Abstract
Graphic styles are key elements aspects that need to be underlined in educational games. Suitability of the graphic appearance should be applied to game development attempts to explore based on the player’s perception. Review of the study focuses on the appearance of three different types graphic styles (Abstract, Stylized, and Realistic) and components used to evaluate and improve the game design. Initial assessment involved 51 students from secondary schools in Sabah.
This is a preview of subscription content, log in via an institution to check access.
Access this chapter
Tax calculation will be finalised at checkout
Purchases are for personal use only
Similar content being viewed by others
References
Calvo, R. (2015). Affect-aware reflective writing studios. In R. Calvo, S. D’Mello, J. Gratch, & A. Kappas (Eds.), The oxford handbook of affective computing (pp. 447–456). Oxford University Press.
Deen, M. (2015). G.A.M.E games autonomy motivation & education. Eindhoven University of Technology Library. ISBN: 978–90-386-3776-1.
Dondis, D. A. A. (1973). Primer of visual literacy. United States of America: MIT Press Design Department.
Druin, A., & Hourcade, J. P. (Eds.). (2005 ). Interaction Design and Children. Communications of the ACM, 48(1), 32–65.
Egenfeldt-Nielsen, S., Heide Smith, J., & Tosca, P. S. (2015). Understanding video games: The essential introduction (2nd edn). United Kingdom, Routledge: Taylor & Francis Group.
Felicia, P. (2009). Digital games in schools: A handbook for teacher complements. Belgium: European Schoolnet EUN Partnership AISBL.
Frohardt, D. (1999). Teaching art with books kids love: Teaching art appreciation, element of art, and principles of design with award-winning children’s books. United States of America: Fulcrum Publishing.
Griffiths, M. (2002). The educational benefits of videogames. Education and Health, 20(3), 47–51. http://www.sheu.org.uk/pubs/eh203mg.pdf.
Gulz, A., & Haake, M. (2006). Visual design of virtual pedagogical agents naturalism versus stylization in static appearance. In Proceedings of the 3rd international design and engagability conference @ Nordichi 2006.
Gunter, G., Kenny, R., & Vick, E. (2008). Taking educational games seriously: Using the retain model to design endogenous fantasy into standalone educational games. Educational Technology Research and Development Journal.
Hashimoto, A. (2007). Visual design fundamentals: A digital approach. (2nd edn). United States of America: Charles River Media.
Haworth, R., & Sedig, K. (2011). The Importance of design for educational games. In A. Mendez-Vilas (Ed.), Education in a technological world: Communicating current and emerging research and technological efforts (pp. 518–522). Badajoz, Spain: Formatex Research Center.
Kirsh, D. (2005). Metacognition, distributed cognition and visual design. In P. Gärdenfors, & P. Johansson (Eds.), Cognition, education, and communication technology (pp. 147–180). Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates. Klabbers.
Knautz, K., Orszullok, L., & Soubusta, S. (2013). Game-based IL instruction—A journey of knowledge in four acts. In S. Kurbanoǧlu, E. Grassian, D. Mizrachi, R. Catts, S. Špiranec (Eds.), Worldwide commonalities and challenges in information literacy research and practice. European Conference on Information Literacy, ECIL 2013 (pp. 366–372). Springer.
Leishman, D. (2008). Visual literacy and learning: Finding some online territories for the slow learner. In D. Davidson (Eds.), Beyond fun: Serious games and media. ETC Press.
McLaughlin, T., Smith, D., & Brown, I. A. (2010). A framework for evidence based visual style development for serious games. In Proceedings of the fifth international conference on the foundations of digital games, ACM (2010) (pp. 132–138).
Moreno-Ger, P., Burgos, D., & Torrente, J. (2009). Digital games in eLearning environments current uses and emerging trends. Simulation & Gaming, 40, 669–687. SAGE Publications.
Muller, J. (1979). Structural studies of art styles. In J. M. Cordwell (Ed.), The visual arts: Plastic and graphic (pp. 139–212). Great Britain: Mouton Publishers.
Rabin, S. (2010). Introduction to game development, second edition, course technology. United States of America: Cengage Learning.
Rice, J. (2007). New media resistance: barriers to implementation of computer video games in the classroom. Journal of Educational Multimedia and Hypermedia, 16(3), 249–261.
Rooney, P. (2012). A theoretical framework for serious game design: Exploring pedagogy, play and fidelity and their implications for the design process. International Journal of Game Based Learning.
Schapiro, M. (1994). Theory and philosophy of art: Style, artist, and society. New York: Brazillier.
Schell, J. (2008). The art of game design: A book of lenses. United State of Americas: Morgan Kaufmann Publishers.
Tang, S., Hanneghan, M., & El Rhalibi, A. (2007). Describing games for learning: Terms, scope and learning approaches. In The fifth annual international conference in computer game design and technology (pp. 98–102), Liverpool, United Kingdom.
Wechselberger, U. (2008). The Eduventure II. An approach to educational game design. In Proceedings of the 2008 International Conference on Cyberworlds (pp. 397–404).
Acknowledgements
Many thanks to all the participants and Secondary schools (S. M. Bahang and S. M. K. Taman Ria) contributed to this study.
Author information
Authors and Affiliations
Corresponding author
Editor information
Editors and Affiliations
Rights and permissions
Copyright information
© 2018 Springer Nature Singapore Pte Ltd.
About this paper
Cite this paper
Gee, L.L.S., Dolah, J. (2018). Graphic Styles Appearance: Perception of Malaysian Students. In: Anwar, R., Mahamood, M., Md. Zain, D., Abd Aziz, M., Hassan, O., Abidin, S. (eds) Proceedings of the Art and Design International Conference (AnDIC 2016). Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-13-0487-3_14
Download citation
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-13-0487-3_14
Published:
Publisher Name: Springer, Singapore
Print ISBN: 978-981-13-0486-6
Online ISBN: 978-981-13-0487-3
eBook Packages: Literature, Cultural and Media StudiesLiterature, Cultural and Media Studies (R0)