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World of Teachcraft: Playing the Game
Brief History of Games
1st Person Shooter
FPSs are distinguished by a first person perspective, that renders the game world from the visual
perspective of the player character.
You will typically not see your avatar in an FPS, unless there is a mirror or cinematic transition between
levels
Third Person Shooter
Third-person shooter (TPS) is a genre of 3D computer and video games in which the player character is seen at a
distance from a number of different possible perspective angles.
Common angle is looking over character’s right shoulder
MMORPG
Massively Multiplayer Online Role Playing Game (MMORPG) is a genre of 3D computer and video games in which the thousands of players are playing online at the same time. This genre of game typically includes a social interaction requirement to complete certain activities.
Common angle is looking over character’s right shoulder
World of Warcraft
MMORPGs #1
World of Warcraft (WoW)•41,007 hours of game play on June 14, 2012 by almost 10,925 Xfire players for an average of 3.75 hrs / player (http://beta.xfire.com/games/wow)
•10.2 Million players worldwide (12/31/11) http://investor.activision.com/releasedetail.cfm?ReleaseID=647732
What is World of Warcraft?
• Sword and Board Fantasy
• Players Choose Race and Roles for their Characters
• Once in world, players progress by accepting and completing quests
Classes
• Deathknight• Druid• Hunter• Mage• Paladin• Priest• Rogue• Shaman• Warlock• Warrior
Goal of Each Role
• Optimize their specific set of abilities
• Tanks – Block, dodge, parry
• DPS – DPS (damage per second)
• Healer – HPS (heals per second)
Addons
• World of Warcraft opens up some of its code to allow creation of addons
• Curse.com & Wow Matrix
• Most Addons are dashboards / assessment meters
Recount
Minecraft
Minecraft
• Genre: Sandbox
• Numbers: – 7 million + users that have purchased 9/18/12– 41 million + total users
Minecraft
• Graphics: – Very basic, 32 bit
• Playstyle:– Open – “Emergent Gameplay”
Minecraft Addons
• Maps – import terrain
• Models – animals, weapons, etc
• Skins – character appearance
• GUI changes
How are they being used?
• World of Warcraft– Arizona State University - Discourses, Community,
and Power in Virtual Worlds,” or ENG 654
– ASU - GOVERNANCE OF VIRTUAL WORLDS, LAW 791/EDT 791
– CCCS – Intro to Business Fa 12-Fa 13
World of Warcraft in Business
• We received a Faculty Challenge Grant to pilot World of Warcraft for the next three semesters
• Implementation will occur in – BUS 115: Introduction to Business – ECO 202: Introduction to MicroEconomics
World of Warcraft in Business
• Classes were selected based on high D, W, F grades
• Main hypothesis: – By implementing game based learning, student
satisfaction, retention and performance will increase
WoW in Business
How are they being used?
• Minecraft– UNC Asheville - CSCI 373.002 Programming
(Minecraft) Game Extensions
– University of Chicago - ENGL/CMST 25945//Fall 2011 – Digital Storytelling
– Arizona State University - RDG 440 – Computer Games, Learning and Literacy
Minecraft Edu
Massively Minecraft
Minecraft in Schools
Video Tours
Minecraft and World of Warcraft
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