16 research outputs found
What Studies of the Brain Can Tell Us About Language (if anything) and Vice Versa
Proceedings of the Nineteenth Annual Meeting of the Berkeley Linguistics
Society: General Session and Parasession on Semantic Typology and
Semantic Universals (1993
Incremental Game Mechanics applied to Text Annotation
We argue that the mechanics of 'Ville type Free-To-Play (F2P) games in general, and incremental games in particular, is especially suited for Games-With-A-Purpose. We demonstrate this through WordClicker, an incremental game whose mechanics is designed for text labelling. We believe the design and mechanics used are highly transferable to other games featuring annotation where game design is a challenge, such as serious games and language resourcing GWAPs. The game was tested with audiences from three popular indie gaming portals, achieving promising results both for entertainment value and learning