scholarly journals Film Adaptation as Experimental Game Design

Arts ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 9 (4) ◽  
pp. 103
Author(s):  
Pippin Barr
Keyword(s):  
Game Design ◽  
Design Method ◽  
Film Adaptation ◽  
New Work ◽  
Generative Design ◽  
Design Constraints ◽  
Popular Approach ◽  
Experimental Game ◽  
Spatial Exploration ◽  
Selection Of

Film adaptation is a popular approach to game design, but it prioritizes blockbuster films and conventional “game-like” qualities of those films, such as shooting, racing, or spatial exploration. This leads to adaptations that tend to use the aesthetics and narratives of films, but which miss out on potential design explorations of more complex cinematic qualities. In this article, I propose an experimental game design method that prioritizes an unconventional selection of films alongside strict game design constraints to explore tensions and affinities between cinema and videogames. By applying this design method and documenting the process and results, I am able both to present an experimental set of videogame film adaptations, along with potentially generative design and development themes. In the end, the project serves as an illustration of the nature of adaptation itself: a series of pointed compromises between the source and the new work.

A Control-Theoretic Approach to Neural Pharmacology: Optimizing Drug Selection and Dosing

2016 ◽  
Vol 138 (8) ◽  
Author(s):  
Gautam Kumar ◽  
Seul Ah Kim ◽  
ShiNung Ching
Keyword(s):  
Design Method ◽  
Target Space ◽  
Theoretic Approach ◽  
Time Varying ◽  
Drug Selection ◽  
Modeling Paradigm ◽  
Dosing Strategies ◽  
Dose Dependent ◽  
Optimal Construction ◽  
Selection Of

The induction of particular brain dynamics via neural pharmacology involves the selection of particular agonists from among a class of candidate drugs and the dosing of the selected drugs according to a temporal schedule. Such a problem is made nontrivial due to the array of synergistic drugs available to practitioners whose use, in some cases, may risk the creation of dose-dependent effects that significantly deviate from the desired outcome. Here, we develop an expanded pharmacodynamic (PD) modeling paradigm and show how it can facilitate optimal construction of pharmacologic regimens, i.e., drug selection and dose schedules. The key feature of the design method is the explicit dynamical-system based modeling of how a drug binds to its molecular targets. In this framework, a particular combination of drugs creates a time-varying trajectory in a multidimensional molecular/receptor target space, subsets of which correspond to different behavioral phenotypes. By embedding this model in optimal control theory, we show how qualitatively different dosing strategies can be synthesized depending on the particular objective function considered.

scholarly journals Aplikasi Pelaporan Kelebihan Jam Mengajar Jurusan Akuntansi PNP

2020 ◽  
Vol 15 (2) ◽  
pp. 43-49
Author(s):  
Sukartini ◽  
Firman Surya ◽  
Welsi Haslina ◽  
Yusnani ◽  
Ulfi Maryati
Keyword(s):  
Design Method ◽  
Application Development ◽  
Process Data ◽  
Database Application ◽  
Microsoft Access ◽  
Implementation Stages ◽  
The Right ◽  
Short Time ◽  
To Receive ◽  
Selection Of

This study aims to create a database application program that is able to process data on lecturer course activities and generate reports on the calculation of teaching fees periodically during the pandemic which requires lecturers to report lecture activities online. The system design method approach used is prototyping, namely by creating a program that most closely resembles user needs in a relatively short time. The prototype was generated using the Microsoft Access 2010 database application. The selection of microsoft access to create a prototype was based on the availability of complete facilities in Microsoft Access to design table relations, input forms, query processing, reports and the visual basic programming language for applications. Google Forms used to receive lecture data input online. The application development stages consist of design, testing and implementation stages. This application has succeeded in providing the right solution for the Padang State Polytechnic Accounting Department during the pandemic in calculating and reporting lecture activities and lecturers teaching fees.

scholarly journals A cookbook method for Persuasive Game Design

2018 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Panote Siriaraya ◽  
Valentijn Visch ◽  
Arnold Vermeeren ◽  
Michaël Bas
Keyword(s):  
Game Design ◽  
Design Methodology ◽  
Design Method ◽  
Specific Context ◽  
Persuasive Games ◽  
Persuasive Game ◽  
Research Domain ◽  
Practical Constraints ◽  
Complete Process

Despite the growing interest in persuasive game design, there have been few methods which cover the complete process of game design that designers could draw upon in their practice. In this paper, the Persuasive Game Design method(PGD) is presented as a non-directive approach for designing persuasive games including a practical hand-out. To better fit with the practical constraints encountered in game design, this method adopts a “cookbook” approach. A set of essential PGD components and tools are provided from which game designers can choose from, given their specific context and resources. Designers first consider the game design steps(“dishes”) to use in creating their game and in each step, select which components(“ingredients”) to take into account and tools(“utensils”) to use. The proposed method, based on our experience as persuasive game researchers and design practitioners, is further refined using feedback from professional game designers. The paper concludes with a case study illustrating how to put the meal into practice. Overall, the method provides a useful contribution to the existing research domain by combining knowledge from game theory, game design and design methodology to create a structured yet flexible approach which covers the complete persuasive game design process for researchers, students and practitioners. 

Implementing a Game-Based Instructional Design Strategy in the Eighth Grade Science Classroom

2018 ◽  
pp. 289-305
Author(s):  
Angela Dowling ◽  
Terence C. Ahern
Keyword(s):  
Instructional Design ◽  
Game Design ◽  
Instructional Strategy ◽  
Science Classroom ◽  
Design Method ◽  
Design Strategy ◽  
Science Class ◽  
Science Content ◽  
Instructional Activity ◽  
Activity Design

This chapter examines the effects of a game-like environment on instructional activity design and learning outcomes in a middle school general science class. The authors investigated if science content can be designed and successfully delivered instructionally using a game-like learning environment. The authors also wanted to investigate if by utilizing a game-design method could class and student engagement be increased. The results indicated that the instructional design of the unit using a game-like environment was successful and students exhibited learning. The authors also address the challenges inherent in utilizing this instructional strategy.

Values between Systems

2010 ◽  
pp. 1-15 ◽  
Author(s):  
Miguel Sicart
Keyword(s):  
Cognitive Dissonance ◽  
Analytical Model ◽  
Computer Games ◽  
Game Design ◽  
Design Method ◽  
Design Decisions

In this chapter the authors define ethical gameplay as a consequence of game design choices. The authors propose an analytical model that defines ethical gameplay as an experience that stems from a particular set of game design decisions. These decisions have in common a design method, called ethical cognitive dissonance, based on the conscious creative clash between different models of agency in a game. This chapter outlines this method and its application in different commercial computer games.

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