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Is Serious Games Design Political? The Competing Logics When Using a Game Engine 严肃游戏设计是否具有政治性?使用游戏引擎时的竞争逻辑

2013 5th International Conference on Games and Virtual Worlds for Serious Applications (VS-GAMES) Pub Date : 2013-10-10 DOI: 10.1109/VS-GAMES.2013.6624234

Edouard Pignot

引用次数: 0

Serious Games in Formal Medical Education: An Experimental Study 正规医学教育中的严肃游戏:一项实验研究

2013 5th International Conference on Games and Virtual Worlds for Serious Applications (VS-GAMES) Pub Date : 2013-10-10 DOI: 10.1109/VS-GAMES.2013.6624240

Claudia Ribeiro, T. Antunes, Micaela Monteiro, J. Pereira

引用次数: 9

Serious Game Design: Motivating Students through a Balance of Fun and Learning 严肃的游戏设计:通过乐趣和学习的平衡来激励学生

2013 5th International Conference on Games and Virtual Worlds for Serious Applications (VS-GAMES) Pub Date : 2013-10-10 DOI: 10.1109/VS-GAMES.2013.6624239

Christopher Franzwa, Ying Tang, Aaron Johnson

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引用次数: 28

MeTycoon: A game-based approach to career guidance MeTycoon:基于游戏的职业指导方法

2013 5th International Conference on Games and Virtual Worlds for Serious Applications (VS-GAMES) Pub Date : 2013-10-10 DOI: 10.1109/VS-GAMES.2013.6624237

I. Dunwell, Petros Lameras, Kam Star, S. Freitas, M. Hendrix, S. Arnab

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引用次数: 24

Engaging Engineering Students with Gamification 吸引工程专业学生参与游戏化

2013 5th International Conference on Games and Virtual Worlds for Serious Applications (VS-GAMES) Pub Date : 2013-10-10 DOI: 10.1109/VS-GAMES.2013.6624228

Gabriel Barata, S. Gama, J. Jorge, D. Gonçalves

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引用次数: 237

Converting Sedentary Games to Exergames: A Case Study with a Car Racing Game 将久坐游戏转化为运动游戏:以赛车游戏为例

2013 5th International Conference on Games and Virtual Worlds for Serious Applications (VS-GAMES) Pub Date : 2013-10-10 DOI: 10.1109/VS-GAMES.2013.6624225

Rongkai Guo, J. Quarles

引用次数: 9

Marketing Tourism via Electronic Games: Understanding the Motivation of Tourist Players 通过电子游戏营销旅游:了解旅游玩家的动机

2013 5th International Conference on Games and Virtual Worlds for Serious Applications (VS-GAMES) Pub Date : 2013-10-10 DOI: 10.1109/VS-GAMES.2013.6624235

Feifei Xu, Feng Tian, Dimitrios Buhalis, J. Weber

引用次数: 29

Antsworld - a Tangible Interface for an Interactive Ant Foraging Simulator 蚂蚁世界-一个交互式蚂蚁觅食模拟器的有形界面

2013 5th International Conference on Games and Virtual Worlds for Serious Applications (VS-GAMES) Pub Date : 2013-10-10 DOI: 10.1109/VS-GAMES.2013.6624221

Muharrem Yildirim, David Tinapple

引用次数: 0

Green Gang Vs. Captain Carbon. Integration of Automated Data Collection and Ecological Footprint Feedback in a Smartphone-Based Social Game for Carbon Saving 绿帮vs碳队长。智能手机社交游戏中自动数据收集与生态足迹反馈的集成

2013 5th International Conference on Games and Virtual Worlds for Serious Applications (VS-GAMES) Pub Date : 2013-10-10 DOI: 10.1109/VS-GAMES.2013.6624232

S. Seebauer, M. Berger, K. Kettl, Markus Moser

引用次数: 3

An initial study to assess the perceived realism of agent crowd behaviour in a virtual city 评估虚拟城市中主体群体行为感知真实感的初步研究

2013 5th International Conference on Games and Virtual Worlds for Serious Applications (VS-GAMES) Pub Date : 2013-10-10 DOI: 10.1109/VS-GAMES.2013.6624220

S. O’Connor, F. Liarokapis, Christopher E. Peters

引用次数: 3