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A Serious Approach to Serious Game DevelopmentRon Punako, Sr. Software EngineerJoy Pachucki, Instructional Designer
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Your organization decides to develop a serious game
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You are tasked with planning and developing the game
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You must quickly produce a product that will succeed in it’s learning mission
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Put the proper processes into place
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You will stand a greater chance of success
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BackgroundGames for what purposes?
Games for Health
Advergames Games for Training
Games for Education
Games for Science and Research
Production Games as Work
Government & NGO
Public Health & Mass Casualty Response
Political Games
Employee Training
Inform Public Data Collection / Planning
Strategic & Policy Planning
Public Diplomacy, Opinion Research
Defense Rehabilitation & Wellness
Recruitment & Propaganda
Soldier/Support Training
School House Education
Wargames / planning
War planning & weapons research
Command & Control
Healthcare Cybertherapy / Exergaming
Public Health Policy & Social Awareness Campaigns
Training Games for Health Professionals
Games for Patient Education and Disease Management
Visualization & Epidemiology
Biotech manufacturing & design
Public Health Response Planning & Logistics
Marketing & Communication
Advertising Treatment
Advertising, marketing with games, product placement
Product Use Product Information
Opinion Research
Machinima Opinion Research
Education Inform about diseases/risks
Social Issue Games
Train teachers/Train workforce skills
Learning Computer Science & Recruitment
P2P Learning Constructivisim Documentary
Teaching Distance Learning
(2008, Sawyer, B., Smith, P., “A Taxonomy of Serious Games”)
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BackgroundIndividual first-person perspective role playing games
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BackgroundWhat kind of team?
• Artists
• Modelers/Animators
• Information Architects
• Instructional Designers
• Integrators
• Program Manager
• Project Manager, Tech
• Software Engineers
• Sound Engineer
• Subject Matter Experts
• Video Engineer
• Voice Actors
• Writers
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BackgroundImportant development facts
• Web-based games• Custom development tools• Custom extensions to commercial game engines• Between $400,000 – $1,000,000• Between .5 – 1 years• Small team (6-10) people• Serve government and military clients
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Systems Development Life Cycle
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Systems Development Life CycleAnalysis
• Project Planning– Initial Client Meetings
• Instructional Intent– Assess Training Needs– Determine Training Solution
• Client Requirements• Technical Specifications
Identified and Analyzed
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EngineeringClient requirements
ID: CLIENT1
The simulation shall enable the learner to progress by completing decision points within a scenario.
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Requirement1
Derived Requirement
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EngineeringUse cases
ID: UC1
Name: Select Character Dialogue Choice
Primary Actor: Learner
Goal in Context:
To select a character dialogue choice.
Preconditions:
1. The Start System use case has been completed successfully.
2. The Start Simulation use case has been completed.
3. A decision point has been reached.Trigger:The learner decides to select a characterdialogue choice while speaking with a nonplayer character.
Scenario:1. Learner: Observes the NPC in the first person.2. NPC: Speaks to player to set up choices for current dialogue.3. Learner: Observes the character dialogue choices.4. Learner: Selects a dialogue choice.Exceptions:…
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Requirement1
Derived Requirement
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Derived Requirement
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EngineeringDerived requirements
ID: FUN1
The simulation shall provide the capability for the learner to respond to character dialogue.
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Requirement1
Derived Requirement
nTest Case
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Requirement1
Derived Requirement
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EngineeringRequirements traceability
CLIENT1 USE1
FUN1
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Systems Development Life CycleDesign
• Concept Paper Development
• Simulation Course Outline• Screenplay Development• Initial Product Asset
Development• Technical System Design
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Systems Development Life CycleDesign Continued
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EngineeringTechnical investigations
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Engineering Art Plan
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EngineeringTechnical Solution Plan
Level 0 DFD … Level 3 DFD
Class: DialogueDescription: A dialogue object.Methods: load, showResponses, getResponses, setStatement, get Statement, …
Class: ResponseDescription: A dialogue response object.Methods: getResponse, setResponse, …
API
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RequirementFUN1
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EngineeringInformation Architecture Plan
Structure Content Model SkeletonVisual
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Systems Development Life CycleDevelopment
• Text Simulation Development
• Asset Development• Product Development
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EngineeringAuthoring tools development
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EngineeringGame engine development
Append Functionality
Purchase Game Engine
Unity
Virtools
Sound Subsystem
Animation Subsystem
Event Sequencing Subsystem
Notification Subsystem
Lipsync Subsystem
UI/Menu Subsystem
ScoringSubsystem
Character AI Subsystem
Abstract Functionality
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EngineeringAsset development
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EngineeringIntegration
Scenario Authoring
Tool
Level Staging
Characters
AnimationsEnvironments
Sound
Video
Sequence of Events
Decision Points
UI/Menus
Character AIScoring
Production Game
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Systems Development Life CycleImplementation
• Verification for adherence to instructional specifications
• Final product installation• Validation testing and
discrepancies resolved• Product training conducted• Final review and
acceptance
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EngineeringVerification testing
ID: TST1
Prerequisites:
1. The system must be started
2. The simulation subsystem must be started
Actions:
1. NPC engages the learner’s character in dialogue
2. Learner attempts to select a dialogue response
Outcome:
1. Pass: The learner is able to select a response to character dialogue
2. Fail: The learner is not able to select a response to character dialogue
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RequirementFUN1
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EngineeringValidation testing
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Systems Development Life CycleEvaluation
• Evaluation tasks directly planned in support of individual efforts, if applicable, would apply to each part of the process
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Questions?
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Putting ideas into action.SM
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