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Design and Creation of Educational Video Games Using Assistive Software Instruments

2021; Springer International Publishing; Linguagem: Inglês

10.1007/978-3-030-80624-8_42

2367-3370

Yavor Dankov, Boyan Bontchev, Valentina Terzieva,

Augmented Reality Applications

Designing and creating educational video games is very complex, time-consuming, and expensive. For applying game-based learning in mass, teachers and educators need software platforms and tools for an easy and straightforward design and construction of games for learning. Therefore, the growing need for such software instruments suitable for non-ICT specialists for supporting the video game creation processes is a popular research subject. This paper presents software tools that assist educators in the process of design and creation of educational video games and are integrated into the APOGEE (smArt adaPtive videO GamEs for Education) software platform. The assistive tools are integrated into an online system for the management of both learning and gaming content, which makes a part of the APOGEE platform. They are validated through the design and creation of a video game about history, which is built according to a workflow especially proposed for this purpose.