✍ Scribed by Ralf Dörner, Stefan Göbel, Wolfgang Effelsberg, Josef Wiemeyer (eds.)
No coin nor oath required. For personal study only.
This textbook provides an introduction to the fundamentals of serious games, which differ considerably from computer games that are meant for pure entertainment.
Undergraduate and graduate students from various disciplines who want to learn about serious games are one target group of this book. Prospective developers of serious games are another, as they can use the book for self-study in order to learn about the distinctive features of serious game design and development. And ultimately, the book also addresses prospective users of serious game technologies by providing them with a solid basis for judging the advantages and limitations of serious games in different application areas such as game-based learning, training and simulation or games for health.
To cater to this heterogeneous readership and wide range of interests, every effort was made to make the book flexible to use. All readers are expected to study Chapter 1, as it provides the necessary basics and terminology that will be used in all subsequent chapters. The eleven chapters that follow cover the creation of serious games (design, authoring processes and tools, content production), the runtime context of serious games (game engines, adaptation mechanisms, game balancing, game mastering, multi-player serious games), the effects of serious games and their evaluation (player experience, assessment techniques, performance indicators), and serious games in practice (economic aspects, cost-benefit analysis, serious game distribution). To familiarize the readers with best practice in this field, the final chapter presents more than 30 selected examples of serious games illustrating their characteristics and showcasing their practical use.
Lecturers can select chapters in a sequence that is most suitable for their specific course or seminar. The book includes specific suggestions for courses such as “Introduction to Serious Games”, “Entertainment Technology”, “Serious Game Design”, “Game-based Learning”, and “Applications of Serious Games”.
Front Matter....Pages i-xvi
Introduction....Pages 1-34
Contributing Disciplines....Pages 35-55
Design of Serious Games....Pages 57-82
Authoring Processes and Tools....Pages 83-106
Content and Content Production....Pages 107-125
Game Engines....Pages 127-159
Personalization and Adaptation....Pages 161-210
Multiplayer Serious Games....Pages 211-241
Player Experience....Pages 243-271
Performance Assessment in Serious Games....Pages 273-302
Serious Games—Economic and Legal Issues....Pages 303-318
Serious Games Application Examples....Pages 319-405
Back Matter....Pages 407-421
Multimedia Information Systems;Personal Computing;Special Purpose and Application-Based Systems
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