Distinguishing games, serious games, and training simulators on the basis of intent

Authors:
Hannah Johnston;Anthony Whitehead
Affiliations:
Carleton University, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada;Carleton University, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Venue:
Future Play '09 Proceedings of the 2009 Conference on Future Play on @ GDC Canada
Year:
2009

Citing 1
Cited 0

Distinguishing games and simulation games from simulators

Computers in Entertainment (CIE) - Theoretical and Practical Computer Applications in Entertainment

Quantified Score

Hi-index	0.00

Visualization

Abstract

What's the difference between a game, a serious game and a training simulator? Unfortunately we don't have a zippy punch line for you, but in this work we present a means to segregate the three on the basis of user intent and the closeness to their reality, rather than the intent of the designer. We use analogies to older educational media and their classification to illustrate our point.