspond à ce que l'on peut attendre d'un apprentissage furtif, qui met plus l'accent sur le fonctionnement (les mécaniques de jeu) que sur le lexique. J'ai ensuite corrélé différents paramètres des traces des joueurs avec leurs scores de posttest. Enfin, nous avons aussi établi à partir des caractéristiques des joueurs que l'intérêt pour la biologie est plus critique que la formation pour expliquer la variance dans le score. Ces résultats pourraient conduire à des innovations en apprentissage adaptatif comme des retours personnalisés, que ce soit virtuellement ou en présentiel. De façon plus générale, la méthodologie de développement d'Hero.Coli peut servir d'exemple pour le développement futur de solutions d'apprentissage par le jeu : conception, suivi (tracking et analytics), itération rapide et test, et évaluation finaleVideo games have demonstrated their value as a hobby and as a pedagogic tool, both in academic and professional fields. However, learning video games have to integrate pedagogical strategies and be fine-tuned to be efficient and adopted. Synthetic biology is an emerging field focusing on engineering living systems to achieve controlled functions. It shares concepts with crafting and engineering games. We designed the first synthetic biology crafting game, named Hero.Coli, for popularization and learning. In order to engage both forced and voluntary users, ie students and citizens, our main pedagogical strategy is stealth learning. This means creating an educational game with no interruption in the experience - due to explicit learning or assessment phases -, mimicking successful mainstream games. I used embedded analytics to continuously refine this new pedagogical tool, by spotting the bottlenecks and issues in level design, the eventual misconceptions revealed in posttests, and the learning successes. I validated the usefulness of the game by comparing pre- and posttests of players (n=89). I found an average of 32 percentage point increase between pretest and posttest correct answer rate per question. The higher achievements stemmed mainly from higher-order thinking questions as compared to lexical questions. This is in line with our expectation from the chosen stealth learning strategy, which prioritizes function - game mechanics - over lexicon. I then correlated different user tracking parameters to their posttest scores. Lastly, by analyzing surveys, we also revealed that interest in biology is more critical than education to explain the variance in learning. These results could lead to future adaptive learning improvements including user-tailored feedbacks, in-game or in-class. Overall, the Hero.coli framework facilitates future implementations of game-based learning solutions by exemplifying a methodological approach of game development: design, tracking and analytics, quick iteration and testing, and final evaluation
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Bomström, H. (Henri). "Improving video game designer workflow in procedural content generation-based game design:a design science approach." Master's thesis, University of Oulu, 2018. http://urn.fi/URN:NBN:fi:oulu-201812063237.
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The time and money spent on video games are rapidly increasing, as the annual U.S game industry consumer spending has reached 23.5 billion dollars. The cost of producing video game content has grown in accordance with the consumer demand. Artificial intelligence (AI) has been suggested as a way to scale production costs with the demand. In addition to lowering content production costs, AI enables the creation of new forms of gameplay that are not possible with the current toolbox of the industry. The utilization of AI in game design is currently difficult, as it requires both theoretical knowledge and practical expertise. This thesis improved game designer workflow in PCG-based game design by explicating the necessary theoretical frameworks and practical steps needed to adopt AI-based practices in game design.
Game designer workflow in PCG-based game design was improved by utilizing the design science research method (DSR). The constructed artefact was determined to be a method in accordance with the DSR knowledge contribution framework, and it was evaluated by using the Quick & Simple strategy from the FEDS framework. The risks related to artefact construction were assessed in accordance with the RMF4DSR framework. The metrics used to measure the performance of the artefact were determined by employing the GQM framework. Finally, the proposed method was evaluated by following it in constructing a simple PCG-based game with an accompanying AI system. The evaluation was performed by utilizing the FEDS framework in an artificial setting. After gathering and analysing the data from the artefact construction and evaluation, the method was modified to address its shortcomings.
The produced design method is the main contribution of this thesis. The proposed method lowers the threshold for adopting PCG-based game design practices, and it helps designers, developers, and researchers by creating concrete and actionable steps to follow. The necessary theoretical frameworks and decision points are presented in a single method that demystifies the process of designing PCG-based games. Additional theoretical knowledge has been contributed by studying the topic from a practical perspective and extracting requirements from an actual design process. The method can be used as a practical cookbook for PCG-based projects and as a theoretical base for further studies on PCG-based game design.
Future research tasks include evaluating the proposed method in an organizational context with real users. An organizational context also warrants means to managing risks in PCG-based game design projects. Finally, generator evaluation and explicit guidance on generator control are important future research topics.
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Rajkowska, Paulina. "Roles of female video game characters and their impact on gender representation." Thesis, Uppsala universitet, Medier och kommunikation, 2014. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:uu:diva-225393.
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Due to immense popularity of video games the author investigates the presence of gender portrayal within them. The purpose of this study is to thoroughly analyse a general phenomenon, such as gender, within video games to develop a better understanding of its particularities in this form of media and to expand the general body of knowledge on video games as a research topic. As prior literature shows, gender within video games can be either defined by its biased and sexualized character or by a tendency towards equality and strength for woman. To explain those varied results the author introduces the category of role as an important factor for character representation based on the use of theoretical frameworks of symbolic interactionism, more particularly dramaturgical approach of E. Goffman. She then further proceeds with a qualitative discourse analysis of both protagonist and support characters from 22 different games. The author finds that there is a visible difference within the manners females are presented depending on their role. Lead characters are more likely to be strong, independent and self-sufficient whereas support characters most often require immediate help, are dependent on others and are more likely to be abused. Presented results can account for some of the variety in prior research and they open the field of video game studies to possibly new research topics.
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Tiryakioglu, Nevsal. "A Theoretical Study of the Interactive Communication Process in Video Game Playing: A Symbolic Interactionist Approach." TopSCHOLAR®, 2001. http://digitalcommons.wku.edu/theses/642.
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Video games have become the most popular leisure activity among children and adolescents. The increasing popularity of video games has urged researchers to determine the effects of video game playing on youngsters. Given the fact that most popular video games are violent in nature, much of the research has primarily focused on the correlation between playing video games with violent content and aggressive behavior in children. Most researchers have relied on previous media violence research, assuming similarities between television viewing and video game playing. However, video games are interactive media allowing the player to participate in the game scenario, which may intensify the impact of video game playing. Furthermore, the extent of possible influence by a video game may depend on the individual and environmental factors surrounding the player. This study examines the factors involved in video game playing within an interactive communication context. To achieve this goal, symbolic interactionism is used as a theoretical ground to explicate the interactive communication during video game playing. Once the pertinence of symbolic interaction theory to the player-video game interaction is demonstrated, the conceptual framework of symbolic interactionism is applied to video game playing. Based on the previous mass media models and symbolic interactionism, the interactive communication during video game playing is investigated. First, the individual and environmental factors surrounding the player are identified. Second, a theoretical model named "video game interaction model (VGIM)" is developed to examine how these factors affect the interactive communication during video game playing. VGIM illustrates the dynamics of the player-video game interaction and the relations among the variables contributing to this interaction.
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Acarsoy, Sara Nil. "Effects of interactivity on narrative-driven games : A heuristic approach for narrative-driven games." Thesis, Högskolan i Skövde, Institutionen för informationsteknologi, 2021. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:his:diva-19844.
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In narrative-driven games, the story is an essential part of the gameplay, and understanding the story is of great importance. Given that what separates this genre from other storytelling media is interactivity, this thesis focuses on the elements in narrative-driven video games that effects the players' perception of narrative through interactivity. Using players' likes and dislikes from their previous experiences in narrative-driven games, this thesis aims to develop a heuristic approach for interactive narrative elements that offer the narrative through players' input to the game's system and create an effective gameplay experience that delivers the story to the players.
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Mathonat, Romain. "Rule discovery in labeled sequential data : Application to game analytics." Thesis, Lyon, 2020. http://www.theses.fr/2020LYSEI080.
