SmartGaGa-Android Emulator for Windows
A free and lightweight emulator for Windows SmartGaGa Android Emulator is a free tool that lets you run mobile-based apps and games on your Windows PC. As one of the few emulators that don’t use virtualisation to render Android applications, SmartGaga works well on all computers and hardly takes up anyContinue Reading
PC GAMER COVER FEATURE: GAME MODELS AND ART
As if yesterday’s tech and art reveal wasn’t enough, today saw the venerable PC Gamer magazine declare 2023 as the “Year of RTS,” with Stormgate as it’s cover feature! Most of the information provided is going to be old news to those of you that have been following Stormgate’s development since it was announced during the Summer Games Fest thisContinue Reading
Minecraft and Playful Public Participation in Urban Design
Digital networks are transforming the way in which our built environment is planned, designed, and developed. Whilst many have heralded this technology as a solution to the problems of citizen engagement and participation in planning and design processes, the state of public participation in this field still arguably leaves muchContinue Reading
How Museums Are Using Minecraft to Gamify Learning Experiences
If a museum is about anything, then it is about providing an engaging learning experience. Of course, in a traditional sense, learning is also about being taught and many museums certainly do their fair share of teaching, often with educational material to go alongside exhibits that help to contextualise themContinue Reading
The Retro Game: Nostalgia and Reinvention
When Nintendo released its Classic Mini NES in 2016, the gaming community went berserk. The Mini Nintendo Entertainment System (NES) sold out instantly due to ‘feverish demand’ and within days, scalpers were selling the console for up to nearly four times its retail price on eBay, at an average price of $230. In comparison, theContinue Reading
Why Retro-Looking Games Get So Much Love
AS A YOUNG and fair-weather gamer, I loved playing Super Mario Brothers because it was my older brother’s favorite game, and I wanted to be just like him. I can still hear the 8-bit theme song in my head, and I’m guessing you can too, if you played Mario as a kid. “Bah dat datContinue Reading
Development of a Car Racing Simulator Game Using Artificial Intelligence Techniques
Abstract This paper presents a car racing simulator game called Racer, in which the human player races a car against three game-controlled cars in a three-dimensional environment. The objective of the game is not to defeat the human player, but to provide the player with a challenging and enjoyable experience. ToContinue Reading
Adaptive user modelling in car racing games using behavioural and physiological data
Abstract Personalised content adaptation has great potential to increase user engagement in video games. Procedural generation of user-tailored content increases the self-motivation of players as they immerse themselves in the virtual world. An adaptive user model is needed to capture the skills of the player and enable automatic game contentContinue Reading