%0 Conference Paper
%A Gómez Martín, Pedro Pablo
%A Gómez Martín, Marco Antonio
%A Palmier Campos, Pablo
%A González Calero, Pedro Antonio
%T Using metaphors in game-based education
%D 2007
%U https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/133679
%X In spite of its growing popularity, due to a huge technical evolution in the last years and to the fact that new generations are more literate in games than in books, game-based teaching has been very restrictive in its application to adult education. Most applications are merely simulations built with game technology.In order to apply game-based education in domains that can not readily be turned into simulations, new ways of game design need to be explored. In this paper we describe a new approach using metaphorical worlds, and exemplify its application to teach Computer Science concepts, proposing two possible game designs for a game-based educational system devoted to teach the workings of the Java Virtual Machine.
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