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Exploiter des jeux de données labelisés est très utile, non seulement pour entrainer des modèles et mettre en place des procédures d'analyses prédictives, mais aussi pour améliorer la compréhension d'un domaine. La découverte de sous-groupes a été l'objet de recherches depuis deux décennies. Elle consiste en la découverte de règles couvrants des ensembles d'objets ayant des propriétés intéressantes, qui caractérisent une classe cible donnée. Bien que de nombreux algorithmes de découverte de sous-groupes aient été proposés à la fois dans le cas des données transactionnelles et numériques, la découverte de règles dans des données séquentielles labelisées a été bien moins étudiée. Dans ce contexte, les stratégies d'exploration exhaustives ne sont pas applicables à des cas d'application rééls, nous devons donc nous concentrer sur des approches heuristiques. Dans cette thèse, nous proposons d'appliquer des modèles de bandit manchot ainsi que la recherche arborescente de Monte Carlo à l'exploration de l'espace de recherche des règles possibles, en utilisant un compromis exploration-exploitation, sur différents types de données tels que les sequences d'ensembles d'éléments, ou les séries temporelles. Pour un budget temps donné, ces approches trouvent un ensemble des top-k règles decouvertes, vis-à-vis de la mesure de qualité choisie. De plus, elles ne nécessitent qu'une configuration légère, et sont indépendantes de la mesure de qualité utilisée. A notre connaissance, il s'agit de la première application de la recherche arborescente de Monte Carlo au cas de la fouille de données séquentielles labelisées. Nous avons conduit des études appronfondies sur différents jeux de données pour illustrer leurs plus-values, et discuté leur résultats quantitatifs et qualitatifs. Afin de valider le bon fonctionnement d'un de nos algorithmes, nous proposons un cas d'utilisation d'analyse de jeux vidéos, plus précisémment de matchs de Rocket League. La decouverte de règles intéressantes dans les séquences d'actions effectuées par les joueurs et leur exploitation dans un modèle de classification supervisée montre l'efficacité et la pertinence de notre approche dans le contexte difficile et réaliste des données séquentielles de hautes dimensions. Elle permet la découverte automatique de techniques de jeu, et peut être utilisée afin de créer de nouveaux modes de jeu, d'améliorer le système de classement, d'assister les commentateurs de "e-sport", ou de mieux analyser l'équipe adverse en amont, par exempleIt is extremely useful to exploit labeled datasets not only to learn models and perform predictive analytics but also to improve our understanding of a domain and its available targeted classes. The subgroup discovery task has been considered for more than two decades. It concerns the discovery of rules covering sets of objects having interesting properties, e.g., they characterize a given target class. Though many subgroup discovery algorithms have been proposed for both transactional and numerical data, discovering rules within labeled sequential data has been much less studied. In that context, exhaustive exploration strategies can not be used for real-life applications and we have to look for heuristic approaches. In this thesis, we propose to apply bandit models and Monte Carlo Tree Search to explore the search space of possible rules using an exploration-exploitation trade-off, on different data types such as sequences of itemset or time series. For a given budget, they find a collection of top-k best rules in the search space w.r.t chosen quality measure. They require a light configuration and are independent from the quality measure used for pattern scoring. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first time that the Monte Carlo Tree Search framework has been exploited in a sequential data mining setting. We have conducted thorough and comprehensive evaluations of our algorithms on several datasets to illustrate their added-value, and we discuss their qualitative and quantitative results. To assess the added-value of one or our algorithms, we propose a use case of game analytics, more precisely Rocket League match analysis. Discovering interesting rules in sequences of actions performed by players and using them in a supervised classification model shows the efficiency and the relevance of our approach in the difficult and realistic context of high dimensional data. It supports the automatic discovery of skills and it can be used to create new game modes, to improve the ranking system, to help e-sport commentators, or to better analyse opponent teams, for example
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Rörlien, Viktor, and Nils Brundin. "Mixed-initiative Puzzle Design Tool for Everyone Must Die." Thesis, Malmö universitet, Institutionen för datavetenskap och medieteknik (DVMT), 2021. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:mau:diva-43258.
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The application of PCG to generate puzzles offers great value since their replayability is severely limited, requiring any game that employs them to produce many different puzzles. In this paper we propose a modified version of the progressive content generation approach to function as a mixed-initiative system, to create puzzles for the novel partially physics-based game \textit{Everyone Must Die}. Thus exploring the adaptability and usefulness of the progressive content generation approach for a unique type of puzzle game. Further the mixed-initiative system is explored in relation to how effectively it can generate puzzles with a specified difficulty, an issue many papers exploring puzzle generation neglect. This is explored by implementing and incorporating a PCG system by extending an existing puzzle editor featured in the game. The analysis is conducted with the help of a user study on the developers of the game by testing qualitative experiences with the system. The promising results are then discussed and concluded with suggestions for future work and improvements to the described system and its used approach.
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Bogajewski, Sébastien. "Le jeu vidéo dans ses rapports à la psychologie clinique : Une approche psychanalytique." Thesis, Sorbonne Paris Cité, 2015. http://www.theses.fr/2015USPCD112/document.
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L’objet jeu vidéo interroge de plus en plus la psychologie clinique depuis le début des années 2000. Au centre de divers controverses quant à ses usages et ses prétendus méfaits ; certaines pratiques videoludiques tendent aujourd’hui à se banaliser. Pour autant, le discours des addictologues, des médias, des parents et éducateurs, des joueurs eux-mêmes, voire de la psychanalyse, véhiculent souvent une vérité masquée par le langage qui ne cesse de nous interroger. Notamment, c’est la question des origines, de l’histoire, et des effets de cette vérité sur le sujet qui nous intéresse. Dire que jouer « peut-être comme la drogue » en dit long sur les représentations que nous nous faisons, en tant que société, du jeu, comme du jeu vidéo. Mais cela en dit long, également, sur un certain malaise à propos des nouvelles technologies et de la jeunesse en général. C’est ce malaise, que nous pensons percevoir dans certaines demandes de soin, et dans certaines manifestations cliniques symptomatiques, voir « synthomatiques ». La présente thèse tente de s’interroger sur l’histoire et les caractéristiques du jeu vidéo en tant qu’objet du champ du ludique, avant de présenter les rapports du jeu vidéo à la clinique, pour enfin conclure sur une réflexion autour des discours propos du vidéoludique et de leurs possibles effets en cliniqueVideo games interrogate more and more the clinical psychology since early 2000's. They are in the center of numerous controversies about its uses and its alleged misdeeds. Despite this, some videogame practices tend to trivialize today. However, the discourse of addictologists, media, parents and educators, players themselves or of psychoanalysis, often convey a truth obscured by the language that continues to question us. Notably, it raises the issue of the origins, history, and the effects of this truth on the subject that interests us. Say that play "maybe like drugs" is very eloquent about the representations we make, as a society, relating to the game, as the video game. But it's very eloquent, too, about some discontent about new technologies and youth in general. It is this discontent, we think carefully collect in certain demands, and in some symptomatic clinical manifestations, even in some "synthomatical" manifestations. This thesis attempts to question the history and characteristics of the video game as a playful object, before presenting the reports of the video game to the clinic, to finally conclude with a reflection on the discourse about the videogame and their possible effects in the clinic
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Du, Plessis Corné. "Video games as “play assemblages”: applying philosophical concepts from deleuze and guattari to create a novel approach to video games." Thesis, Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University, 2017. http://hdl.handle.net/10948/16119.
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The phenomena that we collectively refer to as “play” form a significant part of life at numerous levels. According to the play scholar, Johan Huizinga, play has not only been part of all human societies, it is also at the root of the development of numerous cultural activities, including structured games and sports, certain judicial and legal activities, war, and numerous forms of art. Despite its importance, play, with its various manifestations, is often relegated to being a children’s activity or an occasion of pure waste, and is a surprisingly marginalized topic in academic scholarship. In part to remedy this deficit, my aim in this thesis is to explore the comparatively new phenomenon of video games as a particular form of play. While there are undoubtedly many philosophical approaches that can respond to different aspects of the “problem” of video games, I propose that Gilles Deleuze and Felix Guattari’s philosophy of “difference” and “becoming” is particularly useful. On the one hand, Deleuze and Guattari’s philosophy provides a viable framework through which to determine the limitations of the current prominent theories in the field of video game studies, which include “narratology”, “ludology”, and the more recent “hybrid approach”. On the other hand, their philosophy enables one to extend the creative and transformative potential that is inherent to a philosophical “problem”, in this case the “problem” of video games. By adapting selected Deleuzian and Deleuzoguattarian philosophical concepts, including “assemblage”, “percept”, “affect”, “transversal becoming”, and “becoming-imperceptible”, I aim to establish a philosophical framework through which different forms of play, and different video games, can be analyzed in terms of their capacity to generate “difference” and “becoming”. More specifically, I argue that video games can be understood as particular kinds of “play assemblages” that can potentially open the player to “transversal becomings”. The video games that I analyze as play assemblages that can generate “transversal becomings” are Thatgamecompany’s Flower (2009) and Journey (2012). Importantly, “transversal becomings”, understood in this instance as the “becoming-other” of human individuals, have the potential to contribute to the individual’s capacity for creative thought and action. Therefore, I argue that video games, far from being activities of pure waste, can potentially open the player to various forms of “becoming-other”, which can, in turn, increase the player’s capacity to think differently, to become different and to create differences. Ultimately, I aim to promote the value of play and video games on the one hand, and the value of Deleuze and Guattari’s philosophy on the other hand, for the aim of extending the questioning power of life, and increasing our capacity to effectively respond to a continuously changing world of problems.
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Bratkowski, Tad. "The Aesthetic Experience of Video Games: A Pluralistic Approach." OpenSIUC, 2014. https://opensiuc.lib.siu.edu/dissertations/799.
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In this dissertation, I make a serious philosophic application of several aesthetic theories to the emerging medium of video games. I look at concepts such as the play of art, psychical distancing, and an experience, and apply each of these to a representative video game. Hence, I use a variety of aesthetic works, but apply these in a pluralistic manner. The thesis I defend is that a number of specific video games offer possibilities for aesthetic experience that can be comprehended through these traditional aesthetic theories. The purpose of my project is not a comparative one among these theories: I do not argue that any one of these is definitive in application to all video games. Instead, I hold these theories in tension by showing that each has practical merit in being applied to different games I use a variety of aesthetic approaches to argue that a specific game exemplifies the aesthetic value which is at the core of a particular theory. I apply John Dewey's notion of an experience as a single, distinctive whole consisting of parts in unity to the music-based game Rock Band. To consider the distance between the player of a video game and the game's content, I discuss Edward Bullough's theory of psychical distance and apply this concept to a violent game such as Grand Theft Auto IV. Finally, I consider Hans-Georg Gadamer's thoughts on the play of art and the connection of play to seriousness and apply these thoughts to a game which integrates a sense of playfulness with serious themes: Braid.
