Turn learning core concepts of music composition into a seriously addictive game with Melodics. Don't worry - Melodics is here to gamify all the essential core concepts and teach you how to keep rhythm, play popular styles of drum beats, and even how to improvise like a pro. If you've ever played a rhythm game, like Dance Dance Revolution, Guitar Hero, or Rock Band, you'll already understand how Melodics works.
Read MoreMostly, that opinion has been rooted in a love of games which can envelope me in their story - preferably an interesting story. My biggest take-away from this game design challenge has been that theme doesn't just make your game pretty and interesting.
Read MoreAs a global pandemic continues to determine a new normal, tens of thousands of viewers have been tuning in to watch people play chess on a livestreaming website called Twitch. An American chess grandmaster, Hikaru Nakamura, along with a number of celebrities of the video game world, is leading a renaissance in the ancient game.
Read MoreThe Covid-19 lockdown has forced people to stay home for more than five months, resulting in an unprecedented rise in gaming, both the new online ones as well as the online versions of traditional indoor board games. Ludo King has become one of the most downloaded games in India.
Read MoreEarly in the design of Cartographia, we had a problem about players hoarding cards: it's a bad strategy, but every now and then a player would try it and ruin the night for everyone else by limiting their access to specific cards, slowing the game economy, and opening their own options to such degree to cause monumental AP. All of that would turn a brisk 75 minute game into a 3 hours slog.
Read MoreGamification is the application of game elements into nongame spaces. Gamification is the premise of fitness games such as Zombies, Run!, where users push themselves to exercise by outrunning digital zombies, and of language-learning apps such as Duolingo, where scoring prompts one to master more.
Read MoreThe game comes from an "Award-winning game studio", and was designed to help relieve the education crisis which has developed as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. The 'learning' involved essentially revolves around memorizing definitions for a number of topic-related words and phrases.
Read MoreQuest: Journey Through the Lifespan is an immersive and engaging learning experience for developmental psychology students designed to help them apply concepts and theories from their curriculum to real-life scenarios.
Read MoreIn the card game Body Be Gone™ players are cleaners, people who dispose of bodies quietly with no questions asked. There are many silly ways, places, and actions you can take to dispose of the bodies using the cards in your hand. This is a lighthearted party game – for context think Scooby Doo or the movie Clue.
Read MoreIn the pursuit of stand-out, engaging propositions, loyalty marketers have been turning to gamification, but that is now evolving into actual gaming for some of the world's biggest brands. In The WARC Guide to Marketing in the Gaming Ecosystem, Natasha van der Pas, Senior Strategist at Wunderman Thompson, explains that the motivation to participate in a loyalty programme closely resembles that of gaming - it's about the thrill of the win.
Read MoreKeeping in line with existing curricula, I will highlight how five subjects can benefit from video games in the classroom: English, math, science, history and physical education. A recent survey from the United Kingdom's National Literacy Trust has shown that more than 35 per cent of children who play video games believe they are better readers; the study also found that more than half of the participants read and write materials related to gaming at least once per month.
Read MoreAs a teacher or trainer, you might worry that adult learners feel games that are childish and misinformed. Adult learners of a second language are usually highly motivated, but it doesn’t mean their time in class should be boring and only include traditional methods of teaching. Adult learners can have more inhibitions than children and may worry about making fools of themselves in front of their peers. Games that aren’t silly, and that have relevance to their learning can help adult learners of a second language.
Read MoreExploding Kittens, the Kickstarter wunderkind with more than 200,000 financial backers, did what it's always done: harness the creativity, irreverence and humor that rocketed its eponymous tabletop card game to success among those who enjoy gathering for game night.
Read MoreAnother reason why board games are so popular is that there is a board game for everybody, no matter what age or gender. For this discussion, we will focus on 14 of the most highly recommended and effective strategy board games that can actually teach strategic thinking to employees, entrepreneurs and business people.
Read MoreIt becomes difficult for a teacher, to selectively aid student in learning, especially when they also feel the burden of collective performance. To address this issue, an artificial intelligence is designed by the researchers from North Carolina State University, from predicting the position of educational games in inducing learning amongst students.
Read MoreVirtual reality is not just for video games anymore. Virtual reality is a form of technology, including special headsets and software, that together place the user inside of a simulated experience. Immersive virtual reality allows users to experience only the digital environment.
Read MoreSometimes, sitting in a darkened room pushing pieces of plastic around can help prepare you for the big bad world. How to Lose…and come back from it: Magic The Gathering One of the worst feelings in the world of board games is being outmatched by your opponents in Magic. Whether you have been trampled by monstrous growth, stymied by a blue player, or just outplayed by an opponent with better card synergy – losses can be tough.
Read MoreThis is the use of games and interactive content in a marketing strategy to drive customer conversion. Consumers are already used to interacting with their on smart phones through online slots, forums and social media, this is a natural extension of the trend.
Read MoreSelecting the correct school / college, tuition class and new effective modes of learning are their efforts in securing a great and bright future for their child. Responsible parents are always on the lookout for better and effective learning methods for their children which will be a huge relief for all concerned.
Read MoreWhat will students experience from behind the glow of a computer screen? Can digital learning be as effective and engaging as in-person education? The vast majority of learning software follows a passive view of education: the learner is an empty vessel to be filled with knowledge as efficiently as possible.
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