Serious Video Games: Games for Education and Health
Vasudevan Janarthanan
Abstract
Vasudevan Janarthanan
Abstract
Every game in the market is made in an effort to play, produce, teach, motivate, socialize, communicate and educate different cultures. The gamer is exposed to different types of games that can be categorized into a casual game, serious game and advergame. Serious games include games for training, games for education, games for science and research, games for production and games for work. Serious games do not necessarily lead to the production of a game [1]. They are mainly used to ensure better health and educational environment. They also provide a tool for creating jobs and making life easier in arts, design, therapy, generic software engineering, healthcare and more. Serious games are made intentionally for learning. In this paper, I will be discussing in-depth the two most crucial categories of serious games namely games for education and games for health.
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Every game in the market is made in an effort to play, produce, teach, motivate, socialize, communicate and educate different cultures. The gamer is exposed to different types of games that can be categorized into a casual game, serious game and advergame. Serious games include games for training, games for education, games for science and research, games for production and games for work. Serious games do not necessarily lead to the production of a game [1]. They are mainly used to ensure better health and educational environment. They also provide a tool for creating jobs and making life easier in arts, design, therapy, generic software engineering, healthcare and more. Serious games are made intentionally for learning. In this paper, I will be discussing in-depth the two most crucial categories of serious games namely games for education and games for health.
Key concepts: Game mechanics, Casual, Emergent gameplay, Video game design, Game design, Turns, rounds and time-keeping systems in games, Game Developer, Computer science