Denna rapport ar resultatet av ett examensarbete som har utforts vid institutionen for informationsoch kommunikationsteknik, Kungliga Tekniska Hogskolan (KTH), och omfattar 15 hp. Rapporten presenterar ett arbete dar examensarbetarna har utvecklat en terrang med hojdskillnader och ljussattning, partikeleffekter (CPU-GPU implementering) som liknar ett fyrverkeri, partikeleffekter (GPU implementering) som visar olika monster samt en kamera for att kunna observera spelvarlden fran alla mojliga olika vinklar i 3D med API:et Lightweight Java Game Library (LWJGL). LWJGL ar ett lagniva-API som riktar sig mot nyborjare och professionella spelutvecklare i programspraket Java. Flera tekniker exponeras istallet for att mappa lagniva-funktioner i objektorienterad programmeringsparadigm som manga javautvecklare ar vana vid. LWJGL hanterar sin egen grafik, ljud och styrkontroller enbart for att fa en solid grund for moderna spel och en battre anvandarupplevelse. Den grafiska renderingen skots med OpenGL. Syftet med det har examensarbetet var att utvardera LWJGL om den ar kompetent nog att anvandas i samband med spelutveckling. Det ar kant att Java Standard Edition (Java SE) har valdigt daligt stod for grafikintensiva och komplexa applikationer dar prestandan ar valdigt viktig. Darfor utvecklade vi en storre grafiskt kravande applikation, for att kunna gora en samlad bedomning om hur det ar att arbeta med LWJGL och vad det erbjuder en spelutvecklare. Arbetet delades upp i tre olika faser. Den forsta fasen borjade med att skapa en kravspecifikation for den produkt som skulle utvecklas, den lag till grund for hela arbetet. Nasta steg var datainsamling med syfte att erhalla forstaelse for olika tekniker och att identifiera problem. Den tredje fasen var sjalva utforandet dar vi designade, implementerade, testade och analyserade losningarna iterativt. Rapporten ger lasaren en oversikt over de krav som stallts pa prototypen, den projektmetod som anvants, tekniker som har tillampats, alla losningar som har tagits fram och varfor LWJGL blev utvald bland manga andra. Enligt de tester som utforts sa ar partikelsystem A (CPU-GPU implementering) bra mycket langsammare an partikelsystem B (GPU implementering) rent prestandamassigt. Nar 1,5 miljoner partiklar renderades sa fick partikelsystem A 5 bilder per sekund och partikelsystem B 110 bilder per sekund. Ingenjorsmassiga metoder och standarder har anvants under hela arbetets forlopp som forvarvats under civilingenjorsutbildningen informationsteknik pa KTH med inriktning datalogi. Det innefattar agil systemutveckling, programmering och problemlosning. Goda kunskaper i Java, matematik och allman IT-teknisk bakgrund forutsatts for att hanga med i alla resonemang i denna rapport. / This report is the result of a thesis work done at the Department of Information and Communication Technology, Royal Institute of Technology (Swedish: Kungliga Tekniska hogskolan, abbreviated KTH), and includes 15 credits. The report presents a work in which graduate students have developed a terrain with elevation changes and lighting, particle effects (CPU-GPU implementation) displaying fireworks, particle effects (GPU implementation) which displays different patterns as well as a camera in order to observe the game world from all sorts of different angles in 3D utilizing the API Lightweight Java Game Library (LWJGL). LWJGL is a low-level API that targets beginners and professional game developers alike in the Java programming language. Several technologies are exposed instead of mapping low-level features of object-oriented programming paradigm, which many Java developers are used to. LWJGL handles its own graphics, sound and controllers just to get a solid foundation for the modern game and an improved user experience. The graphical rendering is handled using OpenGL. The aim of this thesis was to evaluate LWJGL if it is competent enough to be used in conjunction with game development. It is known that the Java Standard Edition (Java SE) has very poor support for graphics-intensive and complex applications where performance is very important. Therefore, we developed a more graphically demanding application, in order to make an overall assessment of how it is to work with LWJGL and what it offers game developers. The work was divided into three different phases. The first phase began with creating a specification for the product to be developed which became the basis of the whole work. The next step was data collection with the objective to obtain an understand the different technologies and identify problems. The third phase was the actual execution where we designed, implemented, tested and analyzed solutions iteratively. The report provides the reader with an overview of the requirements imposed on the prototype, the project methodology, technologies that have been applied, all the solutions that have been developed and why LWJGL was chosen among many others. According to the tests conducted, particle system A (CPU-GPU implementation) is much slower than particle system B (GPU implementation) purely performance-wise. When 1,5 million particles were rendered, particle system A got 5 Frames per second (FPS) and particle system B 110 FPS. Engineering methods and standards were used throughout the work process acquired during the Information Technology Engineering degree at KTH majoring in computer science. It includes agile systems development, programming and problem solving. Good knowledge of Java, mathematics and a general IT technical background is required to keep up with all the information in this report.

