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SIGMOD
2009
ACM
168views Database» more  SIGMOD 2009»
14 years 11 months ago
Database research in computer games
This tutorial presents an overview of the data management issues faced by computer games today. While many games do not use databases directly, they still have to process large am...
Alan J. Demers, Johannes Gehrke, Christoph Koch, B...
SIGMOD
2007
ACM
134views Database» more  SIGMOD 2007»
14 years 11 months ago
Database research opportunities in computer games
In this paper, we outline several ways in which the database community can contribute to the development of technology for computer games. We outline the architecture of different...
Walker M. White, Christoph Koch, Nitin Gupta 0003,...
DIGRA
2005
Springer
14 years 4 months ago
Research as Design-Design as Research
This paper details a research methodology that emerged during an inquiry into game design aimed at promoting conceptual learning in physics. The methodology, Research as DesignDes...
Andrew Stapleton
LREC
2010
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14 years 9 days ago
The PlayMancer Database: A Multimodal Affect Database in Support of Research and Development Activities in Serious Game Environm
The present paper reports on a recent effort that resulted in the establishment of a unique multimodal affect database, referred to as the PlayMancer database. This database was c...
Theodoros Kostoulas, Otilia Kocsis, Todor Ganchev,...
CIDR
2009
98views Algorithms» more  CIDR 2009»
13 years 12 months ago
From Declarative Languages to Declarative Processing in Computer Games
Recent work has shown that we can dramatically improve the performance of computer games and simulations through declarative processing: Character AI can be written in an imperati...
Ben Sowell, Alan J. Demers, Johannes Gehrke, Nitin...