Adaptive game mechanics for learning purposes making serious games playable and fun

CSEDU 2010 - 2nd International Conference on Computer Supported Education, Proceedings

Volumn 2, Issue , 2010, Pages 465-470

  Tremblay, Jonathan ^a   Bouchard, Bruno ^a   Bouzouane, Abdenour ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À CHICOUTIMI   (Canada)

Author keywords

Adaptive difficulty; Adaptive game mechanics; Challenge; Flow; Game design; Game studies; Gameplay; Serious game

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE DIFFICULTY; ADAPTIVE GAME MECHANICS; CHALLENGE; FLOW; GAME DESIGN; GAME STUDIES; GAMEPLAY; SERIOUS GAMES;

COMPUTER SOFTWARE;

MECHANICS;

EID: 77956373608     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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