Spécificités culturelles dans les jeux vidéo : Baldur’s Gate II et Final Fantasy X-2, deux cas exemplaires de concepts de jeu occidentaux et orientaux

Point de départ À considérer aujourd’hui le paysage des jeux vidéo en fonction de leurs spécificités culturelles, il apparaît que le marché européen ne produit encore qu’une part relativement faible de réalisations propres. Cela concerne avant tout les jeux pour adolescents et pour adultes, ce qui n’exclut pas que des jeux vidéo destinés à des enfants – Pokémon, par exemple – ne soient aussi distribués et utilisés à l’échelle du monde. Dans l’espace européen, ce sont avant tout des je..

Narrative Mechanics

What do stories in games have in common with political narratives? This book identifies narrative strategies as mechanisms for meaning and manipulation in games and real life. It shows that the narrative mechanics so clearly identifiable in games are increasingly used (and abused) in politics and social life. They have »many faces«, displays and interfaces. They occur as texts, recipes, stories, dramas in three acts, movies, videos, tweets, journeys of heroes, but also as rewarding stories in games and as narratives in society - such as a career from rags to riches, the concept of modernity or market economy. Below their surface, however, narrative mechanics are a particular type of motivational design - of game mechanics

Narrative Mechanics

What do stories in games have in common with political narratives? This book identifies narrative strategies as mechanisms for meaning and manipulation in games and real life. It shows that the narrative mechanics so clearly identifiable in games are increasingly used (and abused) in politics and social life. They have »many faces«, displays and interfaces. They occur as texts, recipes, stories, dramas in three acts, movies, videos, tweets, journeys of heroes, but also as rewarding stories in games and as narratives in society - such as a career from rags to riches, the concept of modernity or market economy. Below their surface, however, narrative mechanics are a particular type of motivational design - of game mechanics

Games and Rules : Game Mechanics for the "Magic Circle" /

Why do we play games and why do we play them on computers? The contributors of "Games and Rules" take a closer look at the core of each game and the motivational system that is the game mechanics. Games are control circuits that organize the game world with their (joint) players and establish motivations in a dedicated space, a "Magic Circle", whereas game mechanics are constructs of rules designed for interactions that provide gameplay. Those rules form the base for all the excitement and frustration we experience in games. This anthology contains individual essays by experts and authors with backgrounds in Game Design and Game Studies, who lead the discourse to get to the bottom of game mechanics in video games and the real world - among them Miguel Sicart and Carlo FabricatoreWhy do we play games and why do we play them on computers? The contributors of "Games and Rules" take a closer look at the core of each game and the motivational system that is the game mechanics. Games are control circuits that organize the game world with their (joint) players and establish motivations in a dedicated space, a "Magic Circle", whereas game mechanics are constructs of rules designed for interactions that provide gameplay. Those rules form the base for all the excitement and frustration we experience in games. This anthology contains individual essays by experts and authors with backgrounds in Game Design and Game Studies, who lead the discourse to get to the bottom of game mechanics in video games and the real world - among them Miguel Sicart and Carlo FabricatoreOnline resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 30. Apr 2019).WorldCat record variable field(s) change: 050, 082, 65

“Save the Water” – A China water management game project

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GSGS'19 ::4th Gamification & Serious Game Symposium

The GSGS'19 conference is at the interface between industrial needs and original answers by highlighting the playful perspective to tackle technical, training, ecological, management and communication challenges. Bringing together the strenghths of our country, this event provides a solid bridge between academia and industry through the intervention of more than 40 national and international actors. In parallel with the 53 presentations and demos, the public will be invited to participate actively through places of exchange and round tables

Le livre pour enfants

La littérature pour enfants, encore peu étudiée à l’université en France, a pourtant été défrichée par une génération de hercheurs « pionniers » parmi lesquels Isabelle Nières-Chevrel, professeur à l’université Rennes 2 de 1969 à 2004, occupe une place essentielle. Ce volume rassemble près d’une vingtaine de contributions qui lui sont offertes en hommage au travail accompli durant ces années de recherche, et surtout dans l’idée d’un fécond passage de relais entre les générations. Parmi ces « jeunes » chercheurs, plusieurs sont ou ont été ses étudiants, beaucoup se sont nourris de ses réflexions, tous incarnent la force d’une génération désormais convaincue que le livre destiné à l’enfance mérite un regard critique aussi aigu et exigeant que les formes littéraires et artistiques les plus légitimées. Formes éditoriales, réécritures et traductions, interprétations par l’image, illustration et création graphique pour l’enfance : tous les sujets qui ont fait l’objet des travaux d’Isabelle Nières-Chevrel trouvent ici des prolongements divers et neufs, portés par des chercheurs français mais aussi belges, suisses, allemands, espagnols, anglais, canadiens ou américains