Classic theater is a childsplay

Serious games to bring the youngsters closer to the theater

Baltasar Fernández-ManjónBorja Manero

The theater problem

The sucess of theVideogames

Serious… games that motivate

Introduction: When and How…

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The game:e-Adventure games platform

The experiment

CONTROL EXPERIMENTAL

757 students 8 schools

Lessons learnt

•Gamification vs real theater plot.

• Linear or extra-brached narrative.

• Theater experts point of view, and how to fit it into the game.

• The importance of audiovisual elements (graphics and voice) in target population.

And, in one of the involvedschools….

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“The courtesy of Spain” project

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Gamification

Techexperts

Theaterexperts

“The courtesy of Spain” game

Creation process

Theater

• Scenery

• Actors

• Costume

• Lights

• Music

Technology

• E-Adventure

• Game logic

• ProgrammingGame

• Graphics

• Narrative

• Gamification

NarrativeTheater Game

Forest

Barcelona

Inn

House

Forest

Barcelona

Inn

House

Main characterelection

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Gamification elements

Scenedirector

Courtesy

MoneyMini games

New scenes

Do these new elements break

the plotcoherency?

Are theseelements in line with the autor point of view?

Script Play Game

Stanislavski actingmethod

Gamificationtechniques

D2GAMe(Drama to Game

Adaptation Methodology)

Script adaptation

Classic theater adaptation

Game adaptation

• Comprehensive

• Closer to audience

Languageadaptation

• Affordableplays

• Dramaticadaptation

Charactersreduction

• Scenery

• Plot

• CostumesModernization

• Non-linear narrative

• New scenes

• What if?

Pathfinding

• Player responsability

• Actions-consequences

Interactiveelements

• Mini-games

• Objectives

• Conflicts

• Observables

Gamification

• Game platform

• Implementationaspects

• Narrative

• Learning process

• Learning analytics

• Assesement

• Gamificationelements

• Characters creation

• Narrative

• Scene director

• Actors

• Scenographer

• Costume designer

• Musiciens

Theaterexperts

Gamesexperts

Technologyexperts

Educationalexperts

Choosing themain

character

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Inicio

Inicio Fin

Told story: This is not a game!!!

Responsability on the player: This is a game!!!

Linear or brached narrarive?

Given story

What if?

Player’s gender or gaming habits couldaffect to the learning process

Educational Games can be bothmotivating and effective, but only when

have been carefully designed.

D2GAMe methodology helps to easilycreate low-cost videogames from thater

plays.

D2GAMe eases the creation of believableand interesting to play characters

Classical theater videogames stored in repositories.

Create more games: from classicaland even not classical plays.

Research the factors affecting thelearning process.

Cuestions….Available in Google

Play:“La Dama Boba”

damaboba.e-ucm.es

Contact:balta@fdi.ucm.esborja@sip.ucm.es