World of Teachcraft: Playing the Game

Brief History of Games

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

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

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

World of Warcraft

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

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

Classes

• Deathknight• Druid• Hunter• Mage• Paladin• Priest• Rogue• Shaman• Warlock• Warrior

Goal of Each Role

• Optimize their specific set of abilities

• Tanks – Block, dodge, parry

• DPS – DPS (damage per second)

• Healer – HPS (heals per second)

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

Recount

Minecraft

Minecraft

• Genre: Sandbox

• Numbers: – 7 million + users that have purchased 9/18/12– 41 million + total users

Minecraft

• Graphics: – Very basic, 32 bit

• Playstyle:– Open – “Emergent Gameplay”

Minecraft Addons

• Maps – import terrain

• Models – animals, weapons, etc

• Skins – character appearance

• GUI changes

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

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

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

WoW in Business

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

Minecraft Edu

Massively Minecraft

Minecraft in Schools

Video Tours

Minecraft and World of Warcraft