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10 Tips for Making a Successful Serious Game
1) Plan from the beginning to do research on your game. It makes everyone stay honest. Start with research on the target group and what they want. 2) Pick a game development team that is passionate...
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What Grand Theft Auto taught me about the importance of graphics in serious...
When I was growing up on Lookout Mountain in the great state of Tennessee, there was a tourist shop close to my house that sold items that were supposed to reflect the rural culture of the area. I...
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Only 1 in 10 play the whole video game: Implications for serious game...
In the video game industry, an important measure of a game’s success is its sales. Of course the extent to which players of the game are engaged in it and give it positive reviews supports the sales of...
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“Warning: Negative Target Fixation Is Dangerous to Your Innovative Serious...
I spent a lot of time in Silicon Valley before I moved to the Netherlands. In fact, I studied and worked there for 17 years. And while my work-life balance is much better here in Europe, I am grateful...
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“10 Tips for Finding a Developer to Make Your First Serious Game”
1. Work out your serious game idea and learning goals as much as possible before you approach a development team. If not, the developers will make the game that they are capable of making which may or...
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“Working with researchers who are legendary game designers in their own mind”
A good serious game is inherently interdisciplinary. It requires multimedia artists, engineers, business people, content experts, behavioral scientists, designers, project managers, quality assurance...
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“Relying on experts in making serious games: It’s the good advice that you...
I believe that great serious games embody a balance between the various disciplines that should be collaborating to bring out the best each has to offer. When I give talks about interdisciplinary...
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Do Brain Training Games Work? Yes, No and Maybe.
I was recently asked on Twitter if I thought brain training games like Lumosity were “any good.” My short Twitter response was that the answer is YES, NO, and MAYBE. Here is a more detailed...
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So you mean something else when you say your serious game has been...
In my previous post on validating serious games (“What do you mean when you say your serious game has been validated? Experimental vs. Test Validity“) I tried to clear up some confusion around what it...
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A Board Game for Children with Hemophilia: Find Professor Tapps
Do serious games for health HAVE to be digital? No! The aim is to use game design approaches to educate and train. Analog games such as board and card games can be a perfect solution in many contexts....
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