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Lee, Chung. "Sound texture synthesis using an enhanced overlap-add approach /." View abstract or full-text, 2008. http://library.ust.hk/cgi/db/thesis.pl?CSED%202008%20LEE.
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Shand, Matthew. "Beginning, persisting, and ceasing to play : a stage use and gratifications approach to multiplayer video games /." Online version of thesis, 2010. http://hdl.handle.net/1850/11589.
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Mirza-Babaei, Pejman. "Biometric storyboards : a games user research approach for improving qualitative evaluations of player experience." Thesis, University of Sussex, 2014. http://sro.sussex.ac.uk/id/eprint/47858/.
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Developing video games is an iterative and demanding process. It is difficult to achieve the goal of most video games — to be enjoyable, engaging and to create revenue for game developers — because of many hard-to-evaluate factors, such as the different ways players can interact with the game. Understanding how players behave during gameplay is of vital importance to developers and can be uncovered in user tests as part of game development. This can help developers to identify and resolve any potential problem areas before release, leading to a better player experience and possibly higher game review scores and sales. However, traditional user testing methods were developed for function and efficiency oriented applications. Hence, many traditional user testing methods cannot be applied in the same way for video game evaluation. This thesis presents an investigation into the contributions of physiological measurements in user testing within games user research (GUR). GUR specifically studies the interaction between a game and users (players) with the aim to provide feedback for developers to help them to optimise the game design of their title. An evaluation technique called Biometric Storyboards is developed, which visualises the relationships between game events, player feedback and changes in a player's physiological state. Biometric Storyboards contributes to the field of human-computer interaction and GUR in three important areas: (1) visualising mixedmeasures of player experience, (2) deconstructing game design by analysing game events and pace, (3) incremental improvement of classic user research techniques (such as interviews and physiological measurements). These contributions are described in practical case studies, interviews with game developers and laboratory experiments. The results show this evaluation approach can enable games user researchers to increase the plausibility and persuasiveness of their reports and facilitate developers to better deliver their design goals. Biometric Storyboards is not aimed at replacing existing methods, but to extend them with mixed methods visualisations, to provide powerful tools for games user researchers and developers to better understand and communicate player needs, interactions and experiences. The contributions of this thesis are directly applicable for user researchers and game developers, as well as for researchers in user experience evaluation in entertainment systems.
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Davies, Huw. "Towards a more versatile dynamic-music for video games : approaches to compositional considerations and techniques for continuous music." Thesis, University of Oxford, 2015. http://ora.ox.ac.uk/objects/uuid:3f1e4cfa-4a36-44d8-9f4b-4c623ce6b045.
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This study contributes to practical discussions on the composition of dynamic music for video games from the composer’s perspective. Creating greater levels of immersion in players is used as a justification for the proposals of the thesis. It lays down foundational aesthetic elements in order to proceed with a logical methodology. The aim of this paper is to build upon, and further hybridise, two techniques used by composers and by video game designers to increase further the reactive agility and memorability of the music for the player. Each chapter of this paper explores a different technique for joining two (possibly disparate) types of gameplay, or gamestates, with appropriate continuous music. In each, I discuss a particular musical engine capable of implementing continuous music. Chapter One will discuss a branching-music engine, which uses a precomposed musical mosaic (or musical pixels) to create a linear score with the potential to diverge at appropriate moments accompanying onscreen action. I use the case study of the Final Fantasy battle system to show how the implementation of a branching-music engine could assist in maintaining the continuity of gameplay experience that current disjointed scores, which appear in many games, create. To aid this argument I have implemented a branching-music engine, using the graphical object oriented programming environment MaxMSP, in the style of the battle music composed by Nobuo Uematsu, the composer of the early Final Fantasy series. The reader can find this in the accompanying demonstrations patch. In Chapter Two I consider how a generative-music engine can also implement a continuous music and also address some of the limitations of the branching-music engine. Further I describe a technique for an effective generative music for video games that creates musical ‘personalities’ that can mimic a particular style of music for a limited period of time. Crucially, this engine is able to transition between any two personalities to create musical coincidence with the game. GMGEn (Game Music Generation Engine) is a program I have created in MaxMSP to act as an example of this concept. GMGEn is available in the Demonstrations_Application. Chapter Three will discuss potential limitations of the branching music engine described in Chapter One and the generative music engine described in Chapter Two, and highlights how these issues can be solved by way of a third engine, which hybridises both. As this engine has an indeterminate musical state it is termed the intermittent-music engine. I go on to discuss the implementation of this engine in two different game scenarios and how emergent structures of this music will appear. The final outcome is to formulate a new compositional approach delivering dynamic music, which accompanies the onscreen action with greater agility than currently present in the field, increasing the memorability and therefore the immersive effect of the video-game music.
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Genvo, Sébastien Walter Jacques. "Le game design de jeux vidéos une approche communicationnelle et interculturelle /." [S.l.] : [s.n.], 2006. ftp://ftp.scd.univ-metz.fr/pub/Theses/2006/Genvo.Sebastien.LMZ0610.pdf.
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Jenkins, Dave A. "Teaching First-Semester General Chemistry Using 3D Video Games following an Atoms First Approach to Chemistry." Thesis, University of North Texas, 2018. https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc1248376/.
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The unified learning model (ULM) focuses on students' engagement, motivation, prior knowledge, and working memory. This study employs the use of video games to assess students' learning through a 3D chemistry gaming environment. In this human-subjects research, students carried out missions and applied reasoning to solve problems appropriate for general chemistry content. For learning to occur, students must be engaged and motivated as stated in the ULM. Learning cannot necessarily be accomplished by experience alone, and critical thinking is required to turn the experience into learning. The interpretation of educational theory applied to video games and this proposed study are discussed. A moderately positive correlation was found between exam score and study time (playing the game). Essentially the more time spent playing the game or an online activity the higher the exam scores. There was an alpha level less than 0.05 (p < 0.05) between the experimental group and non-traditional group (no game or online activity). Supporting that there was a statistically significant difference between groups, the null hypothesis was accepted between the game and online activity. Furthermore, as stated under the ULM, engagement is necessary for optimal learning.
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Ray, Jean-Charles. "Les systèmes de la peur : approche transmédiatique de l’horreur dans la littérature et le jeu vidéo." Thesis, Sorbonne Paris Cité, 2018. http://www.theses.fr/2018USPCA033/document.
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Cette thèse se propose d’étudier les enjeux et les stratégies à l’œuvre dans l’apparition de la peur dans les œuvres littéraires et vidéoludiques. Il s’agit de théoriser, dans une démarche comparatiste, le rapprochement des deux médiums ainsi que les paradigmes structurant les fictions horrifiques. La capacité du jeu vidéo et de la littérature à produire de l’incertitude et de l’étrangeté à partir d’un code rigoureux (textuel, informatique, ludique) durant son actualisation en œuvre par l’interaction du lecteur/joueur et l’interdépendance conflictuelle entre mimesis (mise en forme du réel) et phantasia (résurgence d’un réel défiant la rationalité) forment les fondations de ce travail.En tant que catalyseur de la peur, le monstre constitue le point central de l’analyse formelle des œuvres étudiées. La synthèse d’un large corpus permet d’identifier quatre archétypes à partir desquels se déploient les multiples actualisations de la monstruosité : le Barbare, la Gorgone, le Revenant et la Chimère. Ces figures incarnent les zones d’ombre de la culture occidentale. Le Barbare exprime la confrontation à une étrangeté envahissant l’environnement familier mais aussi le soubassement violent et chaotique de la civilisation. La Gorgone représente l’Autre radical, fascinant et terrifiant. S’en approcher suppose de s’aventurer hors du monde et de courir le risque d’être contaminé par la monstruosité, incapable de regagner la demeure. Le Revenant figure les enjeux de la hantise, d’un passé qui, constitutif du présent, reste vivant. Fruit d’une rupture de la continuité temporelle, il ne peut qu’y être réintégré par la résolution de l’énigme qu’il pose. La Chimère est, quant à elle, celle qui transgresse les catégories. Monstre aux multiples visages, elle défie l’organisation rationnelle du réel.Enfin, une étude de la figure de l’auteur, des processus d’adaptation et d’extension des univers fictifs permet d’aborder la mobilité des figures monstrueuses et leur capacité à franchir les frontières, qu’il s’agisse des intentions de création, des cadres médiatiques ou des mondes fictionnels. Ces conclusions s’appuient sur une mise en dialogue d’œuvres littéraires et vidéoludiques sélectionnées dans un corpus varié visant à concilier rigueur de l’analyse et vision englobanteThe aim of this thesis is to study the stakes and strategies behind the apparition of fear in novels and video games. Through a comparative approach, I intend to theorize the bridging of these mediums and the paradigms structuring scary fictions. At the core of this work lie the ability of video games and literature to create uncertainty and strangeness from a rigorous code (be it textual, digital or game rules) during the interaction with the reader/gamer and the conflicting interdependence between mimesis (as a shaping of reality) and phantasia (as a resurgence of a reality that defies reason).As fear’s catalyst, the monster is at the heart of my formal analysis. The synthesis of a large corpus allows for an identification of four archetypes from which the various manifestations of monstrosity spread: the barbarian, the gorgon, the phantom and the chimera. These figures personify the dark corners of western culture. The barbarian embodies the confrontation with an alien whom invades a familiar environment as well as the violent and chaotic base upon which rests civilization. The gorgon represents the radical otherness, fascinating and terrifying. To go near it is to venture out of the world and to run the risk of being contaminated by the monster, becoming unable to go back home. The phantom conveys the stakes of the haunting, of an undead past that is still part of the present. As the baring of a tearing in time continuity, it is to be reintegrated through the solving of the enigma it poses. Ultimately, the chimera is the one who transgresses categories. With its numerous faces, it defies the rational organisation of reality. Finally, a study of the author’s figure, of the adaptation process and of the fictional worlds extensions offers an outlook on the mobility of monsters and their capacity to cross borders, whether they are creative intents, mediatic frames of worlds of fiction.These conclusions are based on a dialogue between literary works and video games selected in a diverse corpus that aims to merge analytical thoroughness and an encompassing vision
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Arvola, Bjelkesten Kim. "Feasibility of Point Grid Room First Structure Generation : A bottom-up approach." Thesis, Blekinge Tekniska Högskola, Institutionen för kreativa teknologier, 2017. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:bth-15721.
