Games and gamification
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Slides
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* `Game structure and technology <https://www.cs.upc.edu/~dani/VR/VR-S2.pdf>`__
* `Game engines <https://www.cs.upc.edu/~dani/VR/VR-S4.pdf>`__
* `Motivation theory <https://www.cs.upc.edu/~dani/VR/VR-S5.pdf>`__
* `Games design <https://www.cs.upc.edu/~dani/VR/VR-S6.pdf>`__  
  
Lab
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* Step by step development of a series of memory assessment and training games. See `Lab1 <http://gie.cs.upc.edu/vrasg/Lab/Lab1/index.html>`__


    
Readings
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#. Overview and Comparative Analysis of Game Engines for Desktop and Mobile Devices, E. Christopoulou, S. Xinogalos, 2017. Available at `Christopoulou.pdf <https://ruomo.lib.uom.gr/bitstream/7000/180/1/194-Article%20Text-955-1-10-20171221.pdf>`__. (check for more recent reviews on-line)
  
#. `About portability of python on mobile devices <https://www.zdnet.com/article/programming-languages-python-apps-might-soon-be-running-on-android/>`_

#. The anatomy of a game design part I and Part II, T. Ryan, Gamasutra (available `here <https://wou.edu/las/cs/csclasses/cs125/tutorials/GuidelinesfortheGameConcept.pdf>`__ and `here <https://wou.edu/las/cs/csclasses/cs125/tutorials/GameDesign.pdf>`__)

#. From Game Design Elements to Gamefulness:  Defining “Gamification", Deterding, Dixon and Nacke, Proceedings of the 2011 MindTrek conference.

#. Heuristic Evaluation for Gameful Design , Todello et al. 2016, CHI PLAY Companion '16 Proceedings of the 2016 Annual Symposium on Computer-Human Interaction in Play Companion Extended Abstracts `doi <http://dx.doi.org/10.1145/2968120.2987729>`__