This paper presents the challenges and possibilities that arise from the integration of a 2D physics engine into an adventure game platform (i.e. engine and editor). This integration allows the use of a complex physics model within a narrative environment, thus increasing expressiveness and educational potential (through re-usability and increased challenge). In this work eAdventure is used as ...

The current state-of-the-art in computer games is to manually script individual game objects to provide desired interactions for each game adventure. Our research has shown that a small set of parameterized patterns (commonly occurring scenarios) characterize most of the interactions used in game adventures. They can be used to specify and even generate the necessary scripts. A game adventure c...

Educational video games and serious games are becoming more and more relevant as a complement to traditional instructional approaches. However, several barriers are in the way of the general adoption of this technology, such as the high cost or the integration of the games in the learning flow. At the group at the Complutense University of Madrid we have developed the plat...

We examined how two critical constructs, health beliefs and sensation seeking, influence combination antiretroviral therapy adherence in HIV+ African Americans, and whether these factors mediate the association between age and adherence. Two-hundred-and-eighty-six HIV+ African Americans participated in this observational study. Path analyses revealed that higher levels of a specific health beli...

IMS Learning Design (IMS LD) is a specification to realize adaptive and interoperable Units of Learning. However, the authoring process remains difficult, mainly due to the lack of high-level authoring IMS LD tools. In order to improve this process, more powerful external resources could be used. Furthermore, the main challenges are a) the authoring process, and b) the integration between these...