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GACET’11, RomeNovember 18th, 2011
Game Guru
Federico Peinado, Enrique López, Javier Torrente, Pablo Moreno-Ger
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People
Game creators and developersFederico PeinadoDaniel CanalesEnrique López Mañas Francisco Javier Moreno
Support and guidanceJavier TorrentePablo Moreno Ger
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Educational setting
MSc in Game DevelopmentTechnical studentsFocus on programming
Course on“Industry practice”Inner workings of the videogame industryDevelopment cycle / publication cycle
Course on “Narrative design”Narrative theory for game design
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Challenges
The “disappointment courses”Non-appealing materialThe dark side of game development
TimingStudents immersed in their final projectPressure to complete the course
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What can we do?
Grab students attention
Make their time investment worthwhile
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Game Guru: The story
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Game Guru: The Game
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Development
Educational adventure gameStory development following the structures from
the course on narrative design
Created with eAdventureCartoon-like charactersScenarios based on real photosCartoon filter to fit the characters
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Current status
Functional and playableprototype Full storyboard, spanningthreechapters Playablefirstchapter 9 scenes, 11 characters, 50+ interactiveobjects 4 in-gamebooks as support material 40 in-gameconversations, includingevaluations Videos and backgroundmusic
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Future work
DevelopmentDevelop the remaining chaptersImprove the animations for the charactersAdd voiceovers and sound effects
OtherEnglish translationEvaluation with students
Pablo [email protected]
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GACET’11, RomeNovember 18th, 2011
Game Guru
Federico Peinado, Enrique López, Javier Torrente, Pablo Moreno-Ger
