Educational, serious, learning, and transformational games each serve unique purposes in game design. Educational games focus on imparting knowledge, typically used in formal settings to reinforce curriculum content. Serious games address real-world issues, often for training or policy simulation.
Read MoreIn a 2021 experiment at Aalborg University, students participated in “Face-the-Waste,” a game about food waste, which sparked strong emotional reactions, including anger and insults, as food was discarded with every wrong answer. This highlighted the effectiveness of games in addressing environmental issues over dry facts.
Read MoreSerious games, including AutisMIND, an interactive video web platform developed by a UOC course instructor, are proving effective in treating mental health issues like anxiety and depression.
Read MoreI was working as a project manager and consultant for the project "Peace Process Support for Yemen", I will share some insights on the use of Serious Games to deliver a message of peaceful coexistence to our target audience: the youth of Yemen.
Read MoreThe first digital game to promote public awareness about pancreatic cancer is being launched today, Monday 14th November in a joint event by co-creators, local pancreatic cancer charity NIPANC, researchers from Queen's University Belfast and Focus Games Ltd. A further Serious Game commission to support medics diagnose the disease is also being announced.
Read MoreFor Sydney-based game developer Chaos Theory Games, this transformation is what truly defines the 'serious games' industry. 'I definitely prefer the term "Transformational games" because I think it's more descriptive of the sorts of experiences that we build,' Nico King, Executive Creative Director at Chaos Theory told GamesHub of the team's approach to serious games.
Read MoreAlong with the technologies, there has been a massive boom in the world of video games for purposes other than entertainment, often termed serious games. The fundamental characteristic of games is they are fun to play.
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