Jacky Cheong
In order for players to play a game they must understand how to play. An increase in complexity of game mechanics and controls make this transfer of knowledge paramount to their enjoyment. This is especially true for games that require skill and practice like games that belong to the Fighting genre. Then there is a …
Continue reading “Better teaching in fighting game tutorials Pt.5: Literature Review”
There are several theories that can be adopted for approaches in teaching. For this essay I will focus on both Behaviourism and Constructivism to build a framework to use in the case study. The reason why I have chosen these theories is that both of these have distinctly opposing approaches, this meaning that behaviourism is …
Note: During this case study I had realised a better approach for the analysis would be to place the Medium area of analysis under Delivery, this is because the Medium of the knowledge can be analysed as a subset of how the knowledge is delivered in games. As such each game will be analysed in …
Continue reading “Better teaching in fighting game tutorials Pt.4: Netherrealm case study”
Part of my essay will be focusing on fighting game tutorials. So one thing I should consider is what is a tutorial? What is it’s purpose? What components are used and how does a developer go about creating one? The tutorial by definition The interactive tutorial was a way of replacing the physical game manual …
Continue reading “Better teaching in fighting game tutorials Pt.2: What’s in a tutorial?”
For this project I want to look at how approaches in teaching can help inform and improve the development of tutorials in games. These approaches being pedagogical practices that are used during the teaching/learning process. [https://www.tes.com/news/what-is-pedagogy-definition]. A video game tutorial being the tool that teaches the player the rules and controls of the game. [https://gamedevelopment.tutsplus.com/tutorials/the-many-ways-to-show-the-player-how-its-done-with-in-game-tutorials–gamedev-400] …