The Promotion of Empathy for the Experience of Users with Visual Impairment in the Game Design Education

Game Design Education "Terjumlah" Using Kinect Sensor

Journal of Business and Technology ◽

10.24167/jbt.v1i1.3220 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 1 (1) ◽

pp. 1

Author(s):

Yedija Prima Putra ◽

Erdhi Widyarto Nugroho ◽

Hendra Prasetya

Keyword(s):

Game Design ◽

Design Education ◽

Kinect Sensor ◽

Educational Value ◽

Game World

At present, the development of the game world is increasing. A lot of which utilize various sensors as input. However, many of these games have no educational value. Therefore, the game titled "Terjumlah" is designed, which has educational value, in this case math material. In the making of the game, collaborated using kinect sensor that can detect the movement of the user, to be more active and interactive.

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Integration of Environmental Sustainability Issues into the “Game Design Theory and Practice” Design Course

Sustainability ◽

10.3390/su12166334 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 12 (16) ◽

pp. 6334

Author(s):

Hsiu Ching Laura Hsieh

Keyword(s):

Sustainable Development ◽

Environmental Sustainability ◽

Game Design ◽

Design Education ◽

Design Theory ◽

Design Thinking ◽

Social Issues ◽

Theory And Practice ◽

Art And Design ◽

Positive Effects

International and Taiwanese research has suggested that education for sustainable development (ESD) requires interdisciplinary research and teaching. There is a lack of sustainable art and design courses in the field of humanities. We have learned that design students have neither a concern for the surrounding environment nor the ability to resolve social issues when teaching design. This study is intended to integrate sustainable development issues into design courses and apply design to resolve issues so that students can develop the ability to think creatively and solve environmental sustainability issues. This study aimed to examine the effectiveness of integrating sustainable development issues into “Game Design Theory and Practice” design course and to construct a model of “design course on environmental sustainability.” This study applied the action research method and incorporated the PBL (problem-based learning) and ADDIE (analysis, design, development, implementation, evaluation) modes. Ultimately, based on the results of course planning and implementation, we proposed the model of “design course on environmental sustainability,” with priorities given to: (1) The introduction of environmental sustainability issues; (2) the introduction of design methods by teachers; (3) the promotion of students’ participation in design thinking and discussion; (4) students’ adjustments to the design according to players’ feedback; and (5) interaction and communication between different characters. The results demonstrated that the integration of sustainable development issues into the planning and implementation of the “Game Design Theory and Practice” design course had positive effects. Game design could be used as a method and tool to encourage students and players to assume sustainable citizenship and to generate a concern for sustainable development in interesting game contexts. These findings can contribute to the future development of design education at colleges and universities.

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Framing Play: the Relevance of Game Studies for Design Discipline and the Value of Design Research for Game Design Education

11th EAD Conference Proceedings: The Value of Design Research ◽

10.7190/ead/2015/71 ◽

2016 ◽

Author(s):

Vincent Mauger

Keyword(s):

Game Design ◽

Design Education ◽

Design Research ◽

Game Studies

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Making Games for Environmental Design Education

International Journal of Gaming and Computer-Mediated Simulations ◽

10.4018/jgcms.2012040104 ◽

2012 ◽

Vol 4 (2) ◽

pp. 60-83 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

Christopher M. Marlow

Keyword(s):

Game Design ◽

Design Education ◽

Teaching And Learning ◽

Landscape Architecture ◽

Environmental Design ◽

Future Directions ◽

Games For Learning ◽

Elective Course ◽

Teaching Learning ◽

Quality Learning

This paper features a pilot study about making games to foster good contemporary learning, challenging traditional environmental design education to embrace games as inspiration for better teaching, learning, and contributing to the general lack of investigation of video games in environmental design education. Alongside select literature supporting playing and making games for learning, this paper reveals design processes and products from an immersive, interdisciplinary, landscape architecture elective course on game design. Evidence suggests that designing and making games in the context of such an environmental design curriculum has potential to stimulate traditional pedagogies and foster student learning, providing an enriched venue for students to learn about their chosen discipline, and make teaching and learning enjoyable, meaningful, and memorable. Discussion also indicates future directions for how the course could provide an even better environment for quality learning.

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Auditory Uta-Karuta: Development and Evaluation of an Accessible Card Game System Using Audible Cards for the Visually Impaired

Electronics ◽

10.3390/electronics10060750 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 10 (6) ◽

pp. 750

Author(s):

Haruna Miyakawa ◽

Noko Kuratomo ◽

Hisham E. Bilal Salih ◽

Keiichi Zempo

Keyword(s):

Visual Impairment ◽

Communication Skills ◽

Game Design ◽

Visually Impaired ◽

Design Method ◽

Card Game ◽

Board Game ◽

Fair Competition ◽

Board Games ◽

The Impact

Playing board games is important for people with a visually impairment, as it promotes interactive socialization and communication skills. However, some board games are not accessible to them at present. In this study, we proposed an auditory card game system that presents a card’s contents with auditory stimuli to all players, towards playing equally with others, regardless of whether they have a visual impairment or not as one of the solutions to make board games accessible. This proposal contributes significantly to expand the range of inclusive board games for the visually impaired. The purpose of this paper is to determine whether the game allows for fair competition for people with visual impairments and to clarify the effects of the valuable parameters of the system on the players. The effectiveness of the proposed system was verified by having experimental participants play “Auditory Uta-Karuta”. The results suggested that the proposed system has the potential for an accessible board game design regardless of visual impairment. In the following experiment, we investigated the impact of each valuable parameter of the system on the player’s perception of the board games to clarify the appropriate audio cue design method. The results of this experiment will greatly assist in designing an appropriate board game using the proposed system.

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Game + Design Education

10.1007/978-3-030-65060-5 ◽

2021 ◽

Keyword(s):

Game Design ◽

Design Education

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The situation and importance of game interface design education in Turkey and a lesson proposal

Global Journal of Arts Education ◽

10.18844/gjae.v7i4.2894 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 7 (4) ◽

pp. 93-98

Author(s):

Seza Soyluçiçek

Keyword(s):

Interface Design ◽

Game Design ◽

Design Education ◽

Master's Degree ◽

Fine Arts ◽

Computer Engineering ◽

Game Engines ◽

Game Industry ◽

Master’S Degree ◽

Game Interface

Digital gaming industry has been an entertainment area that, since the mid 20th century, has come into prominence and distinguished itself in the game industry. Digital games have come a long way and reached large numbers of users since the time they got into the market. As for the digital game industry, the education of game design, along with the game production, is given high importance especially in USA and Europe. In these countries, game interface design with regards to programming and aesthetically designing is given place in the bachelor and master’s degree education. It can be said that, in Turkey, the number of researches in this field, lessons and game companies has been increasing in recent years. However, it’s clear that as a country, we have to come into prominence more in the international game field. As the necessity of developing more appealing, qualified and unique game interfaces is known, game companies are to act responsibly during the game interface design process. In terms of the creation of scenes, characters, environments, animations and the usage of the game engines, more professional tools and techniques are used and more original game designs are pursued nowadays. With regard to this, it’s clear that the need for qualified graphic designers to design aesthetically successful game interfaces has been increasing and will continue to. It’s seen that game design lessons have started to be given at bachelor and master’s degree programs at Universities in Turkey. Yet, the lessons are mostly on game programming at departments such as computer engineering. Game interface design lessons, on the other hand, are given at certain universities. In this study, the proposal of a game interface design lesson that can take place in the curriculum of Visual Communication Design or Graphic Departments of Fine Arts Faculties at Universities in Turkey is examined. Keywords: Game interface design education, graphic design education, game design, curricula.

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