Video games add new dimensions to traditional storytelling by allowing players to change narratives through their own actions. In modern Role-Playing Games (RPGs), this is usually done by adopting branching storylines based on key choices presented to players at certain points of the game. However, such branching points are usually presented through specific dialog choices or predetermined acti...

Recently, the study of evolutionary games on networks has attracted great interest, focused mainly on the problem of the emergence of cooperation. A well studied framework for this problem is the Prisoner’s Dilemma game on fixed, evolving or growing networks. In this paper we present a complete picture of the behavior of another important social dilemma, the Stag Hunt game, under an evolutionar...

This thesis aims to find out the usage of colour in the game called Journey (2012). It is a case study which focuses on three different scenes in the game and how their colour scheme affects the game both emotionally and the storyline progress. The question that will be answered is: How does the choice of colour affect the players perception on an emotional level? This thesis talks about how di...

The paper analyses modelling renewal of construction objects applying methods of the game theory. Rational construction management variants are usually selected under various conditions, using the efficiency criteria. A choice of rational alternatives can be absolutely uncertain when influences of external factors are unknown. In the current paper, selecting of rational renewal variants of dere...

We consider a caching game in which a unit amount of infinitely divisible material is distributed among n ≥ 2 locations. A Searcher chooses how to distribute his search effort r about the locations so as to maximize the probability she will find a given minimum amount m̄ = 1−m ≤ r of the material. If the search effort yi invested by the Searcher in a given location i is at least as great as the ...

INTRODUCTION The objective was to report epidemiological and lesional features among children practicing wrestling as a game in Dakar, Senegal. METHODS It was a retrospective study including all patients under 16, victims of wrestling game injuries. We studied epidemiological and lesional aspects in children: frequency of wrestling game injuries among all games, age, sex, geographic origin, p...

Effective, sustained innovation remains one of the great challenges facing almost every corporation. This paper outlines several key caveats that corporations need to understand and adhere to if they wish to win the innovation game. The paper also outlines emerging creative solutions being used by several corporations designed to abide by such caveats and in doing so improve their innovation su...