GeoMinasCraft: A Serious Geogame for Geographical Visualization
and Exploration

C 2021

GeoMinasCraft: A Serious Geogame for Geographical Visualization and Exploration

SOUSA DE SENA, Ítalo, Alenka POPLIN and Bruno DE ANDRADE

Basic information

Original name

GeoMinasCraft: A Serious Geogame for Geographical Visualization and Exploration

Authors

SOUSA DE SENA, Ítalo (76 Brazil, belonging to the institution), Alenka POPLIN and Bruno DE ANDRADE

Edition

1st. Cham, Urban Informatics and Future Cities, p. 613-632, 20 pp. 2021

Publisher

Springer, Cham

Other information

Language

English

Type of outcome

Kapitola resp. kapitoly v odborné knize

Field of Study

10500 1.5. Earth and related environmental sciences

Country of publisher

Switzerland

Confidentiality degree

není předmětem státního či obchodního tajemství

Publication form

electronic version available online

References:

URL

RIV identification code

RIV/00216224:14310/21:00124080

Organization unit

Faculty of Science

ISBN

978-3-030-76058-8

DOI

http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-76059-5_30

UT WoS

001059153300031

Keywords in English

Minecraft; Landscape; Geodiversity; Playtest; Values

Abstract

V originále

This chapter concentrates on the implementation of the geogame GeoMinasCraft and its use for geographical virtual explorations. The game was implemented to study the use of geospatial data for the visualizations of landscapes in a serious game. The users/players can take on an adventure, explore the landscapes, learn about geodiversity, and face different challenges. The game takes us to the City of Ouro Preto in Minas Gerais in Brazil. The city was selected due to its historical significance and socio-cultural values. We used satellite images and transformed them into blocks imitating these real-world landscapes and cities in Minecraft. We tested the game prototype with nine students which gave us the needed feedback for the improvements of the first prototype. This chapter summarizes the game concept, its implementation, and the testing results. We conclude the chapter with a discussion and further research directions.

Links

EF18_053/0016952, research and development project

Name: Postdoc2MUNI

Citovat

SOUSA DE SENA, Ítalo, Alenka POPLIN and Bruno DE ANDRADE. GeoMinasCraft: A Serious Geogame for Geographical Visualization and Exploration. Online. In S. C. M. Geertman, Christopher Pettit, Robert Goodspeed, Aija Staffans. Urban Informatics and Future Cities. 1st. Cham: Springer, Cham, 2021, p. 613-632. ISBN 978-3-030-76058-8. Available from: https://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-76059-5_30.

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SOUSA DE SENA, Ítalo, Alenka POPLIN and Bruno DE ANDRADE. GeoMinasCraft: A Serious Geogame for Geographical Visualization and Exploration. Online. In S. C. M. Geertman, Christopher Pettit, Robert Goodspeed, Aija Staffans. \textit{Urban Informatics and Future Cities}. 1st. Cham: Springer, Cham, 2021, p.~613-632. ISBN~978-3-030-76058-8. Available from: https://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-76059-5\_{}30.

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