Adventure games research requires being able to play games critically and, more importantly, knowing the field of game studies in order to situate the work.
Not exact matches
According to video
game research firm Newzoo,
game sales of Activision's (ATVI) 2013 title Skylanders Swap Force sold about 3.9 million copies to date, slightly lower than the 2012 Skylanders Giants version at 4.65 million, which was comparable to Skylanders Spyro's
Adventure sales in 2011.
You can never start
researching early enough so ignore the midweek home
game and get ready for your next away day
adventure.
Meticulously
researched and featuring insights from a host of educators and
game designers, as well as his own enthusiastic
adventures in the classroom, Matthew Farber's book is an impressive primer, revealing what works and what doesn't out here on education's exciting new frontier.»
Description: Play the Wild Weather
Adventure game and your weather
research blimp will explore Earth and its weather.
What I explain in the article, although focused on
adventure games, is my understanding of what
games research may be (we
games researchers are still figuring that out).
Stranded in Singapore is a classic point and click
adventure game built on
research developed by Clara Fernández - Vara on procedurally generated puzzles.
The editors at
Adventure Classic Gaming invited me to write an article about research in adventu
Adventure Classic Gaming invited me to write an article about
research in
adventureadventure games.
STASIS is a 2D isometric
adventure game, set aboard a derelict medical
research ship called the Groomlake.
Like Conarium, this
game takes place on an south polar
research station, but instead of a first - person
adventure, Distrust is a tactical RPG based heavily on John Carpenter's The Thing.
So if you're looking for some alone time on the big screen, we
researched and compiled a list of the best single - player
games to buy right now, and included titles that run the gamut from horror to sci - fi, to action -
adventure and fantasy.
Adventure games are also part of this rich
research landscape, and their status in the field of
game studies remains to be defined.
Researching adventure games requires going through all types of
games: interactive fiction (such as Zork, The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy), point - and - click
adventure games (such as King's Quest, Myst), and
games that take advantage of new types of controls, such as Hotel Dusk: Room 215, or Indigo Prophecy (also known as Fahrenheit).
This article is an introduction to the study of
adventure games and how
research can inform not only scholars but also
game developers and fans of the genre.
He is currently completing his PhD on the formal history of
adventure games and plans to pursue
research and / or creation projects in the fields of
game design and
game studies.
Myst is, of course, well known to fans of the
adventure genre, so it is not too surprising that the
game has been ported by Hoplite
Research (not Cyan, maker of the original Myst) to the Nintendo DS.