Artificial Intelligence has been blazing a trail in the past several years, beating skilled human players in strategy board games like chess and go. The research team, led by Professor Raffaello D' Andrea and Thomas Bi, a PhD candidate, has built a robot AI using the popular labyrinth marble game to make informed decisions on potentially successfully behaviour by planning for the future.
Read MoreGame design is a balance, between structure and spontaneity where the mechanics and dynamics act as the choreographers that shape the experience. In this exploration, we delve into the relationship between mechanics and dynamics understanding how their thoughtful integration takes a game from being a pastime to an immersive adventure.
Read MoreLittle has been written about Tears of the Kingdom's narrative developments and how the new traversability of Zelda has necessitated a new approach to storytelling. Previous Zelda games guided players to complete dungeons in order and gain new abilities before conquering the final boss.
Read MoreThat's not good, according to Victoria Loerzel '07PhD, a professor in UCF's College of Nursing who has been researching older adults with cancer for over a decade. This is why Loerzel and a team of researchers developed an innovative educational game for older adults with cancer.
Read MoreIn an innovative approach to enhance medical knowledge and skills, MedPage Today launched its first-ever educational game center called the Break Room. The platform features several games, including Wordosis, Wordectomy, and the daily game, Spell Check-Up. MedPage Today, a leading medical news website, is the brain behind this innovative initiative.
Read MoreWe still too often talk about video games as escapes - little playthings that are big business but often considered not as serious as their media peers. Our critics and reporters select their favorite TV shows, movies, albums, songs, books, theater, art shows and video games of the year.
Read MoreTraumatic brain injury can cause severe cognitive impairments, making rehabilitation challenging. Researchers started a retrospective study to design a customized serious game-based cognitive rehabilitation system for brain injury patients.
Read MoreBritish schoolchildren are set to learn about the Israel-Palestine conflict thanks to a computer game devised in Denmark. Global Conflicts: Checkpoints lets players take on the role of journalists reporting from the conflict.
Read MoreA cow-handling game based on a flight simulator is helping US dairy farmers to train their staff in low-stress cow handling. "Games offer engagement and a chance to apply a concept and skills.
Read MoreI wanted to share the playtesting journey of that game as a way to encourage other designers to be brave and bold in their playtesting. The initial playtesting session included undergraduate students in our university's Game Studies and Design program.
Read More"It's not every day that high school students get to make their own video games with the help of professionals in the gaming and tech industry. High school students in East Baton Rouge Parish will be awarded that opportunity with the introduction of a new after-school game design program offered by Southern University.
Read MoreBusiness instructors don't always have access to manufacturing equipment integral to a process we need to teach or might lack real-world experience with using it. Lean manufacturing is a widely used philosophy that focuses on eliminating any "Waste", an expense or effort expended during the manufacturing process that doesn't add value to the consumer.
Read MoreOnce seen as a distraction and waste of time, video games are gaining new levels of appreciation among employers for teaching in-demand skills.
Read MoreShe never thought that one day she would be in a classroom where an English teacher asked her to play a board game in order to learn about climate change.
Read MoreFirst, the students from St Martin's College joined to try out the game on Monday 23 October, and later, on Thursday 26 October, the institution welcomed students from St Claire's College.
Read MoreIt's a long guide, so feel free to use the table of contents to skip to the section that interests you ? Game balance is the ongoing game design process of adjusting the composition of game mechanics, rewards, challenges, tuning, timing and telegraphing to create a fair and meaningful gameplay experience with the right amount of difficulty.
Read MoreScientific discovery games could be the stepping stone to creating medical breakthroughs, according to Cooper, an associate professor of computer science at Northeastern University. Associate Professor Seth Cooper from Northeastern University's Khoury College of Computer Sciences is helping shift those perceptions.
Read MoreThey focused on experiences that were neither fun nor engaging - in the boring zone - and used the technique of mutation to figure out what ingredient to add to turn a boring experience into a fun one, without it becoming engaging.
Read MoreHow you implement randomness - or whether you use it at all - can make a big difference to a learning game or playful learning experience. Here's a practical low-down on the different kinds of randomness and uncertainty and how you could introduce them into your learning game, or playful learning experience.
Read MoreA video game will soon be available to help dairymen train employees how to properly handle cows in their operations. "We hired a local video game programming company in Madison that specializes in educational video games," she explained.
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