Cette recherche interroge la question du jeu dans les EHPAD accueillant des personnes âgées atteintes de la maladie d’Alzheimer ou troubles apparentés. Elle a été réalisée dans le but d’inscrire le jeu libre et son cadre au cœur des projets d’établissements.Après une présentation de la maladie d’Alzheimer et de sa prise en charge non pharmacologique, une exploration de l’utilisation du jeu dans le soin été réalisée nous conduisant à réinterroger le concept de jeu, ses modalités de mise en œuvre et l’intérêt de viser le plaisir du jeu en première intention.Trois démarches distinctes ont ensuite été menées en parallèle. La première, dialectique et relativiste, tente de mettre en lien les enseignements offerts par les sciences du jeu avec la philosophie actuelle de la prise en soin des résidents d’EHPAD atteints de la maladie d’Alzheimer. La seconde démarche, vise à présenter les conditions matérielles et humaines pour la mise en place d’un cadre ludique adapté à la population en s’inspirant du modèle des ludothèques. Enfin, la troisième démarche, biomédicale, évalue l’impact de la situation de jeu libre dans une étude randomisée en simple aveugle auprès de 54 résidents dans six établissements. Des échelles et questionnaires ont permis d’évaluer la qualité de vie des résidents, leurs troubles du comportement ainsi que appréhension de l’outil de médiation par les soignants.La discussion des résultats interroge le cadre du jeu libre comme un objet frontière à l’interface du divertissement et de la thérapie non médicamenteuse. La médiation peut être mise en perspective d’une application clinique du modèle théorique contemporain de la résilience du sujet âgé et se présenter comme une application concrète des doctrines pédagogiques en éducation nouvelle. / The purpose of this PhD research is to evaluate the usefulness of games in eldercare homes (EHPAD in French), for people who suffer from Alzheimer’s disease and diseases related to Alzheimer’s. It was carried out in order to include free play in the wider scope of the homes’ project. After a presentation on Alzheimer’s disease and a non-pharmacological approach to care, an in-depth study of the issue will be given, based on the review of medical literature that leads us to reconsider game design and implementation. This study used three different approaches that were implemented simultaneously. The first one presents the human and material working conditions that are necessary to set up a framework for the game, making certain that it is adapted to the people concerned. Game libraries and therapeutic mediations served as models. The second step, which is relativistic and dialectical, attempts to associate the benefit of game playing with the current approach to treating eldercare home residents who suffer from Alzheimer’s disease. Finally, the biomedical model evaluates the impact of the game in a randomized single-blind study of 54 residents in six eldercare homes. Different scales were used to assess the residents’ quality of life. The behavioral disorders were evaluated. The caregivers were given questionnaires to determine their understanding of the mediation tool used.The analysis of the findings supports free play as a tool which has both entertainment and therapeutic value. The role of mediation may be seen as a support mechanism to enhance resilience in elderly people. It is also a concrete implementation of progressive teaching methods.