A method to analyze efficiency of the story as a motivational element in video games

Proceedings of the European Conference on Games-based Learning

Volumn 2, Issue , 2014, Pages 705-713

  López Arcos, José Rafael ^a   Vela, Francisco Luis Gutiérrez ^a   Padilla Zea, Natalia ^a   Paderewski, Patricia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRANADA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Educational video games; Narrative; Story analysis; Storytelling

Indexed keywords

DESIGN; EFFICIENCY; FUNCTION EVALUATION; INTERACTIVE COMPUTER GRAPHICS; MOTIVATION; PRODUCT DESIGN;

DESIGN PROCESS; EDUCATIONAL VIDEO GAMES; FINISHED PRODUCTS; GRAPHICAL REPRESENTATIONS; NARRATIVE; NON-LINEAR STORIES; STORY ANALYSIS; STORYTELLING;

HUMAN COMPUTER INTERACTION;

EID: 84923595207     PISSN: 20490992     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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