September 21, 2012

1. World of Teachcraft:
Playing the Game

2. Brief History of Games

3. 1st Person Shooter
FPSs are distinguished by a first person perspective,
that renders the game world from the visual
perspective of the player character.
You will typically not see your avatar in an FPS, unless
there is a mirror or cinematic transition between
levels

4. Third Person Shooter
Third-person shooter (TPS) is a genre of 3D computer and
video games in which the player character is seen at a
distance from a number of different possible perspective
angles.
Common angle is looking over character’s right shoulder

5. MMORPG
Massively Multiplayer Online Role Playing Game
(MMORPG) is a genre of 3D computer and video games in
which the thousands of players are playing online at the
same time. This genre of game typically includes a social
interaction requirement to complete certain activities.
Common angle is looking over character’s right shoulder

6. World of Warcraft

7. MMORPGs #1
World of Warcraft (WoW)
•41,007 hours of game play on June 14, 2012 by almost 10,925 Xfire players for an
average of 3.75 hrs / player (http://beta.xfire.com/games/wow)
•10.2 Million players worldwide (12/31/11)
http://investor.activision.com/releasedetail.cfm?ReleaseID=647732

8. What is World of Warcraft?
• Sword and Board Fantasy
• Players Choose Race and Roles for their
Characters
• Once in world, players progress by accepting
and completing quests

9. Classes
• Deathknight
• Druid
• Hunter
• Mage
• Paladin
• Priest
• Rogue
• Shaman
• Warlock
• Warrior

10. Goal of Each Role
• Optimize their specific set of
abilities
• Tanks – Block, dodge, parry
• DPS – DPS (damage per
second)
• Healer – HPS (heals per
second)

11. Addons
• World of Warcraft opens up some of its code
to allow creation of addons
• Curse.com & Wow Matrix
• Most Addons are dashboards / assessment
meters

12. Recount

13. Minecraft

14. Minecraft
• Genre: Sandbox
• Numbers:
– 7 million + users that have purchased 9/18/12
– 41 million + total users

15. Minecraft
• Graphics:
– Very basic, 32 bit
• Playstyle:
– Open
– “Emergent Gameplay”

16. Minecraft Addons
• Maps – import terrain
• Models – animals, weapons, etc
• Skins – character appearance
• GUI changes

17. How are they being used?
• World of Warcraft
– Arizona State University - Discourses, Community,
and Power in Virtual Worlds,” or ENG 654
– ASU - GOVERNANCE OF VIRTUAL WORLDS, LAW
791/EDT 791
– CCCS – Intro to Business Fa 12-Fa 13

18. World of Warcraft in Business
• We received a Faculty Challenge Grant to pilot
World of Warcraft for the next three
semesters
• Implementation will occur in
– BUS 115: Introduction to Business
– ECO 202: Introduction to MicroEconomics

19. World of Warcraft in Business
• Classes were selected based on high D, W, F
grades
• Main hypothesis:
– By implementing game based learning, student
satisfaction, retention and performance will
increase

20. WoW in Business

21. How are they being used?
• Minecraft
– UNC Asheville - CSCI 373.002 Programming
(Minecraft) Game Extensions
– University of Chicago - ENGL/CMST 25945//Fall
2011 – Digital Storytelling
– Arizona State University - RDG 440 – Computer
Games, Learning and Literacy

22. Minecraft Edu

23. Massively Minecraft

24. Minecraft in Schools

25. Video Tours
Minecraft and World of Warcraft