The role of game discourse analysis and curiosity in creating engaging and effective serious games by implementing a back story and foreshadowing

Interacting with Computers

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 329-336

  Wouters, Pieter ^a   Oostendorp, Herre Van ^a   Boonekamp, Rudy ^a   Spek, Erik Van Der ^a  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Computer games; Curiosity; Discourse analysis; Engagement; Entertainment; Game design

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER GAMES; ENTERTAINMENT;

CHRONOLOGICAL ORDER; COMMUNICATION TOOLS; CURIOSITY; DISCOURSE ANALYSIS; ENGAGEMENT; GAME DESIGN; INFORMATION ELEMENTS; MULTIDISCIPLINARY DESIGN TEAMS;

SERIOUS GAMES;

EID: 79959849527     PISSN: 09535438     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.intcom.2011.05.001     Document Type: Article

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