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Serious Games : Foundations, Concepts and Practice by Ralf Dörner, Stefan Göbel, Wolfgang Effelsberg, Josef Wiemeyer (eds.) is a nonfiction available to read on EtoBox.

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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 gam

Who reads Serious Games : Foundations, Concepts and Practice?

Author

Ralf Dörner, Stefan Göbel, Wolfgang Effelsberg, Josef Wiemeyer (eds.)

Publisher

Springer International Publishing

Published

2016

Language

EN

ISBN

9781281281302

Category

nonfiction

Subjects

Computer Science, Stem