Balancing three different foci in the design of serious games: Engagement, training objective and context

3rd Digital Games Research Association International Conference: "Situated Play", DiGRA 2007

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 567-574

  Frank, Anders ^a  

^a SWEDISH NATIONAL DEFENCE COLLEGE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Design; Educational games; Engagement; Serious games

Indexed keywords

BALANCED DESIGN; DESIGN APPROACHES; DESIGN DECISIONS; DESIGN GOAL; DESIGN ISSUES; DESIGN PROCESS; EDUCATIONAL GAME; ENGAGEMENT; GAME DESIGN; SERIOUS GAMES;

COMPUTER SOFTWARE; LEARNING SYSTEMS;

DESIGN;

EID: 44349102203     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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