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Context. Procedural generation becomes increasingly important for videogames in an age where the scope of the content required demands bot a lot of time and work. One of the fronts of this field is structure generation where algorithms create models for the game developers to use. Objectives. This study aims to explore the feasibility of the bottom-up approach within the field of structure generation for video games. Methods. Developing an algorithm using the bottom-up approach, PGRFSG, and utilizing a user study to prove the validity of the results. Each participant evaluates five structures giving them a score based on if they belong in a video game. Results. The participants evaluations show that among the structures generated were some that definitely belonged in a video game world. Two of the five structures got a high score though for one structure that was deemed as not the case. Conclusions. A conclusion can be made that the PGRFSG algorithm creates structures that belong in a video game world and that the bottom-up approach is a suitable one for structure generation based on the results presented.
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Genvo, Sébastien. "Le game design de jeux vidéos : une approche communicationnelle et interculturelle." Metz, 2006. http://docnum.univ-lorraine.fr/public/UPV-M/Theses/2006/Genvo.Sebastien.LMZ0610.pdf.
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Alors que les cultures ont des conceptions différentes du jeu, comment inciter des utilisateurs, issus d’horizons variés, à jouer avec une même œuvre vidéoludique, qui véhicule ses propres représentations de ce qu’est le jeu ? Cette question est centrale dans l’industrie globalisée des jeux vidéo. Quelles seraient les configurations d’échanges mises en place��pour permettre une médiation interculturelle ? Les logiques de globalisation prégnantes dans ces productions ne nécessitent-elles pas l’émergence d’une nouvelle culture ludique transnationale, menant à une homogénéisation des pratiques ? Ces interrogations sont abordées par l’étude du game design, qui recouvre le travail de conception destiné à faire adopter à l’individu une attitude ludique à partir d’une structure de jeu. L’analyse de ce processus nécessite d’interroger en premier lieu le possible rôle de l’industrie vidéoludique comme culture à part entière, avec son histoire, ses normes et répertoires d’action. Un second moment est consacré à la définition d’outils d’analyse permettant de comprendre comment un logiciel peut présenter une certaine « jouabilité ». Une dernière partie rend compte de méthodes que mobilisent les joueurs pour actualiser la potentialité ludique d’une œuvre en ligne, en recourant à la description ethnométhodologique. Par ces trois entrées, on montre que pour comprendre le phénomène, il faut considérer que la médiation ludique interculturelle par support informatique ne se réalise pas par l’influence de la structure sur le joueur mais résulte d’une construction, nécessitant de tenir compte des contradictions et complémentarités qu’engage cette mise en relationConsidering that each culture has a different understanding of what it means “to play”, one of the key question that the video games industry raises every day can be summarized by the following sentence : how can I make various kinds of people play with a same product ? This question needs other inquiries to get some answers : do the videogame industry produces a transnational culture of play, that creates homogenization through minds and practices ? If it’s not the case, how can we understand the planetary success of videogames ? Game design allows to explore these issues as it concerns the process of transmitting the will to play to an individual. This exploration begins with the definition of the video game industry as a particular culture, with his own history, norms and representations. A second chapter focus on the conceptual tools that can be used to understand how a game is designed to present a certain “playability”. Finally, a third part reports an analysis of ethnomethods and interpretative procedures that players used in an online game to get involved in a ludic universe. These three chapters show that, in order to understand the phenomenon, it is essential to support the thesis according to which an intercultural ludic mediation is not carried out by the influence of the game on the player but results from a construction which creates contradictions and complementarities within the act of play
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Eklund, Lina. "The Sociality of Gaming : A mixed methods approach to understanding digital gaming as a social leisure activity." Doctoral thesis, Stockholms universitet, Sociologiska institutionen, 2012. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:su:diva-83163.
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This dissertation is an exploration of the practice of social digital gaming, using a mixed methods approach with complementary data and analytical methods. The main themes are the prevalence and meaning of gamers’ experiences of social gaming and the underlying structures limiting or assisting social gaming, both material and social. Applying an everyday perspective, focus is on gamers’ day-to-day practices and experiences. Studies I and II enquire into relational aspects of social gaming based on interviews and survey data. Study III investigates the relationship between game design and gamer agency and its importance for social interaction with strangers, using in-game participant observation. Lastly in Study IV, building on interviews, female gamers come to the fore as their gender construction in an online game is examined with the aim of understanding the connection between online and offline. The main result concerns how social gaming takes place in various social relations. How gaming comes to be―what it means―is dependent on the relations between gamers, be they family members, real life friends, Internet friends or strangers. In these interactions, gender and sexual identity are realized; in the relations between gamers, physical proximate or online. Finally, virtuality is shown to be a social accomplishment of the people engaging in games rather than a property of the games themselves. Focus on the relational unveils how gaming comes to be in the process of interaction, a process at the same time dependent on underlying structures, i.e. games as designed platforms with certain affordances for social behaviour. We are able, thus, to reconcile the social constructivist position that (social) gaming is created in the relations between gamers engaging in games with the more formalist approach that games are rule based structures. Games create a foundation for interaction that can further develop into the creation/maintenance of relationships and identity.At the time of the doctoral defense, the following papers were unpublished and had a status as follows: Paper 1: Manuscript. Paper 2: Manuscript. Paper 3: Manuscript.
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Mérard, Aurélien. "La figure du posthumain : pour une approche transmédiale." Thesis, Bordeaux 3, 2018. http://www.theses.fr/2018BOR30048/document.
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Ce travail s’attache à étudier les figures de la posthumanité en s’appuyant sur un corpus transmédial et transnational et à répondre à deux questions principales : Peut-on, au travers de la figure du posthumain, percer à jour les désirs et les angoisses de l'homme de ce millénaire encore naissant ? Comment l'expérience de pensée posthumaine, mise en mouvement par la fiction, questionne-t-elle la notion même d'humanité ? Dans un premier temps, il met en relief les liens existant entre la posthumanité et ce territoire homogène et récurrent dans le corpus, qu’on nommera à la suite d'Antonio Negri et Michael Hardt, l’Empire. Dans un second temps il s’intéresse à la plasticité du corps et de l’esprit posthumains, à la façon dont leurs multiples avatars se déploient à travers le temps ainsi qu’aux raisons qui sous-tendent cette extrême plasticité. Enfin, dans un dernier mouvement, il s’attelle à montrer que, loin de s’inscrire dans un imaginaire radicalement nouveau, le post-humain procède en fait du réagencement ou de la reconfiguration d’un imaginaire anthropologique déjà bien ancré dans l’inconscient collectifThis work focus on the study of the posthuman figures. It is based on a transmedial and transnational corpus. It seeks to answer two key questions : can we expose, through the posthuman figure, the desires and the anguishes of this still rising millennium’s man ? How the posthuman thought experiment, set into motion by the fiction, challenge the very concept of humanity ? As a first step, this work emphasizes on the links that exist between posthumanity and this homogeneous and reccuring, in our fictions, territory that Antonio Negri and Micharl Hardt call Empire. Then, it’s interested in the plasticity of the posthuman bodies and minds, in the way that their numerous avatars expand through time as well as the reasons that underlie this extreme plasticity. Lastly, he tries to show that the posthuman do not fall into a dramatic new imagination, but that it proceeds, in fact, of the reordering or the reconfiguration of a anthropological imagination already well rooted in the collective unconscious
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Lemercier, Maud. "Comprendre les comportements prosociaux et antisociaux à travers une approche méthodologique mixte : le cas des jeux vidéo en ligne multijoueur." Thesis, Paris 10, 2020. http://www.theses.fr/2020PA100094.
