Tim Marsh

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Tim is currently with the Griffith Film School at Griffith University, in Brisbane, Australia, where he teaches Experimental Game Design and Serious Games. His multi-disciplinary research focuses on enabling and inspiring creativity, design and development of interactions, narratives and activities with technology, digital media and games, VR and serious games.
Address: Brisbane, Queensland, Australia

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Serious Games: Proceedings of the Third Joint International Conference on Serious Games (JCSG 2017)

This book constitutes the proceedings of the Third Joint International Conference on Serious Game... more This book constitutes the proceedings of the Third Joint International Conference on Serious Games, JCSG 2017, held in Valencia, Spain, in November 2017. This conference bundles the activities of the 8th International Conference on Serious Games Development and Applications, SGDA 2017, and the 7th Conference on Serious Games, GameDays 2017. The total of 23 full papers, 3 short papers, and 4 poster papers was carefully reviewed and selected from 44 submissions. The topics covered by the conference offered participants a valuable platform to discuss and learn about the latest developments, technologies and possibilities in the development and use of serious games with a special focus on how different fields can be combined to achieve the best possible results.

Entertainment Computing 2014 - 13th International Conference on Entertainment Computing

HAL (Le Centre pour la Communication Scientifique Directe), 2014

The use of general descriptive names, registered names, trademarks, service marks, etc. in this p... more The use of general descriptive names, registered names, trademarks, service marks, etc. in this publication does not imply, even in the absence of a specific statement, that such names are exempt from the relevant protective laws and regulations and therefore free for general use. While the advice and information in this book are believed to be true and accurate at the date of publication, neither the authors nor the editors nor the publisher can accept any legal responsibility for any errors or omissions that may be made. The publisher makes no warranty, express or implied, with respect to the material contained herein.

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Shape your imagination: iconic gestural-based interaction

Virtual Reality, IEEE Annual International Symposium, 1998

Iconic hand gestures are a natural and intuitive way to convey spatial information. Capturing and... more Iconic hand gestures are a natural and intuitive way to convey spatial information. Capturing and interpreting iconic hand gestures will augment users' abilities to convey spatial information with computers. This paper discusses the on-going research and the results of a study to employ iconic hand gestures as a human computer interaction (HCI) technique for the input and manipulation of objects

Shaping Attitudes Across Realities. Exploring Strategies for the Design of Persuasive Virtual, Augmented and Mixed Reality Games

Lecture Notes in Computer Science, 2017

Virtual, Augmented and Mixed Reality technologies are embraced by designers, scholars and chariti... more Virtual, Augmented and Mixed Reality technologies are embraced by designers, scholars and charities alike, some primarily for their entertaining properties, others also for the opportunities in education, motivation or persuasion. Applications with the latter objective, that of persuasion, are designed not only to be entertaining, but are also designed (or framed) to shape how players think and feel about issues in reality. However, despite the growing interest in the persuasive opportunities of these immersive technologies, we still lack the design strategies and best-practices that could support in the design of these 'immersive persuasive games'. To address this still-unexplored and fragmented design space, we organize a design-oriented workshop that brings together academia and industry. The workshop is informed by a Research through Design approach in which the primary focus is to generate knowledge through designing. Participants design and evaluate ideas on-the-spot in an iterative manner using low-fidelity, life-size, prototyping and role-playing techniques, thereby mimicking an embodied interactive immersive environment. By reflecting on design practices and player experiences, we construct a body of knowledge, built exemplar work and distil best-practices to formulate design strategies for the design of immersive persuasive games.

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Game Mechanics Supporting Pervasive Learning and Experience in Games, Serious Games, and Interactive & Social Media

Lecture Notes in Computer Science, 2015

This workshop investigates the mechanisms for behaviour change and influence, focusing on the def... more This workshop investigates the mechanisms for behaviour change and influence, focusing on the definition of requirements for pervasive gameplay and interaction mechanics, procedures, actions, mechanisms, systems, story, etc.) with the purpose of informing, educating, reflecting and raising awareness. By connecting various experts such as designers, educators, developers, evaluators and researchers from both industry and academia, this workshop aims to enable participants share, discuss and learn about existing relevant mechanisms for pervasive learning in a Serious Game (SG) context. Research in SG, as a whole, faces two main challenges in understanding: the transition between the instructional design and actual game design implementation [1] and documenting an evidence-based mapping of game design patterns onto relevant pedagogical patterns [2]. From a practical perspective, this transition lacks methodology and requires a leap of faith from a prospective customer to the ability of a SG developer to deliver a game that will achieve the desired learning outcomes. This workshop aims to present and apply a preliminary exposition though a purpose-processing methodology to probe, from various SG design aspects, how SG design patterns map with pedagogical practices

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Workshop on Entertainment in Serious Games and Entertaining Serious Purposes

Shape your imagination: iconic gestural-based interaction

Designing for Positive and Serious Experience: Devices for Creativity, Engagement, Reflection and Learning

