Générer du gameplay est un incontournable objectif de la réalisation d'un jeu. Nous le recherchons lorsque nous nous rentrons dans la bulle ludique. Pourtant, les éléments produits par les game designer sont des systèmes de jeu, des règles, une simulation, etc. Pour que ce système permette la naissance du gameplay, les game designers doivent nécessairement tenter de modéliser le joueur. Empiriquement ils manipulent des modèles psychologiques et sociologiques du joueur : Courbe d'apprentissage, gestion de la difficulté, degré d'efficience (etc.). Au cœur de la session de jeu industriel et chercheur ont besoin de moyens pour mieux cerner le joueur. La question que nous nous posons est celle de la détection des traits psychologiques, d'éléments caractérisant du joueur, au travers du gameplay ou, pour le moins, engagé dans une expérience ludique. Nous proposons une méthode de game design dédiée à la création d'un profil psychologique du joueur. Nous avons pu l'expérimenter lors d'un travail de collaboration avec INETOP et Paris Ouest sur la question des tests d'orientation professionnelle. Il s'agit du serious game JEU SERAI, développé en partenariat avec l'industriel Wizarbox. Cette première expérimentation nous permet d'envisager un développement de ce champ de recherche à la croisée des sciences de l'informatique, de la psychologie et des sciences cognitives.

Reklamspel är ett verktyg inom reklambranschen, en bransch som undergått stor förändring under senare års digitala utveckling. Denna förändring uppmanar ständigt till bredare kunskap och högre förståelse hos både skapare och användare. Syftet med uppsatsen var att påbörja ett ramverk för skapandet av “bra” reklamspel. För det krävdes att ordet “bra” definierades och kunde förstås så att även diskussionen kring spel och reklam förbättrades. Det material som uppsatsen grundats i kommer från en två månader lång praktik där ett reklamspel producerades och från det designdokument som digitalbyrån North Kingdom lämnade efter sitt reklamspel, The Coke Zero Game. Med kvalitativa metoder samlades resultat in och jämfördes mot en teoretiskgrund byggd på kunskap inom marknadsföring, interaktions- och speldesign, användbarhet och uttryck ofta använda i spelsammanhang. Detta ledde efter analys tillslutsatser i form av ett ramverk på egenskaper som reklamspel bör sträva efter. / An advergame is a tool for the business of advertisment, a business which has during the past years of digital evolution gone through a lot of change. This change demands greater knowledge and a better understanding amongst both the creators and users of the games. The purpose of the thesis was to initiate a framework for the creation of “good” advergames. For this the word “good” needed to be defined and understood so that also the discussion regarding games and advertising could improve. The material which the thesis was based on originated from an advergame created during a two month long internship and from the design document that the digital agency North Kingdom released after their advergame, The Coke Zero Game. With qualitative methods, results were collected and later on examined against a theoretic base of knowledge surrounding marketing, interaction- and game design, useability and common expressions used in the context of games. After the analysis the conclusions narrowed down into a framework of qualities that an advergame should strive for.

The use of tablet computers have increased significantly in numerous parts of society during recent years, and the educational sector is no exception. Use of games in educational situations has intrigued scholars of different disciplines, presenting both favouring and opposing opinions. Whilst the educational effectiveness of the game media is discussed, research done in the area of cognitive development, psychology and pedagogy argue for the importance of play and the positive effects it entails on education and learning. This thesis investigates to what extent playfulness has been incorporated into the educational game-genre for children on Google Play by studying four games from the genre along with a fifth game from the entertainment section for comparison. Based on selected literature discussing play, education and games eleven attributes were assembled to dissect the games and to measure their playfulness and educational effectiveness.The study proved that educational games for children seldom possess playful elements. The analysed games possessed very few of the attributes from the study and tended to focus on educational values rather than offering a playful approach to learning, resembling the traditional educational school system. The lack of playfulness and effective guidance in the games and the absence of knowledge of modern, active and tested educational theories to basethe game design on lead the educational game genre to produce educationally ineffective games, which in turn effects the educational game market as whole.

This thesis aims to find out the usage of colour in the game called Journey (2012). It is a case study which focuses on three different scenes in the game and how their colour scheme affects the game both emotionally and the storyline progress. The question that will be answered is: How does the choice of colour affect the players perception on an emotional level? This thesis talks about how different colours affect us in different ways and why this plays a major part in gameplay situations and how the drastic change of colour portraits different emotions. The colour choice is of great importance since it affects humans on an emotional level that enhances the experience felt by players during different scenes.

