Serious Games + Computer Science = Serious CS
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The document discusses the integration of serious games into computer science curricula at various educational levels, highlighting their potential as effective assignments. It includes links to resources, examples of games used in courses, and various metrics to measure programming effort and complexity. The presentation emphasizes the educational value of games in programming and offers numerous references for further exploration.
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Serious Games + Computer Science = Serious CS
- 1. Serious Games + Computer Science = Serious CS Katrin Becker / J.R.Parker University of Calgary October 2007 This session focuses on how games can fit into a CS curriculum at various levels and in various ways.
- 2. This presentation contains many links to other websites. Try passing your mouse over the pictures – if the pointer changes to a hand, it is an active link that you can follow. Usually they will lead to the webpage that was the source of the image. Most underlined text is linked to other pages. Also: (+) = link to other page in this presentation (-) = link to website or article containing further information. Note that there are links to wikipedia entries. Although wikipedia is not considered to be a sound scholarly resource, it is often a great place to start , and it can be very useful for providing straight-forward and up-to-date explanations, especially of newer technological terms. Notes on presentation accessible online: Katamari Damacy
- 3. Bit of Wild Ride.... Image source: http://home.cfl.rr.com/omniluxe/mtwr.htm
- 4. Ready, Set, GO!! Games as Assignments - Year 1 A Game Programming Course Computer Science and Arts Collaborative Efforts: Booze Cruise (+) Takes you directly to that section
- 5. Games as Assignments - Year 1 Vampire: The Masquerade
- 7. Games Vs Other Assignments (N) Number of Tokens (v) Vocabulary (L) Length (LOC) Lines of Code (E) Effort (TC) Time to Code (CC) Cyclomatic complexity [-]
- 8. n1 = the number of distinct operators n2 = the number of distinct operands N1 = the total number of operators N2 = the total number of operands N : This is a measure of program length in terms of the number of tokens used by the program. It is calculated as N = N1 + N2 Length: The length is a relationship between the token length N and the vocabulary n. It is defined as: N = n1 log(n1) + n2 log(n2) Vocabulary: This is the number of distinct symbols used in the definition of the program. It is defined as: n = n1 + n2
- 9. Programming Effort (Halstead measure) E = V/PL where the symbol V represents a quantity named program volume , an estimate of the volume of information required to specify a software program; and the symbol PL is the program level , a measure of the relation between the volumes of the most compact representation and the actual program. PL = 1 / (( n1 / 2 ) * ( N2 / n2 )) V= N * (LOG2 n) Time to Code: This is an estimate of how long it would generally take to write the program. This measure correlates very well with the actual measured time to write programs, and is also an established measure of program difficulty or effort needed to write a particular program. This measure is a function of the programming language use. For Fortran, the programming time T is computed as T = E/K where the constant K depends on the language. For the Java language the constant 0.9 was used; this was estimated by computing the effort for a sample set of programs for which the programming time was known. http://www.minkhollow.ca/KB/Papers/233asg-paper1.fm.pdf
- 11. A Game Programming Course CPSC 585 [4 th year capstone] Crash of the Titans
- 12. Crash of the Titans
- 13. XIII
- 14. Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion http://www.theesa.com/archives/files/Essential%20Facts%202006.pdf
- 15. Computer Science and Arts
- 16. Tomb Raider
- 20. Grim Fandango
- 21. Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion
- 25. CPSC 701.03 Serious Games http://canadianpress.google.com/article/ALeqM5hZGBS4N3qOP9UIFCLRBo7gQUVOfQ http://www.cbc.ca/cp/technology/071002/z100215A.html http://technology.canoe.ca/2007/10/02/4544282-cp.html http://ca.news.yahoo.com/s/reuters/071005/tecnology/tech_boozecruise_col http://dailygleaner.canadaeast.com/liveit/article/88960 http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/print/CTVNews/20071003/video_game_071003/20071003/?hub= SciTech&subhub = PrintStory http:// www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/Page/document/video/vs?id =RTGAM.20071003.wvvideodrunk1003 http://www.scienceblog.com/cms/booze-cruise-driving-game-serious-drinking-problem-14372.html http://www.stltoday.com/blogs/entertainment-the-game-guy/2007/10/drunk-driving-game-tries-to-teach-teens-important-lessons/print/ http://www.ucalgary.ca/~jparker/cs70103/
- 26. Thanks!! Game Images courtesy of: Official Game Sites (images are identified by game) Fan Art Mobygames.com Gamespot.com IGN.com
Editor's Notes
- #2: Partly a report on a work in progress Partly an introduction to a new discipline Partly intended to provoke a reaction