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1 COSC 419: Mobile Educa4onal Game Development Dr. Bowen Hui University of Bri4sh Columbia Okanagan

2 What is this course about? Mobile Educa4onal Game Development 2

3 What is this course about? Mobile Educa4onal Game Development What makes a game educa4onal? What makes a game fun? How to build it effec4vely on a mobile device? How to measure these factors? 3

4 What is this course about? Mobile Educa4onal Game Development Involves: Learn about pedagogy and design principles Sample what others have done and cri4cal evalua4on of them Learn the data analy4cs methods to test your hypotheses 4

5 Logis4cs Lectures Theore4cal concepts and case studies Design ac4vi4es: peer & instructor feedback Programming assignments/project Final project build on previous assignments Development in Corona/Lua WriYen assignments Design and feedback on project idea Take place in class Rules: Late penalty Passing criteria Ques4ons? 5

6 Games and school share a common goal! Really?! 6

7 Games and school share a common goal! Games get played long and hard by many Won t get played if the game can t be learned or mastered True gamers don t want short and easy games 7

8 Common Characteris4cs: Engaged in play over and over again Sense of mastery Sense of challenge 8

9 Common Characteris4cs: Engaged in play over and over again Sense of mastery Sense of challenge achieve balance 9

10 Pervasive learning Learning at its best when it occurs inside and outside schools Voluntarily researches on material Voluntarily conducts extra prac4ce Outside: students must want to learn in order for this to happen 10

11 Book presents 36 learning principles incorporated in good games We focus on only a few here 11

12 1. Present info on demand when skill applica4on is needed 2. Levels of difficulty enable personalized learning 3. Enable students to be producers, not just consumers 4. Ini4al simple problems need to be good generaliza4ons of later complex problems 5. Supports cycle of exper4se where one learns, prac4ce, newly learned skill that incorporates with old one, prac4ce,, repeat 12

13 1. Present info on demand when skill applica4on is needed 2. Levels of difficulty enable personalized learning 3. Enable students to be producers, not just consumers 4. Ini4al simple problems need to be good generaliza4ons of later complex problems 5. Supports cycle of exper4se where one learns, prac4ce, newly learned skill that incorporates with old one, prac4ce,, repeat 13

14 1. Present info on demand when skill applica4on is needed 2. Levels of difficulty enable personalized learning 3. Enable students to be producers, not just consumers 4. Ini4al simple problems need to be good generaliza4ons of later complex problems 5. Supports cycle of exper4se where one learns, prac4ce, newly learned skill that incorporates with old one, prac4ce,, repeat 14

15 1. Present info on demand when skill applica4on is needed 2. Levels of difficulty enable personalized learning 3. Enable students to be producers, not just consumers 4. Ini4al simple problems need to be good generaliza4ons of later complex problems 5. Supports cycle of exper4se where one learns, prac4ce, newly learned skill that incorporates with old one, prac4ce,, repeat 15

16 1. Present info on demand when skill applica4on is needed 2. Levels of difficulty enable personalized learning 3. Enable students to be producers, not just consumers 4. Ini4al simple problems need to be good generaliza4ons of later complex problems 5. Supports cycle of exper4se where one learns, prac4ce, newly learned skill that incorporates with old one, prac4ce,, repeat 16

17 Features that engage gamers: The more a player can manipulate a game character and make decisions that impact on the character, the more the player invests in the character and the game at a deep level 17

18 Features that engage gamers: The more a player can manipulate a game character and make decisions that impact on the character, the more the player invests in the character and the game at a deep level Collabora4on 18

19 Features that engage gamers: The more a player can manipulate a game character and make decisions that impact on the character, the more the player invests in the character and the game at a deep level Collabora4on Allow people to re- create themselves in new worlds 19

20 What makes mobile design different? 20

21 Display pixels 21

22 Input method 22

23 Usage loca4on, dura4on 23

24 What makes mobile design different? Summary: Display pixels Input method Usage loca4on, dura4on 24

25 What makes mobile design different? Summary: Display pixels Input method Usage loca4on, dura4on Opportuni4es: Short, frequent usage Lots of data about user (calendar, reminder lists, social networks, GPS, loca4on aware, etc.) Design implica4ons? 25

26 Administra4on Class schedule Start on A1 Review requirements Review UI terminology Create Google doc Aesthe4cs Target audience Cogni4ve overload Discoverability Interruptability Learnability of interface Learnability of ac4vity 26