Orientador: Antonio Francisco Magnoni / Resumo: O objeto desta dissertação consiste de um game didático para utilização em sala de aula como objeto formal de ensino-aprendizagem para a disciplina de Literatura do Ensino Médio da educação básica escolar brasileira, a partir da adaptação interativa da obra “Macunaíma”, do escritor modernista Mário de Andrade, dando origem ao game “Na Trilha de Macunaíma”. Para tanto, esta pesquisa tem como objetivo constituir um repertório satisfatório acerca dos aspectos teóricos, técnicos e de todos os recursos necessários para a criação e o desenvolvimento de um GDD e de um Roteiro Interativo para games didáticos. Como objetivos específicos, temos em primeiro lugar a constituição dos parâmetros pedagógicos pertinentes ao conceito apresentado para definir e parametrizar um game didático, e em segundo lugar a construção do GDD do game detalhando especialmente os aspectos pertinentes e essenciais ao Ato I (que engloba os três primeiros capítulos e outras partes interativas da narrativa original) de “Na Trilha de Macunaíma”, bem como do Roteiro Interativo também do Ato I. A intenção é apresentar uma colaboração para a problemática acerca de quais as etapas e parâmetros essenciais da criação, desenvolvimento e constituição de um GDD e de um Roteiro Interativo adequados no que se refere à criação de games didáticos a partir narrativas complexas, não lineares e multirramificadas. Como metodologia, utilizamos a pesquisa bibliográfica para os capítulos em que se desenvolve a fundamentação teórica ... (Resumo completo, clicar acesso eletrônico abaixo) / Abstract: This research aims to produce and present a didactic game which might satisfactorily be used in the classroom as a formal object in school learning processes for students in High School, related to the subject of Literature in Brazilian basic education, from the interactive adaptation of "Macunaíma", a novel written by the modernist Mário de Andrade, which is here presented as the game "Na Trilha de Macunaíma" (Macunaíma’s Trail). Therefore, this research aims to provide a satisfactory repertoire on the theoretical, technical and all the necessary resources for the creation and development of a GDD and an Interactive Script for didactic games. As our specific objectives, first of all this research aims to produce the pedagogical parameters pertinent to the concept presented to define and parameterize a didactic game, and then the creation and development of the Game’s GDD detailing especially the pertinent and essential aspects to Act I (that includes the three first chapters and other interactive parts of the original narrative) of the game, as well as the Interactive Script also concerning the First Act. The intention is to present a collaboration on the problematic about which are the essential stages and parameters of the creation, development and Constitution of an appropriate GDD and Interactive Script regarding to the creation of didactic games from complex, non-linear and multi-stranded narratives. As a methodology, we have used bibliographical research for the chapte... (Complete abstract click electronic access below) / Mestre

Design philosophies in MMOs seem to have seen a shift in recent years. What used to be designs for social dependencies and challenging content seems to have become designs for social independence and casual play. This has not gone by unnoticed by communities of players that have gradually increased in size, hoping to find regression in design philosophies for their favorite games. This study combines the social component of Yee’s (2006) model for motivations for online play with Bradner’s (2001) concept of social affordances, and quantitative surveys with qualitative interviews in order to examine how the social player experience in World of Warcraft has changed in relation to changes made to the game. Some of the findings are that the incentives and necessity for socializing with strangers in the game has generally diminished as a consequence of changes made in the game that focus on practical efficiency. External factors that seems to have played a role in these results are age, technological contexts and life contexts of the respondents.

In 2015, the Narrative model was created as a result of a study exploring how episodic games keep player’s interests through combining narrative and gameplay. In this thesis, the Narrative model is used as a framework for designing a language game for children to see whether that makes players more inclined to keep playing than a game not designed based on the model. Two games were created and evaluated in a within subject controlled experiment. Player enjoyment was measured by using GameFlow as a basis for interview questions and Likert scales. The results indicated that the game based on the model more successfully achieved GameFlow than the game that was not. As such, it was concluded that the model can be used as a tool for game design to increase the desire to keep playing a game, but that it needs further study to be validated.