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Ce travail de recherche a pour objectif de mieux comprendre les déterminants psychologiques, émotionnels et motivationnels des comportements prosociaux et antisociaux dans les jeux vidéo en ligne multijoueur en associant plusieurs approches méthodologiques. L’approche quantitative, par le biais de questionnaires en ligne, permet de différencier les profils psychologiques et motivationnels des joueurs occasionnels, des joueurs réguliers et des hyperjoueurs et de proposer des modèles explicatifs des comportements sociaux dans les jeux en ligne multijoueur. Une étude complémentaire vise à évaluer l’impact des jeux en ligne sur le sentiment d’isolement, les émotions et la régulation émotionnelle en situation de confinement. L’approche expérimentale observationnelle avec mesure physiologique (suivi oculaire, expressions faciales et rythme cardiaque) fournit des informations sur les déclencheurs potentiels des émotions lors de parties en ligne et sur la façon dont les joueurs réagissent en temps réel en fonction de leur profil psychologique. L’analyse qualitative d’entretiens semi-directifs explore les liens entre les comportements dans les jeux et les comportements sur Internet et hors ligne et informe sur la manière dont les joueurs perçoivent leurs comportements dans différents contextes. Les résultats indiquent que les traits de personnalité, les processus émotionnels et les motivations à jouer influencent la manière dont les joueurs se comportent entre eux dans les jeux en ligne multijoueur. On retrouve des profils psychologiques distincts entre les joueurs qui ont des comportements prosociaux et ceux qui se comportent de façon antisociale voire agressive pendant les partiesThe aim of this research work is to investigate the psychological, emotional and motivational determinants of prosocial and antisocial behaviors in multiplayer online video games by combining several, but complementary, methodological approaches. A first systematic review article provides an overview of the links between the dimensions of the Five Factor Model of personality traits and behaviors associated with video games. The article highlighted the gaps in scientific knowledge about non-problematic gamers. We used a quantitative approach, through online questionnaires, to differentiate the psychological and motivational profiles of casual, regular and hardcore gamers and to propose explanatory models of social behaviors in multiplayer online games. A complementary study aimed at evaluating the impact of online games on feelings of isolation, emotions and emotional regulation during covid-19 quarantine. The observational experimental approach with physiological measurement (i.e., eye tracking, facial expressions and heart rate), provides information on potential emotional triggers during online games and on how gamers react in real time according to their psychological profile. The qualitative analysis of semi-structured interviews explores the links between gaming behavior and online and offline behaviors and provides information on how gamers perceive their behavior in different contexts. We showed that there are distinct psychological profiles between gamers who exhibit prosocial behaviors and those who behave antisocially or aggressively while they play
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Vermeulen, Mathieu. "Une approche meta-design des learning games pour développer leur usage." Electronic Thesis or Diss., Sorbonne université, 2018. http://www.theses.fr/2018SORUS093.
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Cette thèse en informatique se situe dans le domaine des Learning Games (LG), les jeux sérieux destinés à l’apprentissage. Elle s’intéresse à leur conception, aux outils et modèles pour faciliter celle-ci, et à leur usage. Pour aborder cette problématique, nous nous appuyons sur le meta-design, une approche impliquant fortement les utilisateurs finaux dans la phase de conception mais aussi dans la phase d’usage. Pour la mettre en place avec les enseignants, que nous considérons comme les utilisateurs finaux des LG, nous proposons différentes itérations d’un modèle de LG simple et représentable pour faciliter la conception collaborative de ces EIAH mais aussi leur réingénierie. Après une première itération, la seconde itération propose un modèle baptisé DISC et la méthode de conception associée. Ils ont été testés dans le cadre de la co-conception d’un LG utilisé par des enseignants du supérieur dans le contexte d’un MOOC et utilisé comme une activité d’un cours en présentiel. Pour impliquer les enseignants dans la phase d’usage, nous proposons d’articuler ce modèle avec un outil de visualisation des traces des étudiants pour détecter des séquences d’usage problématiques et ainsi faciliter le processus de réingénierie, les visualisations permettant l’analyse des données recueillies. Pour mener ce travail de recherche, nous avons choisi de travailler avec la méthode THEDRE qui propose un cycle de recherche itératif soutenu par la remontée d’indicateurs évaluant le processus de recherche. Cette amélioration continue, appuyée sur les expérimentations menées, a permis de valider nos propositions quant au meta-design pour les learning gamesThis thesis in computer science is in the field of Technology Enhanced Learning (TEL) and more specifically in the field of Learning Games (LG), serious games dedicated to learning. It deals with their design, tools and models to facilitate it, and their use. To tackle this problem, we use the meta-design, an approach aiming to strongly involve the end users in the design stage but also in the use stage. To implement this approach with teachers, whom we consider as end users of LG, we propose different iterations of a simple and representable LG model to facilitate the collaborative design of these TELs, but also their reengineering. After a first iteration, the second iteration propose a model named DISC and the associated design method. They were tested in the co-design of a learning game used by teachers of higher education in the context of a MOOC and as an additional activity of a course. To involve teachers in the use stage, we propose to articulate this model with a learners’ traces visualizations tool to detect problematic pattern and, thus, facilitate the reengineering process of LG, the visualizations allowing traces analysis collected during the use stage. To carry out this research work, we chose to work with the THEDRE method which proposes an iterative research cycle supported by the feedback of indicators evaluating the process throughout the method. This continuous improvement, supported by the experiments, allow us to validate our propositions about the meta-design for the learning games
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Abed, Hamza. "Modèles de conception des jeux sérieux pour la formation professionnelle : application aux contextes de l'Usine 4.0 et du domaine médical." Electronic Thesis or Diss., Sorbonne université, 2019. http://www.theses.fr/2019SORUS014.
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Avec la révolution numérique de nos jours, l'usine et l'entreprise en général sont confrontées au besoin d'employer des moyens innovants pour former les nouveaux employés issus des générations Y et Z immergées dans les nouvelles technologies. Le travail présenté dans cette thèse porte sur la ludification des formations de façon adaptée à l'usine numérique et à la nouvelle génération d'apprenants. Ayant réalisé des expériences auprès de collaborateurs issus du monde industriel, nous avons identifié plusieurs verrous spécifiques à la formation professionnelle comme le besoin d'intégrer des innovations dans la formation, le besoin d'une formation évolutive ou encore la difficulté de transformer une formation existante en une formation ludique. Ainsi, à l'issue de l'état de l'art sur les outils, méthodes et méthodologies de création de jeux sérieux, nous avons constaté qu'aucune des solutions existantes ne prend réellement en compte les verrous constatés. Cela nous a mené à proposer une approche duale de ludification du module de formation, basée sur un modèle de ressources multi-facettes (RMF) et un processus de construction itératif léger (LGA). Notre approche vise à aider le formateur à définir progressivement le scénario de jeu adapté au contenu de sa formation. Le concept de RMF permet de caractériser une ressource importante du module sans décrire précisément le scénario d'usageIn the light of the current digital revolution, factories are facing the need to employ innovative ways to train the new generations Y and Z immersed in new technologies. The work presented in this thesis deals with the gamification of training in a way adapted to the digital factory and the new generation of learners. Having carried out experiments with employees from the industrial world, we have identified several locks specific to vocational training, such as the need to integrate innovations in training, the need for an evolutionary training, or the difficulty of transforming an existing training into a new funny one. Thus, at the end of the state of the art about tools, methods and methodologies of serious game creation, we found that none of the existing solutions takes into account the locks found. This led us to propose a dual learning approach of the training module, based on a multi-faceted resource model (RMF) and a light iterative construction process (LGA). Our approach aims to help the trainer to gradually define a game scenario adapted to the content of his training. The concept of MFR makes it possible to characterize an important resource of the module without precisely describing the usage scenario
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Schmoll, Laurence. "Concevoir un scénario de jeu vidéo sérieux pour l'enseignement-apprentissage des langues ou comment dominer un oxymore." Thesis, Strasbourg, 2016. http://www.theses.fr/2016STRAC014.
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Cette recherche étudie l‘utilisation du jeu vidéo pour l’apprentissage des langues étrangères en classe. L’étude porte sur l’intégration de ce support issu de pratiques informelles au contexte formel de la classe de langue. A la fois ludique et à visée d’apprentissage, le ‘jeu vidéo d’apprentissage’ incarne un oxymore, point de tension entre deux pôles, celui du scolaire et celui du jeu. Ce travail se concentre plus spécifiquement sur la notion de ludique. Comment, par le jeu vidéo d’apprentissage, activer une attitude ludique hypothétiquement porteuse d’une implication accrue de l’apprenant, celle-ci menant possiblement à une augmentation et une complexification des productions / interactions en langue étrangère ? Cette recherche s’inscrit dans le cadre du projet Eveil-3D et elle analyse l’accueil fait par un échantillon d’apprenants à deux jeux vidéo d’apprentissage partageant le même scénario mais conçus selon deux modèles différents. Elle a pour objectif d’aboutir tant à un modèle de conception qu’à un modèle de scénario, pensés spécifiquement pour l’apprentissage des langues médiatisées par le jeu vidéoThis research examines the use of video games in foreign language classrooms. It investigates the integration of this digital medium, originating as an informal leisure activity, in a formal language learning classroom setting. The ‘learning video game’, which refers to both the act of learning and the act of play, can be seen as an oxymoron encompassing seriousness as well as fun. This work focuses on the fun aspect. This work is motivated by the following research question: how can the use of a learning video game foster a playful attitude, hypothetically conducive to a greater involvement of the learner, while also potentially leading to increaseand complexification in student foreign language production and interaction? As a part of the Eveil 3D-project, this study analyses reception from a sample of learners to two learning games which have the same scenario but were completed according to two different game design models. The findings provide both a game design model and a scenario template in order to support foreign language learning through the use of the video game
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Koban, Kevin [Verfasser], Peter [Akademischer Betreuer] Ohler, Peter [Gutachter] Ohler, and Günter Daniel [Gutachter] Rey. "Interactivity as Dynamic Demand : A Conceptual, Methodological, and Empirical Foundation for an Innovative Approach to Study Video Games / Kevin Koban ; Gutachter: Peter Ohler, Günter Daniel Rey ; Betreuer: Peter Ohler." Chemnitz : Technische Universität Chemnitz, 2019. http://d-nb.info/1219583073/34.