Lecture Notes in Computer Science, 2015

Immersidata Analysis: Four Case Studies

IEEE Computer, Jul 1, 2007

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Fundamentals Of Interactive Storytelling İnteraktif Hikayeciliğin Temelleri

The focus of interactive storytelling should not only be on the attributes of the technology or c... more The focus of interactive storytelling should not only be on the attributes of the technology or characteristics of the medium, such as the AI techniques, planning formalisms, story representations, etc. but also on the computer-mediated communication processes, such as the relatedness of transmitted messages with previous exchanges of information, the number of attributes to be manipulated by the player, or the level of player control on the messages. This article argues that an approach to maximize player enjoyment in a computer game is to customize/personalize the gaming experience and the associated computer-mediated communication processes. To this aim and to provide answers to "how" and "what" should be customized, first the problematic notions of interactivity are explored and then the discussion is framed in the context of interactive storytelling systems. Secondly, table-top role-playing games (RPGs)-the live counterpart of computerized interactive storytelling systems-were analysed in an attempt to find "what" to customize. In particular, the article focuses on the Dungeon Master whose role in coordinating human-to-human communication process of interactive storytelling provides valuable insights into how to handle the humanto-machine/game communication process. Finally, the article proposes a framework to explain "how" to customize for maximum player enjoyment and optimal game experience within an interactive storytelling system.

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Using Cinematography Conventions to Inform Guidelines For the Design and Evaluation of Virtual Off-Screen Space

Many usability problems are associated with navigation and exploration of virtual space. In an at... more Many usability problems are associated with navigation and exploration of virtual space. In an attempt to find methods that support navigation within virtual space, this paper describes an investigation of cinematography conventions. In particular, this will focus on conventions that suggest to spectators the existence of additional space other than that contained within the confines or borders of the projection screen. Referred to as off-screen space, this paper builds upon these conventions and proposes guidelines to inform the design of visual cues to suggest virtual off-screen space. Visual cues will appear natural and transparent, they will help to guide participants through the smooth and continuously animated VE, and thus, maintain the illusion of interacting within a larger 3D virtual space than that contained within the restricted Field-Of-View (FOV) of the display screen.

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Continuous and Unobtrusive Capture of User-Player Behaviour and Experience to Assess and Inform Game Design and Development

Water Bodies: VR Interactive Narrative and Gameplay for Social Impact

Partnered with UN Environment, an interactive and immersive virtual reality (VR) experience was p... more Partnered with UN Environment, an interactive and immersive virtual reality (VR) experience was produced that takes participants on a journey through the human stomach to raise awareness of microplastics that are unknowingly consumed in our daily lives. The creative practice and research addresses UN Sustainable Development Goal #12: Responsible Consumption and Production. Through novel, exciting and engaging interactive narrative and gameplay mechanics, Water Bodies delivers a serious underlying message to encourage participants to question their use of plastic and to drive towards a positive environmental impact.

Oceans we make

Oceans We Make (OWM) is a 3-minute long immersive and interactive virtual reality (VR) experience... more Oceans We Make (OWM) is a 3-minute long immersive and interactive virtual reality (VR) experience that encourages participants to question their use of plastic. The experience blends beautiful cinematic graphics, engaging game mechanics and an emotional narrative as a novel form of VR storytelling to drive positive environmental impact. CCS CONCEPTS • Computing methodologies → Virtual reality;

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Continuous archival and analysis of user data in virtual and immersive game environments

We present a continuous and unobtrusive approach to analyze and reason about users' personal expe... more We present a continuous and unobtrusive approach to analyze and reason about users' personal experiences of interacting with virtual and game environments. Focusing on an immersive educational game environment that we are developing, this is achieved through the capture and storage of user's movements and events that occur as a result of interactions with and within immersive environments. Termed

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Lingering Serious Experience as Trigger to Raise Awareness, Encourage Reflection and Change Behavior

Lecture Notes in Computer Science, 2013

Automating the detection of breaks in continuous user experience with computer games

This paper describes an approach towards automating the identification of design problems with th... more This paper describes an approach towards automating the identification of design problems with three-dimensional mediated or gaming environments through the capture and query of user-player behavior represented as a data schema that we have termed "immersidata". Analysis of data from a study of an educational computer game that we are developing shows that this approach is an effective way to pinpoint potential usability or design problems occurring in unfolding situational and episodic events that can interrupt or break user experience. As well as informing redesign, a key advantage of this cost-effective approach is that it considerably reduces the time evaluators spend analyzing hours of videoed study material.

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Special issue title: Entertainment in serious games and entertaining serious purposes

Entertainment Computing, 2016

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Serious Games Second Joint International Conference, JCSG 2016, Brisbane, QLD, Australia, September 26-27, 2016, Proceedings

Using Indie Games to Inform Serious Mental Health Games Design

Serious Games, 2021

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