Narrative Serious Game Mechanics (NSGM) - Insights into the narrative-pedagogical mechanism

Theodore Lim; Sandy Louchart; Neil Suttie; Jannicke Baalsrud Hauge; Ioana A. Stanescu; Ivan M. Ortiz; Pablo Moreno-Ger; Francesco Bellotti; Maira B. Carvalho; Jeffrey Earp; Michela Ott; Sylvester Arnab; Riccardo Berta

doi:10.1007/978-3-319-05972-3

Narrative Serious Game Mechanics (NSGM) - Insights into the narrative-pedagogical mechanism

Theodore Lim, Sandy Louchart, Neil Suttie, Jannicke Baalsrud Hauge, Ioana A. Stanescu, Ivan M. Ortiz, Pablo Moreno-Ger, Francesco Bellotti, Maira B. Carvalho, Jeffrey Earp, Michela Ott, Sylvester Arnab, Riccardo Berta

Coventry University

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Abstract

Narratives are used to construct and deconstruct the time and space of events. In games, as in real life, narratives add layers of meaning and engage players by enhancing or clarifying content. From an educational perspective, narratives are a semiotic conduit for evoking critical thinking skills and promoting knowledge discovery/acquisition. While narrative is central to Serious Games (SG), the relationships between gameplay, narrative and pedagogy in SG design remain unclear, and narrative's elemental influence on learning outcomes is not fully understood yet. This paper presents a purpose-processing methodology that aims to support the mapping of SG design patterns and pedagogical practices, allowing designers to create more meaningful SGs. In the case of narrative, the intention is to establish whether Narrative Serious Game Mechanics (NSGM) can provide players with opportunities for reasoning and reflective analysis that may even transcend the game-based learning environment.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Games for Training, Education, Health and Sports - 4th International Conference on Serious Games, GameDays 2014, Proceedings
Publisher	Springer Verlag
Pages	23-34
Number of pages	12
Volume	8395 LNCS
ISBN (Print)	9783319059716
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-05972-3 https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-05972-3_4
Publication status	Published - 2014
Event	4th International Conference on Serious Games: GameDays 2014 - Darmstadt, Germany Duration: 1 Apr 2014 → 5 Apr 2014 Conference number: 4

Publication series

Name	Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)
Volume	8395 LNCS
ISSN (Print)	03029743
ISSN (Electronic)	16113349

Conference

Conference	4th International Conference on Serious Games
Abbreviated title	GameDays 2014
Country/Territory	Germany
City	Darmstadt
Period	1/04/14 → 5/04/14

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Keywords

Computer aided instruction
Java programming language
Personnel training
Critical thinking skills
Design Patterns
Game-based learning environments
Gameplay
Learning outcome
Pedagogical practices
Serious games

ASJC Scopus subject areas

General Computer Science
Theoretical Computer Science

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Lim, T., Louchart, S., Suttie, N., Hauge, J. B., Stanescu, I. A., Ortiz, I. M., Moreno-Ger, P., Bellotti, F., Carvalho, M. B., Earp, J., Ott, M., Arnab, S., & Berta, R. (2014). Narrative Serious Game Mechanics (NSGM) - Insights into the narrative-pedagogical mechanism. In Games for Training, Education, Health and Sports - 4th International Conference on Serious Games, GameDays 2014, Proceedings (Vol. 8395 LNCS, pp. 23-34). (Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics); Vol. 8395 LNCS). Springer Verlag. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-05972-3, https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-05972-3_4

Narrative Serious Game Mechanics (NSGM) - Insights into the narrative-pedagogical mechanism. / Lim, Theodore; Louchart, Sandy; Suttie, Neil et al.
Games for Training, Education, Health and Sports - 4th International Conference on Serious Games, GameDays 2014, Proceedings. Vol. 8395 LNCS Springer Verlag, 2014. p. 23-34 (Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics); Vol. 8395 LNCS).

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference proceeding › peer-review

Lim, T, Louchart, S, Suttie, N, Hauge, JB, Stanescu, IA, Ortiz, IM, Moreno-Ger, P, Bellotti, F, Carvalho, MB, Earp, J, Ott, M, Arnab, S & Berta, R 2014, Narrative Serious Game Mechanics (NSGM) - Insights into the narrative-pedagogical mechanism. in Games for Training, Education, Health and Sports - 4th International Conference on Serious Games, GameDays 2014, Proceedings. vol. 8395 LNCS, Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics), vol. 8395 LNCS, Springer Verlag, pp. 23-34, 4th International Conference on Serious Games, Darmstadt, Germany, 1/04/14. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-05972-3, https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-05972-3_4

Lim T, Louchart S, Suttie N, Hauge JB, Stanescu IA, Ortiz IM et al. Narrative Serious Game Mechanics (NSGM) - Insights into the narrative-pedagogical mechanism. In Games for Training, Education, Health and Sports - 4th International Conference on Serious Games, GameDays 2014, Proceedings. Vol. 8395 LNCS. Springer Verlag. 2014. p. 23-34. (Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)). doi: 10.1007/978-3-319-05972-3, 10.1007/978-3-319-05972-3_4

Lim, Theodore ; Louchart, Sandy ; Suttie, Neil et al. / Narrative Serious Game Mechanics (NSGM) - Insights into the narrative-pedagogical mechanism. Games for Training, Education, Health and Sports - 4th International Conference on Serious Games, GameDays 2014, Proceedings. Vol. 8395 LNCS Springer Verlag, 2014. pp. 23-34 (Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)).

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