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Marne, Bertrand. "Modèles et outils pour la conception de jeux sérieux : une approche meta-design." Thesis, Paris 6, 2014. http://www.theses.fr/2014PA066536/document.
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Cette thèse en informatique se situe dans le domaine des jeux sérieux destinés à l'apprentissage et s'intéresse à leur conception et aux outils auteurs d'adaptation. Les jeux sérieux sont des Environnements Informatiques Pour l'Apprentissage Humain dont la conception nécessite la collaboration d'experts variés parmi lesquels les enseignants. Pour faciliter la conception multi-expertise initiale des jeux sérieux métissant motivation et apprentissage, nous proposons un cadre conceptuel, les 6 facettes de la conception des jeux sérieux, qui aide les parties prenantes à collaborer à chaque étape de conception. Les 6 facettes sont enrichies par la bibliothèque de patrons de conception que nous proposons, et qui construit un vocabulaire favorisant la conception participative.Pour permettre la co-conception des jeux sérieux dans l'usage par les enseignants, nous avons prolongé l'approche de la conception participative à celle du meta-design. Nous proposons un modèle et un outil auteur permettant aux enseignants d'adapter les jeux sérieux à leurs contextes spécifiques d'enseignement. MoPPLiq est un modèle à la fois formel et graphique qui représente la scénarisation des jeux sérieux à étapes, de façon à la rendre compréhensible et manipulable. APPLiq est un outil auteur permettant de manipuler des modèles MoPPLiq, en maintenant leur cohérence grâce à une vérification et une compensation automatique de la planification. Nos outils conceptuels (6 facettes et patrons de conception) et logiciels (MoPPLiq et APPLiq) ont été mis à l'épreuve lors de travaux de conception de jeux sérieux avec des partenaires publics et privés et avec des jeux sérieux utilisés par des enseignantsThis thesis in computer science is in the field of Serious Games (SGs) for learning, and focuses on designand authoring tools for adaptation.SGs are Technology Enhanced Learning systems whose design requires collaboration of different types ofexperts among which teachers.To help the initial multi-expertise design of the SGs that mix fun and learning, we propose a conceptualframework named the 6 Facets of the Design of SGs, which helps stakeholders to collaborate at everystage of design. The 6 Facets are enhanced by the design pattern (Dps) library we offer, which builds avocabulary promoting participatory design.To enable teachers to co-design SGs during the use stage, we extend the participatory design approach tometa-design. We propose a model and an authoring tool that help teachers to adapt SGs to their specificteaching contexts.MoPPLiq is a model, both formal and visual, representing the several stages of an SG. It is meant to beexplicit and adaptable by teachers. APPLiq is an authoring tool meant to adapt instances of MoPPLiqmodels, and automatically check and compensate their inconsistencies.Our conceptual tools (6 Facets and DPs) and software tools (MoPPLiq and APPLiq) were tested whiledesigning SGs with public and private partners and with SGs used by teachers
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Karoui, Aous. "Jeux Éducatifs Mobiles : JEM Inventor, un outil auteur fondé sur une approche de conception gigogne." Thesis, Le Mans, 2018. http://www.theses.fr/2018LEMA1015/document.
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L’essor des périphériques mobiles (ex. tablettes, smartphones) ainsi que leurs applications pédagogiques et ludiques ont contribué à la naissance des Jeux Éducatifs Mobiles (JEM). De nombreux chercheurs ont prouvé les effets positifs de ces JEM sur la motivation des apprenants et même sur certains apprentissages. Cependant, l’utilisation de JEM en contexte scolaire reste très limitée. En effet, les JEM existants, parfois assez coûteux, sont souvent conçus pour un domaine très spécifique, et n’offrent donc pas de possibilités de réutilisation. De plus, les outils auteur existants sont, soit riches en fonctionnalités mais nécessitent un investissement important des enseignants pour être pris en main, soit simples à utiliser mais ne permettent pas de concevoir des JEM qui répondent aux besoins pédagogiques. Pour s’attaquer à ces problématiques, nous proposons JEM iNVENTOR, un outil auteur de JEM, fondé sur une approche de conception gigogne, destiné aux enseignants, conservateurs de musée, ou toute personne non-informaticienne, qui souhaitent scénariser leurs propres JEM et les déployer sur les systèmes mobiles.Le modèle de conception gigogne a été validé par une série d’expérimentations auprès d’une vingtaine d’enseignants ayant des niveaux d’expertises et des domaines d’enseignement très variés. Nous avons également mené des expérimentations de terrain, auprès d’environ 1500 étudiants et élèves, afin d’évaluer la qualité des JEM créés avec JEM iNVENTOR ainsi que leur impact sur les apprenantsThe rise of mobile devices (e.g. tablets, smartphones) and their educational and recreational applications have contributed to the emergence of Mobile Learning Games (MLGs). Indeed, MLGs show great potential for increasing engagement, creativity and authentic learning. Yet, despite their great potential for education, the use of MLGs by teachers, remains very limited. This is partly due to the fact that MLGs are often designed to match a specific learning context, and thus cannot be directly reusable for other contexts. In addition, existing authoring tools are either feature-rich but require a significant investment by teachers to be used, or simple to use but do not offer enough features for the design of MLGs that meet pedagogical needs. To tackle these problems, we propose JEM iNVENTOR, a MLG authoring tool, based on a nested design approach, intended for teachers, museum curators, or any person without computer skills, wishing to script their own MLG and deploy them on mobile systems.The nested design model was approved through a series of experimentations with some twenty teachers from a wide range of expertise levels and teaching fields. We also conducted field experimentations with about 1500 students and pupils in order to evaluate the quality of MLGs created with JEM iNVENTOR as well as their impact on learners
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Di, Filippo Laurent. "Du mythe au jeu : approche anthropo-communicationnelle du Nord : des récits médiévaux scandinaves au MMORPG Age of Conan : Hyborian Adventures." Thesis, Université de Lorraine, 2016. http://www.theses.fr/2016LORR0213/document.
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Un rhinocéros Berserker, des hordes de Vanir déferlant sur la Cimmérie, le fils d’Ymir emprisonné... les références aux récits médiévaux scandinaves couramment désignés par les termes « mythes nordiques » sont nombreuses dans le jeu de rôle en ligne massivement multi-joueurs Age of Conan: Hyborian Adventures. Mais, comment des éléments issus de sources presque millénaires sont-ils devenus des composantes d’une production vidéoludique contemporaine ? À partir de ce cas d’étude, l’auteur de ce travail s’intéresse, de façon plus générale, aux phénomènes culturels et à leurs dynamiques à travers leurs processus de transmission, de manifestation et d’appropriation. Pour ce faire, il s’appuie sur une démarche qualitative et empirique à la croisée des Sciences de l’information et de la communication et des Études scandinaves afin de développer une approche anthropo-communicationnelle, fortement imprégnée par les travaux en Anthropologie. Celle-ci se fonde sur une méthodologie à la fois linguistique, socio-historique, d’observation participante sur le temps long et un suivi de veille sur le temps très long. Elle permet de constater que, des manuscrits médiévaux aux jeux vidéo en ligne, en passant par la littérature de fantasy américaine des années 1930, le sens donné aux références aux ressources culturelles du passé est sans cesse transformé et construit en fonction de la situation dans laquelle elles sont manifestées. Ces dynamiques culturelles s’inscrivent alors au cœur de la problématique du changement et de la permanence et mettent en lumière les constructions d’un imaginaire du commun tout en remettant au centre de la réflexion le travail des acteursA berserker rhinoceros, hordes of Vanir swarming upon Cimmeria, Ymir’s son imprisoned … references to the medieval scandinavian stories often designated as « Norse myths » are numerous in the massively multi-player online rôle playing game Age of Conan: Hyborian Adventures. But, how could elements coming from sources which are almost a thousand years old become parts of a contemporary videogame ? From this case study, the author of this work takes a more general interest in cultural phenomenons and their dynamics through their transmission, manifestation and appropriation processes. In order to do this, he leans on a qualitative and empirical research which articulates communication studies with scandinavian studies in order to build an anthropo-communicational approach, which is strongly influenced by Anthropology. This approach is based on a multi-layered methodology which includes linguistics, socio-historical method, long term participant observation and very long term information monitoring. It allows to observe that, from the medieval manuscripts to online video games, through american fantasy literature from the 1930’s, the significations which people give to past cultural ressources are always transformed and built according to the situation in which they are expressed. Such cultural dynamics fall within the heart of research questions about change and permanence and highlight the ways by which an imaginary of the common is built at the same time as it puts the work of the social actors at the center of the reflection
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Bednarz, Megan Reneé. "Morality and Meaning in Video Games: A New Approach to Christian Game Design." Thesis, 2011. http://hdl.handle.net/1969.1/ETD-TAMU-2011-05-9069.
