Week3 class2010

© Carrie Heeter, 2010

Foundations of Serious Games

Professor Carrie Heeter


Julia – Killer Flu http://www.clinical-virology.org/killerflu/killerflu.html

Carolyn – C.H.A.T. http://chat-health.org/chat/index2.html

John – Ben’s Gamehttp://www.makewish.org/site/pp.asp?c=cvLRKaO4E&b=64401

Kristine – Akrasia http://gambit.mit.edu/loadgame/akrasia.php


Kristy 34 | 37 Greg 29 | 37 Daniel 28 | 37 Derek 28 | 40 Carolyn 18 |36 Ted 27 | 36 Kari 26 | 16 Alan 26 | 17 Julia 25 | 21 Kristine 24 | 28 Steve 19 | 28 John 18 | 39 Sandrine 18 | 27 June 13 | 27 Mete 13 | 25

I’m going to reset points at the beginning

of each class…

Many tweet

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Change to cooperative play (Derek) Specialized player roles (Mete, Derek, Julia) – Hunters &

Seekers, Chasers, Offense-Defense Change Outcome – cumulative points (Julia) Resources – more balls (John) Special powers from capturing flags (Mete) Hit by ball, changes your team (John)

Teach POW rules of engagement (Derek) War game/military school (John) Political allegory: benefit of destroying guerilla soldiers

(Julia)


New Player Objective: Find Sunken Treasure (Kristy) Move prison to deep end (increase exertion) (Daniel) Introduce secret spy (Daniel, Greg) 2 ships instead of 3, sink 2 to win (Greg)

Teach to swim (maybe teach lifeguards) Daniel Negotiate to free hostages (Govt class) Greg Congressional bills, sink or swim (Kristy)


Change boundaries – 3 story building (Kari) or outside (Alan) or swimming pool (June)

Add new limited resource (weapons) Alan Add flags, taking one changes player team (Kari) Add one beach ball per team (June)

Add quiz about roman empire/history quiz (Alan, June)


Change objectives – most melons to the top in 10 minutes (Sandrine, Kristine)

Lose lives for breaking things (Steve) Add more conflict and obstacles (Steve) Find melons, bring to top to get stamped (Sandrine) Disallow use of items in rooms to help carry melons

(Kristine)

Add quiz (Steve) Geography (different floors different countries, passport

stamps) (Kristine) How people with disabilities feel – some players

handicapped, must still carry melons (Sandrine)


Mete, Ted, June – most developed so far Carolyn, Daniel, Kristy, Julia, underway Others need to get started…


Is Second Life a Game? Must games involve conflict, competition, challenge?

What is the relationship between meaningful play and serious games?

How the designer as player advocate compares from social issue games to commercial games

(is it easier to watch and tweet than read and tweet?)


Carolyn Wii FIT

Kristy EASe Game

Sandrine Finding Zoe

Ted Dirty Bomb: After the Blast


(Remember to consider the player experience…)

Invent a mini-game for health for a specific subset of the MSU community. Choose a health goal and an audience.

Your game should be engaging, effective, and make strong use of either character, premise, and/or story.

(It is OK but not necessary to do all three, but one of the three should be beautifully integrated, compelling, and integral to the intended serious effects.

Read Fullerton Chapter 4 before attempting this assignment.


Education

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