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The Game engine
Motivating Active Participation of Primary Schoolchildren in Digital Online Technologies for Creative Opportunities through Multimedia
 
 
  The Game engine
   



 

The eMapps game engine runs in 3 platforms the "REP GAME" the "DESK GAME" and the "GIS based map", the platforms work on the web and content can be accessed by any digital device under any telco network using web protocols.
For live communication the players use a mobile chat over the platform.

The Rep Game
Teachers use this Repository game for creating the content that will be uploaded to each level of the desk game.
Teachers have to create multimedia content, video, audio, text, photos of the part of the curriculum that will be part of the game.
Once uploaded to the Rep Game platform they edit the content cross linking the information. Once the information is edited each object created contains the whole information therefore is ready for uploading this content to the different desk levels for playing the game.

Nida with multimedia content Editing mode of the REP GAME


The Desk Game
Teachers create here the teams and the players giving them all access codes.
Is the platform where the game is played and content uploaded by the teachers and the players. Teachers play the role of Puppet Master and children are game controllers when staying at the control base if not are avatars players if the field. The teacher can see at anytime any of the desks and promote players to the next level. Children upload here the multimedia work produced during the game play.


10 game levels to play live using mobile devices, video, audio, photo.


The GIS map
Each game is played in a territory based on on vector and ortophoto. Some games got also pre-set scenarios enabling them to tag the territory with multimedia content or flash objects. Teachers and children can pin any position in the territory based on UTM coordinates.

Ortophoto and vector maps are layers of the game engine platform

Pin based on UTM coordinates from GPS, routes & tracks