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A review of the history of video game design reveals an emphasis on themes of competition, survival, and combat. Game designers are now increasingly exploring other themes, including ethics, morality, and religious or spiritual subjects. This thesis analyzes the design of a 2D single-player computer game based on Christian principles, investigating morality, ethics, and meaning in video games. The game builds on previous games, examining the ethical relevance of certain video games as
cultural artifacts and as personal inspiration, expounding on how games can be both inspirational and educational.
Though violent games can provide moral challenges and "ethically significant experiences," in this project, non-violent solutions are more conducive for a game based on Christian tenets. This thesis project reinterprets the idea of the "shmup" or scrolling shooter game by changing the game mechanics and win condition to express a non-violent process. The player takes on the role of an angel who has been sent to rescue birds from demons, presenting general subjects for wide audience appeal regardless of religious beliefs.
The thesis outlines the process used in the design, the philosophical approach, and the technical and artistic methods used to create the game. The game is evaluated subjectively with respect to the goals set forth in the design, based on informal player feedback. This thesis contributes to the exploration of games in a spiritual, artistic, moral, and emotional context and the process outlined herein provides a practical example to other independent game developers in the design of a game based on spiritual themes.
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Weil, Rachel Simone. "No bad memories : a feminist, critical design approach to video game histories." Thesis, 2014. http://hdl.handle.net/2152/26343.
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Certain unique sights and sounds of video games from the 1980s and 1990s have been codified as a retro game style, celebrated by collectors, historians, and game developers alike. In this report, I argue that this nostalgic celebration has escaped critical scrutiny and in particular omits the diverse experiences of girls and women who may have been alienated by the tough, intimidating nature of a twentieth-century video-game culture that was primarily created by and for boys. Indeed, attempts to attract girls to gaming, such as the 1990s girls' game movement, are usually criticized in or absent from mainstream video-game histories, and girly video games are rarely viewed with the same nostalgic fondness as games like Super Mario Bros. This condition points to a larger cultural practice of trivializing media for girls and, by extension, girlhood and girls themselves. My critical design response to this condition has been twofold. First, I have recuperated and resituated twentieth-century girly games as collectible, valuable, and nostalgic, thereby subverting conventional historical narratives and suggesting that these games have inherent cultural value. Second, I have created new works that reimagine 8-bit style as an expression of nostalgia for twentieth-century girlhood rather than for twentieth-century boyhood. This report contains documentation of some relevant projects I have undertaken, such as the creation of a video-game museum and an 8-bit video game called Electronic Sweet-N Fun Fortune Teller. In these projects and in future works, I hope to disrupt dominant narratives about video game history and nostalgia that continue to marginalize and trivialize girls' and women's experiences and participation in contemporary game cultures.text
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Pamungkas, Wijanarko Sukma, and 巴隆喀. "A Case Study of Network Approach Strategic Management on Video Game Developers in Indonesia." Thesis, 2013. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/56525949561236590486.
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In these past 5 years, economic growth in Indonesia is climbing and may expand more in 2013. Micro, Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (MSMEs) are one of the key sources of economic growth in Indonesia. Many firms from the same industry form a business community, and it can become a network of inter-organizational relationships or business networks for the firm. SMEs need to implement network approach strategic management by managing the business networks they had and creating business strategy based on the networks’ resources and competencies to gain competitive advantages. In order to grow using network approach strategy a firm should know what’s the nature of the business environment where they reside and formulate business strategy that define what resources and competencies the company possesses by itself, and what it aims to acquire from external organizations and what kind of linkages it needs to have to access those required external resources and competencies. It needs also be concerned with the resources and competencies that the existing relationship portfolio provides and the means of developing and exploiting that portfolio. And implement the strategy by doing strategic management activities in networks.
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Cheng, Li-Chien, and 鄭立騫. "Explore Online Review Content Effect on Review Valence through Text Mining Approach: A Case of Video Game." Thesis, 2018. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/t52e7h.
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Vining, Nicholas. "Next-generation content creation: an investigative approach." Thesis, 2011. http://hdl.handle.net/1828/3830.
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The rising cost in video game content creation, both in terms of man hours and in terms of monetary dollars, restricts the ability of video game developers to create unique, entertaining content. Motivated by how this cost is a direct result of "next-generation graphics", I am motivated to ask: what would a next-generation content creation tool look like? I investigate the problem by constructing several such tools. In particular, I construct a mesh quilting algorithm for random level generation, a rapid level construction toolkit based on the concept of an architectural blueprint but supporting features such as complex silhouette geometry and roof geometry, and a tool for rapidly painting world textures. I also introduce a new system for accessing barycentric coordinate data from within the fragment shader, which can be used in support of real-time 3D image quilting, more accurate normal interpolation, and texture rendering from within the world painting tool. Some history of video game content creation is discussed, and a roadmap is charted for future development.Graduate
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Harbour, Tim. "Music in Indie video games: a composer's perspective on musical approaches and practices." Thesis, 2016. http://hdl.handle.net/10539/22634.
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A thesis submitted to the Faculty of Humanities, University of Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, in
fulfilment of the requirements for the Degree of Master of Music
Johannesburg, 2016In this part-written, part-composed creative research project I consider the music of ‘indie’ video games, specifically exploring some of the myriad dynamic compositional approaches in this particular category of game development. In my written work I analyse three indie video games – Braid (2008), Fez (2012) and Journey (2012) – each of which use unique methods to apply music dynamically. I use interviews with the games’ creators, as well as close analysis and transcription of significant sections of each video game, in order to reveal how music is used to provide the player with a more immersive, satisfying, and involving gaming experience. I also consider the use of ambient music in indie video games, a common feature of a large number of contemporary games, weighing up its merits and limitations. Musical concepts and compositional approaches raised in my written work have informed the portfolio of compositions submitted for this degree, and, similarly, my creative work has informed my analytical research. My creative work explores, amongst other aspects, indeterminate form, ambient music, and ways of ‘looping’ material in the creation of unrepeatable structures. This thesis also considers music which functions narratively in games – a function that might necessitate a greater degree of musical linearity — and how this musical role might be incompatible with the demands of interactivity. After briefly introducing the concepts dealt with across this thesis in Chapter 1, Chapters 2 to 4 take the form of case studies of the indie games mentioned above, with each chapter tackling unique challenges that game composers face when writing music for non-linear games, by which I mean games structured so that not all players will experience the content in the same order due to player agency. More specifically, Chapter 2 deals with the game Braid and its use of pre-composed, licensed music and how the game’s developer applies this music dynamically to the game. Chapter 3 deals with Fez and its mainly adaptive musical approach, its built-in software music engine, ‘Fezzer’, which allows for a composer to input and manipulate musical loops in the game, and nostalgia in indie video game aesthetics. Chapter 4 centres on the video game Journey and on how autonomous, ‘narrative’ music in video games might be seen to exist in opposition to music’s ability to be truly dynamic. Finally, Chapter 5 reflects on my own creative work for this thesis; how concepts from the case studies have informed my creative work and vice versa.
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Tremblay, Jonathan. "A new approach to dynamic difficulty adjustment in video games." Thèse, 2011. http://constellation.uqac.ca/2165/1/030189090.pdf.
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L'arrivée de nouvelles consoles de jeux vidéo tel que la Wii de Nintendo ont ouvert l'industrie du jeux vidéo aux «joueurs casuals ». Dans cette nouvelle réalité, joueurs expérimentés et joueurs inexpirémentés évoluent dans le même environnement. Ils cherchent a s'amuser par le biais de différentes expériences et de sessions de jeu, c'est ici que le jeu devrait se plier aux exigences du joueur. C'est important pour le joueur de s'amuser en jouant, l'industrie du jeu vidéo se repose sur cette facette afin de porter les joueurs à consommer leurs produits. Cependant, l'amusement est difficile à définir et encore plus à créer dans les jeux. Afin de comprendre l'amusement dans les jeux vidéo, les chercheurs utilisent la définition de la théorie du "flow" qui se repose fortement sur la compréhension forte d'un état émotionnel qui est lié à l'amusement.
C'est incontestable que les jeux doivent assurer que le joueur puisse expérimenter une forme de "flow", dans un tel cas, le jeu doit comprendre le niveau d'habilité du joueur afin de pouvoir offrir un défi qui est à la hauteur des habilités qui sont spécifique au joueur. Le but de cette recherche est de répondre à cette problématique en proposant un modèle adaptatif d'ajustement dynamique (DDA), en temps réel, du niveau de difficulté afin d'améliorer l'expérience de jeu pour le joueur. Ce modèle a été implémenté afin de le valider sous la forme d'un petit jeu sérieux (combat/mathématique). Grâce à ce prototype, 32 personnes ont testé et répondu à un questionnaire portant sur leur expérience de jeu. Les résultats de cette expérience sont très prometteurs, démontrant la valeur du modèle proposé et pointant vers des indices pour des améliorations futures.
