{"id":1675,"date":"2011-11-10T10:24:09","date_gmt":"2011-11-10T10:24:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.joswassink.nl\/insight\/?p=1675"},"modified":"2011-11-10T10:24:09","modified_gmt":"2011-11-10T10:24:09","slug":"my-first-edu-game","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.joswassink.nl\/insight\/?p=1675","title":{"rendered":"My first edu-game"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong> <\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_1676\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1676\" href=\"http:\/\/www.joswassink.nl\/insight\/?attachment_id=1676\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1676\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-1676\" title=\"scpenguingame_548x270\" src=\"http:\/\/www.joswassink.nl\/insight\/wp-content\/uploads\/scpenguingame_548x270-300x147.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"147\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-1676\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Clash of the Penguins \u2013 A Serious Physics Game<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Student teams worked on commissioned educational games for six  weeks.  Last week they presented the results of this interfaculty  \u2018Building  Serious Games\u2019 project.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>It was the first time the student teams worked with external   commissioners, but project leader, Dr Rafael Bidarra (EECS), has already   called this development \u201ca magical formula\u201d, because working on   commission improved the students\u2019 motivation and team spirit.<img decoding=\"async\" title=\"More...\" src=\"http:\/\/www.joswassink.nl\/inzicht\/wp-includes\/js\/tinymce\/plugins\/wordpress\/img\/trans.gif\" alt=\"\" \/><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>How to make your home more ecological? That was the subject proposed   by the Dutch Green Building Council. Six students developed the game,   \u2018my eco-house\u2019, in which the player has three minutes to equip a house   with numerous features, ranging from air-conditioning and solar panels   to insulated floors and electric stairways. The resulting house is then   rated on energy (scale 0\u201310) and ecological footprint (0\u2013100). While  the  game\u2019s graphics were well done, feedback on the ecology of building  is  still lacking.<\/p>\n<p>The game \u2018Teeth Defender\u2019 was commissioned by  Professor Robert  Kooij, from TNO, who sought an educational distraction  for people to  play while sitting in the dentist\u2019s chair. Distracting  anxious patients  could make it easier to treat them. The six students  transformed a  shooting game into an educational medium, in which the  player must  defend a row of teeth against the decay-inducing sweets and  chocolates  marching toward the teeth. The candy emerges from the back of  the  mouth, strangely enough. The player has various defences at his   disposal, such as mouthwash, a toothbrush and dental floss. TNO will now   test the game in practice.<\/p>\n<p>The game \u2018Clash of the Penguins\u2019 is  all about Newtonian physics,  aiming to acquaint 15-year old students  with the concepts of force and  acceleration. To do this, one needs a  frictionless environment, which  \u2018Panna\u2019, a board game, simulates by  using a heavy rolling marble.  Placing wedges in the marble\u2019s path that  steer the ball in other  directions are the only permissible ways to  alter the trajectory. The  students cleverly translated \u2018frictionless  environment\u2019 into an ice  shelf and the ball into sliding penguins. The  game, commissioned by Dr  Martijn Koops, is not yet ready for release,  but it sure will help make  physics fun.<\/p>\n<p>Demo on <a href=\"http:\/\/www.drkoops.nl\/learninggames\/penguin\">www.drkoops.nl\/learninggames\/penguin<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Student teams worked on commissioned educational games for six weeks. 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