The Complete Guide to Simulations and Serious Games

English

ISBN: 0470506725

EAN: 9780470506721

Category: Computers / Programming / Games/Computers / Programming Languages / General/

Publisher: Pfeiffer

Release Date: 09/15/2009

Synopsis: "Ready to blow your mind? Spend 15 seconds reading Clark Aldrich's The Complete Guide to Simulations and Serious Games. Witty, fast-paced, and non-linear -- it's Spock meets Alton Brown."
-- Lynne Kenney, Psy.D., The Family Coach

This exciting work offers designers a new way to see the world, model it, and present it through simulations. A groundbreaking resource, it includes a wealth of new tools and terms and a corresponding style guide to help understand them. The author -- a globally recognized industry guru -- covers topics such as virtual experiences, games, simulations, educational simulations, social impact games, practiceware, game-based learning/digital game based learning, immersive learning, and serious games. This book is the first of its kind to present definitions of more than 600 simulation and game terms, concepts, and constructs.

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The Complete Guide to Simulations and Serious Games

Illustrated: No

Format: eBook - PDF

Pages: 700