A framework for evidence based visual style development for serious games

FDG 2010 - Proceedings of the 5th International Conference on the Foundations of Digital Games

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 132-138

  McLaughlin, Tim ^a   Smith, Dennie ^a   Brown, Irving A ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Animation; Cognition; Computer graphics; Game development; Learning theory; Serious games

Indexed keywords

BLOOM'S TAXONOMY; COGNITIVE DOMAIN; DESIGN DEVELOPMENT; GAME DEVELOPMENT; LEARNING OUTCOME; LEARNING THEORY; SERIOUS GAMES; VIDEO GAME; VISUAL DEVELOPMENT;

ANIMATION; COMPUTER GRAPHICS;

GAME THEORY;

EID: 77955131540     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1145/1822348.1822366     Document Type: Conference Paper

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