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Integration of Religion into Virtual Game Space: The Aspect of Stimulation and Stereotypisation

open access: yesВестник Северного (Арктического) федерального университета: Серия «Гуманитарные и социальные науки»
The present study is dedicated to examining the integration of religious systems and their constituent elements into the video game space. Such an implementation into the architecture of the game is a rather complex and specific process that requires ...
Nikolay I. Petev
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JOINclusion: A serious mobile game for promoting ethnocultural empathy in schools

open access: yesBritish Journal of Developmental Psychology, EarlyView.
Abstract This study examines the efficacy of JOINclusion, a serious mobile game designed to enhance ethnocultural empathy in children aged 8 to 12. Grounded in the Social Emotional Learning (SEL) framework, JOINclusion delivers interactive scenarios through a narrative‐driven Story Mode and a collaborative Multiplayer Mode, encouraging emotional ...
Alessandra Colella   +9 more
wiley   +1 more source

Foundations of Gameplay

open access: yes, 2011
People in all known cultures play games and today digital gaming is an important leisure activity for hundreds of millions of people. At the same time game design has developed into a profession of its own.
Holopainen, Jussi
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A balance between stability and flexibility: Adaptive patterns of self‐regulated learning processes shape game‐based learning

open access: yesBritish Journal of Educational Technology, EarlyView.
Abstract To ensure learning efficiency in game‐based learning (GBL), learners must regulate cognitive, affective, metacognitive and motivational (CAMM) processes, collectively known as self‐regulated learning (SRL). SRL is dynamic and non‐linear, characterized by regulatory patterns and CAMM interactions that lead to macro‐level SRL behaviours. In this
Elizabeth B. Cloude   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

The Al Bhed Problem: Fictional Languages as game mechanic in Multilingual Video Game Productions

open access: yesEspaces Linguistiques
Al Bhed is a fictional language featured as part of a minigame within Square Enix’s video game Final Fantasy X (2001). By collecting items scattered throughout the game world, players gradually learn to decipher sentences written and spoken in Al Bhed ...
Joseph CIAUDO
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Altered Heart Rate Variability During Gameplay in Internet Gaming Disorder: The Impact of Situations During the Game

open access: yesFrontiers in Psychiatry, 2018
Internet gaming disorder (IGD) is characterized by a loss of control over gaming and a decline in psychosocial functioning derived from excessive gameplay.
Sung Jun Hong   +11 more
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Not all collaboration benefits from competition: Collaboration modes in a computational thinking game

open access: yesBritish Journal of Educational Technology, EarlyView.
Abstract Digital game‐based learning often leverages social dynamics to enhance engagement, yet the interplay between collaborative structures and competitive pressures remains complex. This study investigated different collaboration modes and how they interact with competition to influence computational thinking (CT) learning, group metacognition and ...
Ching‐Huei Chen, Kun Huang
wiley   +1 more source

Robo‐Saber: Generating and Simulating Virtual Reality Players

open access: yesComputer Graphics Forum, EarlyView.
Abstract We present the first motion generation system for playtesting virtual reality (VR) games. Our player model generates VR headset and handheld controller movements from in‐game object arrangements, guided by style reference gameplay examples. We train on the large BOXRR‐23 dataset and apply our framework on the popular VR game Beat Saber.
N. H. Kim   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Creating critical gameplay design

open access: yes, 2010
This paper discusses the critical gameplay design project and its newest developments. After being exhibited in five national and international venues in 2009--2010, the project has been reconstituted with 3 new games that critique specific aspects of ...
Lindsay Grace, Grace, Lindsay
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What are Monsters in Computer Games?

open access: yesCorpus Mundi
The current paper is a review of the monograph by Czech computer games researcher Jaroslav Švelch “Player vs. Monster. The Making and Breaking of Videogame Monstrosity” (2023).
Vladislav V. Kirichenko
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