Developing an Educational Video Game from Architectural Precedents

Autor/in	Sandstrom, Alice M.
Titel	Developing an Educational Video Game from Architectural Precedents
Quelle	(2019), (252 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Monographie
ISBN	978-1-0855-9140-9
Schlagwörter	Hochschulschrift; Dissertation; Educational Games; Video Games; Architectural Education; Geometric Concepts; Puzzles; Design + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Thesis; Dissertations; Academic thesis; Educational game; Lernspiel; Video game; Videospiel; Videospiele; Elementare Geometrie; Legespiel
Abstract	This dissertation proposes the development of an educational video game that teaches its players. This proposed game seeks to address the following two issues/problems within the topic of shape grammar. First, the process of designing with shape grammar requires the designer to first develop shape rules at the start of the design process, opposite to what feels natural, where shape rules are developed through recursive analysis during the design process and applied throughout the remainder of the design process. And second, the higher barrier of entry when it comes to using shape grammar in digital design applications makes it difficult to utilize in design education. Within the proposed game a player is given a variety of 3D spatial puzzles to solve. At the start of each puzzle, a player is provided a set of labeled puzzle pieces and to solve each of these puzzles a player goes through a process of instantiation, manipulation, and connection to arrange each of those puzzle pieces within a 3D digital environment. As the player is arranging the provided puzzle pieces, the game provides them meaningful feedback on their choices through scoring in addition to tracking their actions as design rules, compiling those rules into a design schema. The player can go back and explore the design schema through a process of exploration. This project looks at the development of a prototype version this proposed game using the Martin House by Frank Lloyd Wright as a basis for a single puzzle level to be implemented. This project concludes with an outline for future development of the proposed game. [The dissertation citations contained here are published with the permission of ProQuest LLC. Further reproduction is prohibited without permission. Copies of dissertations may be obtained by Telephone (800) 1-800-521-0600. Web page: http://www.proquest.com/en-US/products/dissertations/individuals.shtml.] (As Provided).
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Update	2024/1/01