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Jogos e Simulação
The Science of Games
@ Técnico Lisboa
Sistemas Multimedia e Sistemas Inteligentes
Carlos Martinho, Inês Lynce, Pedro Santos, Rui Prada
Aplicacional
Carlos Martinho, Rui Prada

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Outline
• The Importance of Videogames
• Some Facts
• What Videogames are
• Videogames at Instituto Superior Técnico and INESC-ID
• Teaching
• Research and Projects

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The Importance of
Videogames

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Some Facts
Age
Gender
Mature Content
Playing Together
Digital Sales

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Demographics

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Parents and Games

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Online Gaming

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Market

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Market

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Digital Distribution

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What Videogames are

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https://www.insertcoinclothing.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/exterior.jpg http://www.flickr.com/photos/wiiuspiele/7157496315
A Big Industry

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http://www.moma.org/explore/inside_out/2014/03/14/do-you-know-your-moma-31414 http://news.bbcimg.co.uk/media/images/66200000/jpg/_66200277_newedit.jpg
Art

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https://www.flickr.com/photos/jakobwells/14516251507/in/set-72157645379601078
Sports

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http://www.flickr.com/photos/91074502@N00/5521955297 http://www.flickr.com/photos/judytuna/6315534191
Cultural Phenomena

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http://www.amazon.co.uk/Video-Games-Teach-Learning-Literacy/dp/1403984530/
Learning Contexts
GAMES & LEARNING
ALLIANCE
NONR-OLAEDISMUARPE FGOARM ES
Personal & Ethics
Non
Academic
Security
Health
Business
Management
Learning
TRADITION ◀2014▶ METHODS
MAKING IT
BETTER WORK MATTER UNDER-STANDABLE
Reuse of
tools and
components
EASY
tAdjustment
tCustomization
tLocalisation
New Technology
tracking
tActivity
tAttention
tBrain Activity
tLocation
Reality fidelity
tAuto mapping
tReal time
tNatural user
interface
Community
analytics
tMonitoring
tPersonalisation
tTailored
support
Improvement
of findability
and
applicability
Improvement
of decision
support tool
Old tradition
get replaced
by new
methods
Game
inventions
transfer
to the
real world
Transfer
knowledge
to the
real world
Collect
evidence of
effectiveness
Investigate
how in game
feedback helps
to improve
learning
outcomes
Assessing
user data
tEngagement
tMotivation
tFlow
Easier to
reuse and
adoption
practices
Develop
and promote
a shared
vocabulary
Build game
development
Game
mechanics
Collect and
disseminate
best
practices
Domain
characteristic
Metrics
Knowledge
gap
between
research
and new
models
How learning
in game can be
described and
understood
Preferences
relate to
efficient
learning
Methodologies
tGame
development
tData
collection
tPerformance
masurement
Digital rights
on online
communties
Prevent
game
addiction
2030
Humanities Heritage
Academic Employee Engagement
Creative Learning
General
Knowledge
Policy Making
Serious Game
Education
Experience
http://seriousgamessociely.org/roadmap © copyright PlayGen 2014

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http://fitness-apps.findthebest.com/l/220/Endomondo-Sports-Tracker
http://www.chorewars.com/
http://awards.ixda.org/sites/default/files/styles/entry-slideshow-image/
public/entry-images/2012_dis_ford-smartgauge_1.jpg
Motivational Tools

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http://super.abril.com.br/multimidia/info_405177.shtml
http://super.abril.com.br/multimidia/info_405177.shtml
Communication Artefacts

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Aesthetic Objects

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Child of Eden (Q Entertainment, Ubisoft, 2011)
Sensations
http://www.kotaku.com.au/2011/03/child-of-eden-has-a-beauty-unlike-rez-and-a-vibrating-belt/

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The Last of Us
(Naughty Dog, SCE, 2013)
Story

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Bioshock Infinite
(Irrational Games Co, 2K Games, 2013)
Fantasy

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Brothers: A Tale of Two Sons (Starbreeze
Studios, 505 Games, 2013)
Emotions

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Journey (Thatgamecompany, SCE, 2012)
Experience

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Technical Constructs

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http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_e65bBmmUNdw/TN6uMYqdH7I/
AAAAAAAAADA/Z9Xk99SjMRU/s1600/IMG_5053.JPG
Design
http://www.itsartmag.com/features/itsart/wp-content/
uploads/2013/05/unity-3D.png Software
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/
Boy_wearing_Oculus_Rift_HMD.jpg/777px-Boy_wearing_Oculus_
Rift_HMD.jpg
Hardware
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/1f/
Tug_of_war%2C_at_Pushkar_Fair%2C_Rajasthan.jpg Teamwork

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Videogames are...
• A big industry
• Aesthetic objects
• Learning contexts
• Motivational contexts
• Technical constructs
• Cultural phenomena

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Game Education and Research
@ Técnico Lisboa @ INESC-ID

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Game Education
@ Técnico Lisboa

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Funded in 1911
11500 students in 19 degrees
4000 MSc’s students
1000 PhD’s students
Faculty 850
Instituto Superior Técnico
Tagus park Campus
Instituto Superior Técnico
Alameda Campus

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MSc Eng. Informática
Projecto de Mestrado +
Dissertação de Mestrado
12 + 30 ECTS
Área
Aplicacional
2 UC - 12 ECTS
Opção
Livre
1 UC - 6 ECTS
Área de Especialização
Principal
5 UC - 36 ECTS
Área de Especialização
Secundária
3 UC - 21 ECTS
soft
skills
3 ECTS
Lic. Eng. Informática

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Experience-driven
Technology

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Montra de Jogos do IST
ex-alunos do IST

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Game Research
@ IST INESC-ID
Creating unforgettable characters

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Believability
Emotions, Attention, Social Awareness
Pavilhão do Território
Expo’98
Aini

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Embodiement
Empathy, Full-body and Long-term Interaction
Long-term Interactions
Real-life Affective Interaction
Multi-user Affective Interaction Adaptive Empathic Responses

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User Modelling
Content Adaptation, Intention Recognition, Experience

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Research Platforms
Collaboration, Social Dilemmas in Virtual Worlds

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NIMIS (1998-2000)
SAFIRA (2000-2002)
VICTEC (2003-2005)
LIREC (2008-2012) MindRACES (2004-2007)
INVITE (2011-2013)
Applied Research
International Dedicated Games Projects
SIREN (2010-2013)

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Thank You
Carlos Martinho, Rui Prada
{carlos.martinho, rui.prada}@tecnico.ulisboa.pt