Games offer us small windows into alternate realities and subsequently can be powerful learning and transformational experiences. The course Learning and Persuasion in Games delves into the more psychological aspects and mechanics of games, to determine why they work and how you can use this to create highly engaging playful tools for persuasive and/or educational purposes.
So you think you know how to make a nice game. Think again! Games are complex interactions between the player and the virtual world. As a game designer you try to balance player autonomy with your artistic goals in interesting fantasy stories where the player experiences mediated presence.
This course examines the ways in which game design decisions affect our emotions, our cognition, our motivation, and subsequently help shape our attitude. And above all, how you can use this knowledge in order to create compelling experiences that teaches the user valuable real world lessons and changes the way they perceive the world. All through the power of play!
We are Game Development Group 14. We are:
- Jelte Schuurmans
- Joep Hamers
- Paul Michielsen
- Tygo van den Hurk
- Willem van den Brink
In this game, the player, a posible arciteture student, will have to design buildings. These buildings are premade by use, but are made with a flaw, and then it is their job to fix our intentional mistake.
In the game, if your structure is unstable, or for other reasons not well made, then the player will receive a pop-up saying whats wrong, and how to hopefully fix it.
some examples of these pop-ups are:
Structural integretie low
It appears that the structure is unstable. You can fix this
by reinforcing the part that crashed. Try enforing the area
and try again. Click "OK" to continue.
Out of Balance
It appears that the structure is unstable. You can fix this by
reinforcing the part where the structure is moving. Try
enforing the area and try again. Click "OK" to continue.
bending Materials
It appears that the structure is unstable. You can fix this by
reinforcing the area where material is bending beyond a
reasonable messure. Try enforing the area and try again. Click
"OK" to continue.
Foundation Issues
It appears that the structure is unstable. You can fix this by
reinforcing the foundation where there are signs of instability.
Strengthening the base should help stabilize the entire
structure. Click "OK" to proceed.