Chapter 15

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The final example takes what we have learned about simulations and applies it to the design of a simple game designed to help people learn about the stock market and share trading.

1. Serious Games
2. Discovery
   1. Choose Objective and Premise
   2. Task Analysis
   3. Identify Performance Gap
   4. Performance Objectives
3. Research and Preparation
   1. Describe the Original System
   2. Identify the Observable Elements
   3. Gather Data
4. Design Phase
   1. Message Design
   2. Instructional Strategies
   3. Assessment Design
   4. Interface Design
   5. Gameplay and Game Mechanics
   6. Program Structure
   7. Evaluation of the Design
5. Create Conceptual Model
6. Create Operational Model
   1. Programming Phase
      1. Data
      2. Objects = Companies
      3. Crawl
      4. Graphs
      5. Purchase/Sale
      6. Score
7. Testing
   1. Playtesting
   2. Post Mortem
      1. The Making of Taking Stock
8. Summary
   1. Concepts
   2. Terminology
9. References, Notes & Further Resources

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