Playing Kissy with the Relatives

Playing with the Weather

In this paper the contribution of real time weather data to player enjoyment was tested and evaluated. To gauge the contribution of weather to player engagement an adaptronic, multiplayer, location based game, where real time weather data is key to the gameplay, was created. In this game the player assumes the role of a wizard and confronts other players in duels where the current weather plays...

Care Plan for the Upset Relatives

مرگ فرزند بزرگترین و عمیق ترین اندوه در زندگی فرد بوده و وسیعترین واکنشها را در وجود آدمی بر می انگیزد. از دست دادن یک فرزند می تواند باعث ناراحتکننده ترین و طولانی ترین سوگواری گردد. چنین والدینی، فرزند و شیوه زندگی و همچنین امید به زندگی آینده را از دست خواهند داد. والدین اغلب در هنگام مصیبت احساس انزوا می کنند. دوستان، بستگان و همسایگان نمی دانند چه بگویند یا چگونه کمک کنند به همین دلیل از ...

Playing the Minesweeper with Constraints

We present the design and implementation of a Minesweeper game, augmented with a digital assistant. The assistant uses contraint programming techniques to help the player, and is able to play the game by itself. It predicts safe moves, and gives probabilistic information when safe moves cannot be found.

Playing with the Real World

In this paper we provide a framework that enables the rapid development of applications using non-standard input devices. Flash is chosen as programming language since it can be used for quickly assembling graphical applications. We overcome the difficulties of Flash to access external devices by introducing a very generic concept: The state information generated by input devices is transferred...

Playing Games with the Law