Saturday, November 22, 2008

Educational Video Game Design

The elements of effective video game design range from the basics of how easy the game is to play to the graphics. These elements have to be arranged perfectly for each video because each game is directed to a different group of people. If a game is made for an age group that is elementary school aged children it would not have the same difficulty as the games that is created for teenage players.
(Elements: easy to play, addictive, length of game, challenge, confusing, difficulty, illogical, adventure, strategy, rules, goals, narrative context, etc. )
The learning outcome associated with effective video game design is that the person will learn more. I think that this is due to the fact that the person is enjoying what they are doing and do not realize that they are learning the information at the same time they are playing.
Video game adoption and playing is not effected by gender but instead is effected by the person familiarity with the software.

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