{"id":"https://openalex.org/W2583705207","doi":null,"title":"GameScapes and SimApps: New Techniques for Integrating Rich Narratives with Game Mechanics","display_name":"GameScapes and SimApps: New Techniques for Integrating Rich Narratives with Game Mechanics","publication_year":2014,"publication_date":"2014-01-01","ids":{"openalex":"https://openalex.org/W2583705207","mag":"2583705207"},"language":"en","primary_location":{"id":"pmh:oai:works.bepress.com:ashish-amresh-1039","doi":null,"is_oa":false,"landing_page_url":"https://works.bepress.com/ashish-amresh/24","pdf_url":null,"source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S4377196356","display_name":"Scholarly Commons (Embry\u2013Riddle Aeronautical University)","issn_l":null,"issn":null,"is_oa":false,"is_in_doaj":false,"is_core":false,"listed_in":[],"host_organization":"https://openalex.org/I84475105","host_organization_name":"Embry\u2013Riddle Aeronautical University","host_organization_lineage":["https://openalex.org/I84475105"],"host_organization_lineage_names":[],"type":"repository"},"license":null,"license_id":null,"version":"submittedVersion","is_accepted":false,"is_published":false,"raw_source_name":"Ashish Amresh","raw_type":"text"},"volume":null,"type":"article","is_traditional":true,"indexed_in":[],"open_access":{"is_oa":false,"oa_status":"closed","oa_url":null,"any_repository_has_fulltext":false},"authorships":[{"author_position":"first","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5052205649","display_name":"Ashish Amresh","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3722-0720","observed_orcids":["https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3722-0720"]},"institutions":[],"countries":[],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Ashish Amresh","raw_affiliation_strings":["IAFSE-CIDSE: Advanced Technology Innovation Center (ATIC)"],"raw_orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3722-0720","affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"IAFSE-CIDSE: Advanced Technology Innovation Center (ATIC)","institution_ids":[]}]},{"author_position":"middle","author":{"id":null,"display_name":"David Clarke","orcid":null,"observed_orcids":[]},"institutions":[],"countries":[],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"David Clarke","raw_affiliation_strings":["Toolwire Inc"],"raw_orcid":null,"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"Toolwire Inc","institution_ids":[]}]},{"author_position":"last","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5028109447","display_name":"Doug Beckwith","orcid":null,"observed_orcids":[]},"institutions":[],"countries":[],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Doug Beckwith","raw_affiliation_strings":["Toolwire Inc"],"raw_orcid":null,"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"Toolwire Inc","institution_ids":[]}]}],"institutions":[],"countries_distinct_count":0,"institutions_distinct_count":0,"corresponding_author_ids":[],"corresponding_institution_ids":[],"apc_list":null,"apc_paid":null,"fwci":3.3853,"has_fulltext":false,"cited_by_count":7,"citation_normalized_percentile":{"value":0.9077005,"is_in_top_1_percent":false,"is_in_top_10_percent":true},"cited_by_percentile_year":{"min":87,"max":97},"biblio":{"volume":null,"issue":null,"first_page":"18","last_page":"25"},"is_retracted":false,"is_paratext":false,"is_xpac":false,"primary_topic":{"id":"https://openalex.org/T10731","display_name":"Educational Games and Gamification","score":0.9994999766349792,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/3204","display_name":"Developmental and Educational Psychology"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/32","display_name":"Psychology"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/2","display_name":"Social Sciences"}},"topics":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/T10731","display_name":"Educational Games and Gamification","score":0.9994999766349792,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/3204","display_name":"Developmental and Educational Psychology"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/32","display_name":"Psychology"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/2","display_name":"Social Sciences"}},{"id":"https://openalex.org/T12978","display_name":"Innovative Teaching Methodologies in Social Sciences","score":0.0,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/3304","display_name":"Education"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/33","display_name":"Social Sciences"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/2","display_name":"Social Sciences"}},{"id":"https://openalex.org/T14216","display_name":"Multimedia Learning Systems","score":0.0,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/1710","display_name":"Information Systems"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/17","display_name":"Computer Science"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/3","display_name":"Physical Sciences"}}],"keywords":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/educational-games","display_name":"game-based learning","score":0.9210000038146973},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/environmental-science-education","display_name":"environmental science education","score":0.7379999756813049},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/game-mechanics","display_name":"game mechanics","score":0.925000011920929},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/simulation-applications","display_name":"simulation applications","score":0.5929999947547913},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/game-based-assessment","display_name":"game-based