Motion-based video games have a variety of positive effects on older adults, but their design remains challenging. Traditional game design often turns towards a user-centered design process, and game design experts are readily available. This paper discusses the challenges and opportunities of this approach in motion-based game design for older adults. We identify core challenges and show how u...

Accessibility in educational media focuses on removing barriers based learners’ varied needs. In games, players’ diverse needs can impact a wide variety of design strategies. This study the process used by one team to prioritize accessibility redesign their older while creating inform development new games. The provides framework for thinking about games and vis-a-vis documents an action resear...

In the design research investigation Listen! the multi-disciplinary collaboration between game design and audio design students is researched. The research focuses on gathering more insight in the creative design process of game audio and presents general recommendations and pitfalls for the development of game audio.

This paper examines the selection criteria for design roles in the videogame industry and examines the profiles of students undertaking game design studies at NHTV in the expectation of working in the industry. A total of four analyses were conducted: job advertisements for design and production roles; an industry survey; MBTI profiling of a cross-section of IGAD students; and a survey of Desig...

The authors explore Massively Multiplayer Online Games (MMOG) business models in order to characterize two main problems: big initial investment and continuous expenditures. The four main actors of a MMOG environment – game producer, Game, Players and Business Model – are analysed resorting to Actor Network Theory in order to understand their alignment in Business Models and how they can influe...

Game design is a process with a focus primarily on creating an engaging game experience. However, in order for game design to advance further toward this goal, the design of input devices along with their connection to the interface also require critical discussion. This study compares two different controllers in order to evaluate the impact of their design on gameplay.

Considerable changes have occurred in language learning with the introduction of gameful approaches classroom and increase popularity applications like Duolingo. A review existing studies on such to shows that gamification tends be most popular approach. However, this has been achieved at expense other approaches, as use digital games. To gain a clearer picture developments gaps game-based rese...