Abstract
Game development tools and life cycles are complicated nowadays, creating barriers of entry for students and thus eliminating a potential creative platform for a majority of students. Students’ attitude toward game development apparently are lack of interest. Creative potential among students remains largely untapped without a platform for creative development and engagement. Therefore, a survey analysis is conducted to identify current game development tools that can facilitate in the simplification of game development for students. Hence, students’ perception on game development and their interest in engagement with it will be understood, and obstacles and hurdles they face in embracing it will be determined. Finally, the survey results will help to establish learning possibilities and solutions that can be incorporated into a university program from these tools that can invigorate creative talents of students. This paper will present literature reviews on game development-based learning and its application in education field. The analysis and findings from the survey on user’s perceptions on applying game-based learning in education, their interest in game development courses and their perception of game development-based learning will be discussed. The specific features of game development tool are also evaluated and rated by the respondents. We hope the survey analysis can help to improve enrolment and reduce attrition rates from students as students are engaged in creative learning and content creation.
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Wong, S.Y., Tee, W.J., Nagappan, S.D., Sien, KS. (2015). A Survey Analysis: Students’ Interest in Simplification Game Development Tools for Creative Learning. In: Tang, S., Logonnathan, L. (eds) Taylor’s 7th Teaching and Learning Conference 2014 Proceedings. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-287-399-6_33
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