The idea of utilizing the rich potential of today's computer games for educational purposes
excites educators, scientists and technicians. Despite the significant hype over digital game …

Based on previous work of the authors, this paper describes the concept and use of
Narrative Game-based Learning Objects (NGLOB) for the personalization and adaptation of …

Digital game-based learning has traditionally been examined from an 'artefact-
centric'perspective that focuses on understanding how game design and principles of …

One of the trump cards of digital educational games is their enormous intrinsic motivational
potential. Although learning game design is often understood on a one-fits-all level, the …

The assessment of knowledge and learning progress in the context of game-based learning
requires novel, noninvasive, and embedded approaches. In the present paper, we introduce …

Summary Digital Serious Games (SGs) are gaining increasing importance as educational
and training tools. However, there is still a long way to make them widely deployed. On the …

The present paper introduces the 80Days project, an interdisciplinary European research
project endeavoring after pushing the state-ofthe-art in digital educational games. The main …

A crucial factor for successful digital educational games, particularly for older children and
adolescents, is balance between learning and gaming and also balance between challenge …

In this paper, we describe a conceptual framework and address the related issues and
solutions in the identification of three major challenges for the development and evaluation …

The complexity of balancing educational purpose and engaging gameplay mechanics
through appropriate design decisions has frequently been discussed in learning game …