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Feng, Jing. "Cognitive training using action video games: A new approach to close the gender gap." 2006. http://link.library.utoronto.ca/eir/EIRdetail.cfm?Resources__ID=450662&T=F.
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Ross, Dionne Laurie-Mei. "Réception et interprétation du couple dans les jeux otome : une approche anthropologique d’un corpus vidéoludique japonais." Thesis, 2020. http://hdl.handle.net/1866/25049.
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Ce mémoire tente de mieux comprendre ce que sont les jeux otome japonais et le rapport entre le jeu et la culture. En effet, à travers l’interaction que le jeu permet, celui-ci offre au joueur la possibilité d’explorer de nouvelles identités et par la même occasion, devenir un outil de (re)négociation culturelle. Puisque les jeux otome sont principalement créés pour plaire à un marché féminin japonais, les idéaux culturels en ce qui concerne les performances de genre féminin seraient logiquement intégrés dans les diverses trames narratives qui sont présentées, bien que ce processus puisse être involontaire de la part de leurs créateurs. Puisque les jeux otome reposent principalement sur la réussite de la formation d’une relation amoureuse avec un personnage masculin, ceci semble faire écho à la critique nationale envers le célibat féminin; il est attendu des femmes qu’elles remplissent leur rôle en tant qu’épouse et mère sous l’institution du mariage. Malgré le fait que cet idéal ne puisse pas toujours être suivi en raison de situations socio-économiques tel l’éclatement de la bulle financière de 1990 et des nœuds de résistance de la part des plus jeunes générations au fil du temps, cette notion demeure imprégnée dans la culture japonaise. Cela ne veut pas dire que les femmes jouant à des jeux otome sont contraintes d’accepter ces rôles. Par le biais de la jouabilité et de leur alter-ego numérique qu’est leur avatar, elles peuvent prendre part à l’ordre social établi sans pour autant s’y conformer. En fait, cela peut même être perçu comme un moyen de subvertir l’intention originale puisque ces femmes alimentent une relation retranchée des attentes sociales de la maternité.This thesis tries to shed light on Japanese otome games and how player agency through the video game medium can lend itself to the exploration of new identities by the player and become a tool for cultural (re)negotiation. As otome games have been mainly created for female customers in the insular Japanese market, cultural ideals regarding female gender performance would logically be embedded in the various narratives that are presented, albeit this process may be unintentional by their creators. Since otome games hinge mostly on obtaining a successful romantic relationship with a male character, this seems to echo national criticism of female celibacy; women should fulfill their roles as wives and mothers through marriage. Although this ideal may not be upheld due to socioeconomic happenstance such as the crash of 1990 and has found pockets of resistance throughout the younger generation as time went by, this notion still permeates Japanese culture. That is not to say women who play otome games are bound to accept these roles. Through the use of play and their digital proxy that is their avatar, they can take part in the social prescribed order without submitting to it. Moreover, it could be seen as a way to subvert the original intent in doing so, as they embrace a relationship that is withdrawn from the social expectation of childbirth.
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Koban, Kevin. "Interactivity as Dynamic Demand: A Conceptual, Methodological, and Empirical Foundation for an Innovative Approach to Study Video Games." 2019. https://monarch.qucosa.de/id/qucosa%3A36459.
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Video games are anything but a marginalized subject among communication scholars and media psychologists for quite some time now. Nevertheless, a certain
lack of empirically valid theoretical conceptualizations that truly respect the unique nature of the medium is still an important issue, even concerning basic concepts
such as interactivity. Drawing from a recently introduced multidimensional conceptualization of video game interactivity as continuously required player effort
to meet game demands and to exercise in-situ authorial control over the game experience, this dissertation consists of four manuscripts (covering seven individual
studies) that aim for empirical evidence for a rather general but extremely vital question: How do players process video games? In my understanding of the field,
this question exemplifies a substantial shift in how researchers examine games to explain not only the medium’s worldwide appeal but also the psychological
consequences that may result from playing it. Just as psychophysiological and neurophysiological perspectives have gained significant momentum within game
scholarship these days, an experiential approach that focuses on the (dynamic) interplay between demand and effort promises to serve as a valuable theoretical
basis to develop an advanced understanding of video gaming beyond what we as game scholars currently know. My work is inspired by this vision and the four
manuscripts that are included in this thesis contribute little pieces to it by examining interpersonal competition (manuscript 1) and game streaming (manuscript 3) as well
as by developing and validating a German scale to assess different game demands (manuscript 2) and a methodology to explore demand dynamics (manuscript 4). In
doing so, it intends to provide conceptual and empirical groundwork necessary not only to ask bigger questions about video games but also to answer them.
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Ray, Jean-Charles. "Les systèmes de la peur : approche transmédiatique de l'horreur dans la littérature et le jeu vidéo." Thèse, 2017. http://hdl.handle.net/1866/20482.
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Ye, Shu-Hao, and 葉書豪. "Effects of Commercial Video Games on Construction of Motion Concepts based on Flipped Classroom Instruction Approach and Cognitive Elaboration Strategy." Thesis, 2016. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/n48827.
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Digital game-based learning (DGBL) has become a viable instructional option in the past decade due to its support of learning motivation, the development of cognitive skills and construction of knowledge. In recently years, rather than developing games specifically designed for instructional purposes, a growing number of researchers and educators are looking at ways to repurpose pre-existing commercial games for education because of the benefits in terms of the accurate simulation of “real-world” experience and phenomena. Especially, many commercial physics games position player activities within authentic and meaningful contexts, and offer opportunities for understanding of complex physical concepts, which increase interesting pedagogical opportunities for physics education. However, commercial physics games don’t appear to help students make the leap from tacit understanding to more formalized knowledge because they are usually designed for entertainment in essence. Therefore, our goal is to explore more instructional potentials and purposes of commercial games with appropriate teaching designs. This study uses three experiments with quasi-experimental design to investigate the effects of existing commercial games on learning outcomes of physical concepts at two learning stages (i.e. before-class and after-class) based on flipped classroom instruction model and cognitive elaboration strategy. In the first experiment we describe our proposal for a flipped game-based learning (FGBL) strategy containing core features of both digital-game based learning and flipped classroom instruction. Our two primary research in this experiment focuses are the effects of the proposed strategy on (a) pre-learning outcomes prior to formal classroom presentation of information, and (b) overall learning outcomes. The focus of the second experiment is the effects of commercial games as tutorial tools after class on the cognitive elaboration of physical concepts that students have already learned, and the third experiment was designed to further investigate the effects of commercial video games on cognitive structures of students when used to review physical concepts. Our results suggest that a) the commercial games can be used to promote active pre-class learning; b) the FGBL-strategy students achieved better learning outcomes than the lecture-based instruction students; c) the games supported the elaboration potential of learned physical concepts; d) concept maps are more suitable than multiple-choice tests for estimating the effects of commercial games on cognitive elaboration; e) the game promoted the creation of motion concept hierarchies and consolidated both relationships and cross-links among existing physical concepts; f) an internalization time factor must be taken into account when analyzing the effects of a game on cognitive structures as measured by concept maps. Several key design features of commercial games that can support the two instructional strategies for the learning of physical concepts are discussed.
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Asselin, Guillaume. "Une approche multi-agents pour le développement d'un jeu vidéo." Thèse, 2013. http://hdl.handle.net/1866/10289.
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Un système multi-agents est composé de plusieurs agents autonomes qui interagissent entre eux dans un environnement commun. Ce mémoire vise à démontrer l’utilisation d’un système multi-agents pour le développement d’un jeu vidéo. Tout d’abord, une justification du choix des concepts d’intelligence artificielle choisie est exposée. Par la suite, une approche pratique est utilisée en effectuant le développement d’un jeu vidéo. Pour ce faire, le jeu fut développé à partir d’un jeu vidéo mono-agent existant et mo- difié en système multi-agents afin de bien mettre en valeur les avantages d’un système multi-agents dans un jeu vidéo. Le développement de ce jeu a aussi démontré l’applica- tion d’autres concepts en intelligence artificielle comme la recherche de chemins et les arbres de décisions. Le jeu développé pour ce mémoire viens appuyer les conclusions des différentes recherches démontrant que l’utilisation d’un système multi-agents per- met de réaliser un comportement plus réaliste pour les joueurs non humains et bien plus compétitifs pour le joueur humain.A multi-agent system is composed of several autonomous agents that interact with each other in a common environment. This thesis aims to demonstrate the use of a multi- agent system for the development of a video game. First, a justification of the artificial intelligence’s concepts used in this master’s thesis is exposed. Subsequently, a practical approach is used in developping a video game. To do this, the game was developed from an existing single-agent video game and modified into a multi-agent system in order to properly highlight the benefits of a multi-agent system in a video game. The development of this game also demonstrate the application of other concepts in artificial intelligence such as pathfindinig and behaviour trees. In summary, the use of a multi- agent system has achieved a more realistic behavior for the non-human players and a more competitive gameplay for the human player.