assessment","score":0.9169999957084656},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/remediation","display_name":"remediation","score":0.8700000047683716}],"concepts":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2776538412","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q989963","display_name":"Storytelling","level":3,"score":0.6950793862342834},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C199033989","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1318295","display_name":"Narrative","level":2,"score":0.6542818546295166},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C41008148","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q21198","display_name":"Computer science","level":0,"score":0.6192649006843567},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C170828538","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1751513","display_name":"Game mechanics","level":2,"score":0.5215578079223633},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C503285160","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q858057","display_name":"Game design","level":2,"score":0.5115960240364075},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C49774154","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q131765","display_name":"Multimedia","level":1,"score":0.371846079826355},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C107457646","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q207434","display_name":"Human\u2013computer interaction","level":1,"score":0.3655637502670288},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C41895202","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q8162","display_name":"Linguistics","level":1,"score":0.0},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C138885662","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5891","display_name":"Philosophy","level":0,"score":0.0}],"mesh":[],"locations_count":2,"locations":[{"id":"pmh:oai:works.bepress.com:ashish-amresh-1039","doi":null,"is_oa":false,"landing_page_url":"https://works.bepress.com/ashish-amresh/24","pdf_url":null,"source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S4377196356","display_name":"Scholarly Commons (Embry\u2013Riddle Aeronautical University)","issn_l":null,"issn":null,"is_oa":false,"is_in_doaj":false,"is_core":false,"listed_in":[],"host_organization":"https://openalex.org/I84475105","host_organization_name":"Embry\u2013Riddle Aeronautical University","host_organization_lineage":["https://openalex.org/I84475105"],"host_organization_lineage_names":[],"type":"repository"},"license":null,"license_id":null,"version":"submittedVersion","is_accepted":false,"is_published":false,"raw_source_name":"Ashish Amresh","raw_type":"text"},{"id":"mag:2583705207","doi":null,"is_oa":false,"landing_page_url":"https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Ashish_Amresh/publication/271382812_GameScapes_and_SimApps_New_Techniques_for_Integrating_Rich_Narratives_With_Game_Mechanics/links/54c670140cf219bbe4f851ab.pdf","pdf_url":null,"source":null,"license":null,"license_id":null,"version":null,"is_accepted":false,"is_published":false,"raw_source_name":null,"raw_type":null}],"best_oa_location":null,"sustainable_development_goals":[{"score":0.975600004196167,"display_name":"Quality education","id":"https://metadata.un.org/sdg/4"}],"study_designs":[],"awards":[],"funders":[],"has_content":{"pdf":false,"grobid_xml":false},"content_urls":null,"referenced_works_count":11,"referenced_works":["https://openalex.org/W1495751698","https://openalex.org/W1611785429","https://openalex.org/W1967575742","https://openalex.org/W1992335563","https://openalex.org/W2001163353","https://openalex.org/W2012039745","https://openalex.org/W2035835094","https://openalex.org/W2088876590","https://openalex.org/W2097210817","https://openalex.org/W2147454772","https://openalex.org/W2170644967"],"related_works":["https://openalex.org/W3157752103","https://openalex.org/W1594388946","https://openalex.org/W2060037463","https://openalex.org/W4387164393","https://openalex.org/W4417037541","https://openalex.org/W7021116594","https://openalex.org/W2283671440","https://openalex.org/W2063838941","https://openalex.org/W7005181380","https://openalex.org/W640983137"],"abstract_inverted_index":{"A":[0,51],"GameScape":[1,36],"is":[2,55,81,108],"a":[3,35,56,85],"novel":[4,86],"mixed-method":[5],"platform":[6],"that":[7,60],"combines":[8],"visual":[9],"storytelling":[10,93],"with":[11,94],"game-based":[12,57],"learning":[13,104],"elements":[14],"to":[15,19,100,111],"challenge":[16],"the":[17,29,64,71,124,128,131],"student":[18,103],"critically":[20,126],"evaluate":[21,127],"cause-and-effect":[22],"scenarios.":[23],"In":[24],"this":[25],"paper,":[26],"we":[27],"discuss":[28],"design":[30,72],"and":[31,73,105,114,117],"implementation":[32],"details":[33],"of":[34,66,75,88,130],"developed":[37],"for":[38],"teaching":[39],"five":[40],"introductory":[41,47],"environmental":[42,48],"science":[43,49],"modules":[44],"in":[45],"an":[46],"course.":[50],"SimApp":[52],"(simulation":[53],"application)":[54],"assessment":[58],"technique":[59],"students":[61],"complete":[62],"at":[63,83],"end":[65],"each":[67],"module.":[68],"We":[69],"present":[70],"integration":[74],"SimApps":[76],"within":[77],"GameScapes.":[78],"Our":[79],"approach":[80],"aimed":[82],"providing":[84],"method":[87],"integrating":[89],"rich":[90],"narrative":[91],"based":[92],"short":[95],"repetitive":[96],"game":[97],"play":[98],"mechanics":[99],"promote":[101],"improved":[102],"retention.":[106],"It":[107],"specifically":[109],"designed":[110],"avoid":[112],"trial":[113],"error":[115],"gameplay":[116],"help":[118],"provide":[119],"proper":[120],"remediation":[121],"by":[122],"making":[123],"player":[125],"choice":[129],"decisions.":[132]},"counts_by_year":[{"year":2021,"cited_by_count":1},{"year":2017,"cited_by_count":3},{"year":2016,"cited_by_count":2},{"year":2015,"cited_by_count":1}],"updated_date":"2026-09-29T14:09:16.559479","created_date":"2017-02-10T00:00:00"}