Design Ideas from Commercial Games

Demos and Discussion

Pauline Brutlag

Program Manager, SUMMIT

Stanford University School of Medicine

August 24, 2006

Designing Case-based Learning for Virtual Worlds

Stanford University, Wallenberg Hall

Video Game Genres

Platformers Simulation Action/Adventure Fighting First-person shooter Racing and Sports Rhythm

Role-playing games Massive multi-player

online (MMO)– MMORPG– MMOFPS

Puzzle Strategy God games

Tetris - timed puzzle game

Invented by Alexey Pazhitnov, 1985, Academy of Sciences, Moscow

Mainstream exposure in 1989 with Nintendo’s version for Game Boy

This version alone sold 33 million units (second best selling game of all time after Super Mario Bros.)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tetris

Super Monkey Ball - platformer

Dr. James Rosser, Beth Israel Medical Center video-game players make better laparoscopic

surgeons Those trained on Super Monkey Ball, as compared to

their non-gaming counterparts:– Scored 40 percent higher on a laparoscopic suture-

training course– Had 37 percent reduction in errors– Performed their surgery 27 percent faster

http://www.wired.com/news/medtech/0,1286,66086,00.html

Trauma Center: Under the KnifeNintendo DS - timed puzzle

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Fable - RPG, puzzle, fighting

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ER Game - RPG, puzzle

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Dance Dance Revolution - rhythm

http://www.getupmove.com/

Journey to Wild Divine

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World of Warcraft - MMORPG