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The research group serious gaming of the NHL University of Applied Sciences bridges socially relevant and serious objectives so concrete artifacts of the creative and gaming industry. Our research is oriented to a practical yet systematic method of exploring elements of game technology and game play, which combined with a decomposition of the serious objective yields a concept for a serious game. Serious games implement measurable targets through motivated and inspired play. The field of serious games is very wide. At the NHL we concentrate on situational games. Games that are played at a location in interaction with that location. Situational games can have many formats but share a focus on mediated reality and storytelling.

For further information, please do not hesitate to contact the chair of the serious gaming research group: Hylke W. van Dijk (h.w.vandijk@nhl.nl)

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