Denna studie undersöker olika designval inom datorspel för att skapa intressanta och varierade nivåer som kan tilltala både erfarna spelare och nybörjare inom en av de populäraste fritidsaktiviterna i världen. Att designa en nivå i ett spel är en tidskrävande process, och ett sätt att korta ner på detta arbete är att låta en dator skapa nivåer efter specifika instruktioner, genom en process som kallas för procedurell generering. Målet med denna studie är att ta reda på vilka designval som behöver tas i åtanke för att skapa program för att procedurellt generera nivåer i spel som är anpassade efter en specifik målgrupp. Studiens forskningsfråga lyder: Vilka element krävs i ett 2D-plattformsspel för att spelare skall tycka om spelet? Samt vilka undersökta PCG-algoritmer och parameterinställningar lämpar sig för att skapa ett spel som uppfyller dessa önskemål? För att göra detta utvecklades ett datorspel som använde sig av olika former av procedurell generering. Respondenter från olika målgrupper utformade efter deras spelvanor intervjuades för att ta reda på vilka aspekter personer från varje grupp letade efter i ett datorspel, och det egenutvecklade spelet utformades efter respondenternas svar. Efter detta så fick ett större antal informanter testa spelet och svara på enkätfrågor som sedan sammanställdes och analyserades för att ta reda på vilka aspekter av spelets genererade nivåer som informanterna från varje målgrupp tyckte att datorn hade lyckats med. En del av de resultat vi fått från studien var bland annat att folk som spelar ofta blir mer motiverade av ett poängsystem än folk som spelar mer sällan, samt att alla målgrupper tyckte om en stor variation mellan nivåerna. / This study examines different design choices within computer games to create interesting and varied levels that can appeal to both seasoned gamers and newcomers in one of the most popular hobbies in the world. Designing a level is a time-consuming process, and a way to shorten this work is to let a computer create the levels based on specific instructions, through a process called procedural generation. The goal of this study is to find out what design choices that needs to be taken into account in order to create programs to procedurally generate levels in games that are tailored for a specific target audience. The research question of this study is: Which elements are required in a 2D-platforming game in order for players to enjoy it? And which of the examined PCG-algorithms and parameter settings are suitable for creating a game that fulfils these requirements? In order to do this, a computer game was developed which used various forms of procedural generation. Respondents from target audiences based on their gaming habits were interviewed in order to find out what aspects people from each group looked for in a video game, and the in-house developed computer game was designed based on the respondents’ answers. After this a larger number of people tested the game and answered a survey, which was later compiled and analysed to find out which aspects of the games generated levels that the players from each target audience felt that the computer had been successful in. A part of the results that we found in this study are among other thing that people who play games more often are more motivated by a score system than other players who play less. And that all target audiences prefer varied level design.

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No. of bitstreams: 1 azevedo_jl_me_bauru.pdf: 31729498 bytes, checksum: a5119b4f1d146fdcad53f7ded766d627 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2017-03-13 / O objeto desta dissertação consiste de um game didático para utilização em sala de aula como objeto formal de ensino-aprendizagem para a disciplina de Literatura do Ensino Médio da educação básica escolar brasileira, a partir da adaptação interativa da obra “Macunaíma”, do escritor modernista Mário de Andrade, dando origem ao game “Na Trilha de Macunaíma”. Para tanto, esta pesquisa tem como objetivo constituir um repertório satisfatório acerca dos aspectos teóricos, técnicos e de todos os recursos necessários para a criação e o desenvolvimento de um GDD e de um Roteiro Interativo para games didáticos. Como objetivos específicos, temos em primeiro lugar a constituição dos parâmetros pedagógicos pertinentes ao conceito apresentado para definir e parametrizar um game didático, e em segundo lugar a construção do GDD do game detalhando especialmente os aspectos pertinentes e essenciais ao Ato I (que engloba os três primeiros capítulos e outras partes interativas da narrativa original) de “Na Trilha de Macunaíma”, bem como do Roteiro Interativo também do Ato I. A intenção é apresentar uma colaboração para a problemática acerca de quais as etapas e parâmetros essenciais da criação, desenvolvimento e constituição de um GDD e de um Roteiro Interativo adequados no que se refere à criação de games didáticos a partir narrativas complexas, não lineares e multirramificadas. Como metodologia, utilizamos a pesquisa bibliográfica para os capítulos em que se desenvolve a fundamentação teórica e em que apresentamos o estado da arte, dando preferência aos conteúdos próprios ao contexto da educação brasileira e da produção de games no Brasil. Para a criação e desenvolvimento do GDD e do Roteiro Interativo, a apresentação do produto é resultado da produção empírica calcada nos parâmetros levantados. Como resultados, este trabalho oferece tanto ao design de games quanto à educação escolar brasileira a possibilidade de promover a integração e a interdisciplinaridade entre a literatura e outras disciplinas associadas com a tecnologia, formalizando a disposição dos conteúdos pedagógicos pertinentes dentro dos parâmetros legais e pedagógicos necessários para que os games possam ser utilizados em sala de aula, bem repertórios teóricos e técnicos das áreas relacionadas ao processo de criação e desenvolvimento de games didáticos. / This research aims to produce and present a didactic game which might satisfactorily be used in the classroom as a formal object in school learning processes for students in High School, related to the subject of Literature in Brazilian basic education, from the interactive adaptation of "Macunaíma", a novel written by the modernist Mário de Andrade, which is here presented as the game "Na Trilha de Macunaíma" (Macunaíma’s Trail). Therefore, this research aims to provide a satisfactory repertoire on the theoretical, technical and all the necessary resources for the creation and development of a GDD and an Interactive Script for didactic games. As our specific objectives, first of all this research aims to produce the pedagogical parameters pertinent to the concept presented to define and parameterize a didactic game, and then the creation and development of the Game’s GDD detailing especially the pertinent and essential aspects to Act I (that includes the three first chapters and other interactive parts of the original narrative) of the game, as well as the Interactive Script also concerning the First Act. The intention is to present a collaboration on the problematic about which are the essential stages and parameters of the creation, development and Constitution of an appropriate GDD and Interactive Script regarding to the creation of didactic games from complex, non-linear and multi-stranded narratives. As a methodology, we have used bibliographical research for the chapters in which the theoretical basis is developed and in which we present the state of art, giving preference to the contents proper to the context of Brazilian education and the production of games in Brazil. For the creation and development of the GDD and the Interactive Script, the presentation of the product is a result of the empirical production based on the parameters raised. As results, this work offers both game design and Brazilian school education grounds in which the possibility of promoting integration and interdisciplinarity between literature and other disciplines associated with technology flourish, formalizing the provision of relevant pedagogical contents within the necessary legal and pedagogical parameters So that the games can be used in the classroom, as well as theoretical and technical repertoires of the areas related to the process of creation and development of didactic games.

