Exploration of Pervasive Games in Relation to Mobile Technologies

Morris, Paul

Exploration of Pervasive Games in Relation to Mobile Technologies

dc.contributor.advisor	Rogers, Bill
dc.contributor.author	Morris, Paul
dc.date.accessioned	2013-08-29T21:46:11Z
dc.date.available	2013-08-29T21:46:11Z
dc.date.issued	2013
dc.date.updated	2013-02-28T21:07:12Z
dc.description.abstract	The project is an exploration of Pervasive Games in relation to mobile technologies, with the intention of developing a pervasive game engine. Pervasive Games are interactive games where the participants drive the game play by playing the game in both the real world and a virtual environment. This is an area of gaming that has rapidly evolved over the last few years. The initial research involved establishing several key elements common to existing pervasive applications, defining real world / virtual world considerations for game play (both positive and negative) and identifying the technical requirements needed to implement play elements on a mobile device. After comparing several platforms the Windows 7 platform was selected for development purposes. The requirements for establishing a working development platform (with delivery mechanism) was investigated and a working environment set-up. A pervasive games engine was then developed in the format of 67 code stubs (coding solutions) that allow the implementation of solutions to gaming elements required in the development of pervasive applications. Two new helper classes were in addition developed containing solutions to topics related to run-time data storage (StorageUtils.cs) and generic gaming tasks (GameCode.cs). A pervasive game was implemented to test a cross section of functionality in the engine. The basic principle behind the game was to overlay various layers video, backgrounds, sprite and text, to build up an immersive pervasive environment with a player in the centre of the game imagery, game domain and real world. The intention of the game was to see how the pervasive game experience could be reflected in the game mechanics and pervasive interaction, while utilising the engine functionality.
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dc.identifier.citation	Morris, P. (2013). Exploration of Pervasive Games in Relation to Mobile Technologies (Thesis, Master of Science (MSc)). University of Waikato, Hamilton, New Zealand. Retrieved from https://hdl.handle.net/10289/7923	en
dc.identifier.uri	https://hdl.handle.net/10289/7923
dc.language.iso	en
dc.publisher	University of Waikato
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dc.title	Exploration of Pervasive Games in Relation to Mobile Technologies
dc.type	Thesis
pubs.place-of-publication	Hamilton, New Zealand	en_NZ
thesis.degree.grantor	University of Waikato
thesis.degree.level	Masters
thesis.degree.name	Master of Science (MSc)