Mary Matthews

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Mary Matthews
HUNTING FOR FUN The Serious Games Challenge

• Strategy and Business Development Director
• TruSim

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Blitz Games Studio Divisions
Blitz Games Studios is composed of 5 separate
divisions specializing in different market
segments and technology
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KRAI Encore
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Blitz Arcade Games
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Reservoir Dogs
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Volatile In Development
Major title in development for 2009. Confidential
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Coda Chain - in development
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Four Dimensional Framework(de Freitas 2006)
E n g a g e m e n t
Evaluation
Analysis
C
C
L
L
R
P
NEED
R
P
BUSINESS / ORGANIZATION NEED
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Four Dimensional FrameworkLearner Dimension
Evaluation
Analysis
L
NEED
BUSINESS / ORGANIZATION NEED
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Four Dimensional Framework Context Dimension
Evaluation
Analysis
C
L
NEED
BUSINESS / ORGANIZATION NEED
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Four Dimensional Framework Pedagogy Dimension
Evaluation
Analysis
C
L
NEED
R
P
BUSINESS / ORGANIZATION NEED
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Four Dimensional Framework Representation
Dimension
Evaluation
Analysis
C
L
NEED
R
BUSINESS / ORGANIZATION NEED
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ENGAGEMENT!
E n g a g e m e n t
Evaluation
Analysis
C
C
L
L
R
P
NEED
R
P
BUSINESS / ORGANIZATION NEED
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Triage Trainer
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ALSG Triage Decision Tree
ALSG - Triage Protocols

• Adult Capillary Refill

• Adult Pulse Rate

• Recognised protocols applicable
  internationally to both military and civilian
  situations

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Hunting For Fun
Challenge gt Risk gt Reward gt
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Hunting For Fun
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Hunting For Fun
Challenge gt Risk gt Reward gt
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Gameplay

• Goals and Levels
• Puzzles
• Time limits
• Collections
• Defeat or avoid an enemy
• Manoeuvre successfully
• Points or Scores
• League tables

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Gameplay

• Well targeted relevant
• Achievable
• Intuitive and satisfying controls
• Scalable difficulty
• Rewards are coveted

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Infection Control

• Challenge
• - prioritise infection control
• - monitor and support good practice in others
• - ensure ward duties are completed

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Infection Control

• Risk
• - test individual working practice
• - control infection level
• - compare scores against others

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Infection Control

• Reward
• - successfully controlling infection
• - validates and professional practice
• - compares scores against others

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Client Liaison Challenge

• Finding a common language
• Agreeing detail
• Managing expectations
• Dispelling misconceptions
• User testing

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Effective Serious Games

• Sound needs analysis
• Applied learning theory
• Good human interface design
• Engaging and immersive

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Thank You
Questions? mmatthews_at_trusim.com