Made available in DSpace on 2016-08-18T12:52:12Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 DISSERTACAO_ALLAN KASSIO BECKMAN SOARES DA CRUZ.pdf: 3904761 bytes, checksum: fcf2b0e10224d47b174664dcde46f7b8 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2015-06-02 / In recent years within the emerged game development tools and methodologies that try define, practical and theoretically, the practices for the creative process of game design (SALEN; ZIMMERMAN, 2012). These tools and methodologies often xclude and end up to be more difficult the job of game designer. Factors such as playful interaction,rules and culture are relevant to the development of a good game. This master s thesis uses as a study object the board games and aims to create a set of heuristics that are able to assess the rules of any board game. To achieve this goal was established a methodology that trasnform the rule of these games in an interaction model that can be evaluated by computer systems assessment methodologies as the heuristics of Nielsen (1994). Originally the Nielsen heuristics have been proposed and developed for sability evaluation in computer systems interfaces. We proposes an analysis and redesign in order to specialize these heuristics to use in the evaluation rules of board games. Heuristics pass through redesign process from literature, considerations and models generated on the rules found in each tested game, and analysis of existing rules in these games through inspection method using heuristics Nielsen (1994). The results indicate the viability of using generated heuristics for the evaluating of usability of the board games rules. / Nos últimos anos dentro da área de desenvolvimento de jogos surgiram ferramentas e metodologias que tentam por vezes de forma prática e por vezes de forma teórica definir as práticas do processo criativo do design de jogos (SALEN; ZIMMERMAN, 2012). Essas ferramentas e metodologias muitas vezes se excluem e acabam tornando mais difícil o trabalho do designer de jogos. Fatores como interação lúdica, regras e cultura são relevantes para o desenvolvimento de um bom jogo. Este trabalho utiliza como objeto de estudo os jogos de tabuleiro e tem como objetivo a criação de um conjunto de heurísticas que sejam capazes de avaliar as regras de qualquer jogo de tabuleiro. Para alcançar esse objetivo foi criada uma etodologia que transforma a regra desses jogos em um modelo de interação passível de ser avaliado por metodologias de avaliação de sistemas computacionais como as heurísticas de Nielsen (1994). Originalmente as heurísticas de Nielsen foram propostas e desenvolvidas para avaliação de usabilidade em interfaces de sistemas computacionais.No decorrer do trabalho propõe-se uma análise e redesenho de forma a especializar essas heurísticas para emprego na avaliação de regras de jogos de tabuleiros. As heurísticas passam pelo processo de redesenho a partir de levantamento bibliográfico, considerações e modelos gerados sobre as regras encontradas em cada jogo testado, além da análise das regras existentes nesses jogos através de método de inspeção utilizando as heurísticas de Nielsen (1994) e as eurísticas geradas durante o redesenho. Os resultados apontam para a viabilidade da utilização das heurísticas geradas para a avaliação de usabilidade das regras de jogos de tabuleiro.