What Is A Computerized Educational Game? Important Factors of Computerized Educational Games

This type of games can be deductive and inductive. Being deductive means that the game should move from the rules to examples. It influence on the child intellectual actions consciously. Currently deductive games, as a method of teaching, became more popular at schools Ratusinski, 2009:33. Alessi Trollip 1991: 87 refer that this type has three functions: ƒ Motivating to undertake intellectual effort. ƒ Didactic, they teach grammar and content. ƒ Educational, they teach rules of teams work. On the other hand, being inductive means that the game moves from the examples to the rule. In this method, students start from the point they want to prove, from the question which was put in the task. Answering the questions, formulate next questions, easier and easier, answers of which would lead them to the solution of the task. ƒ Strategy Games These games require higher-order thinking skills and problem solving skills for successful completion since the problems in the game should be cautiously overcome. To do so, the learners need strategies to solve them. Beside cautiously, strategy games need to be played patiently. They are usually popular among skilled players who are capable of concentrating on more than one thing at a time Can, 2003. Papas Cupcakeria is the 8th Gameria in the Papa Louie Series that was announced on June 25, 2013. It is a strategy game since to finish this game quickly and efficiently, the players need to find an appropriate strategy. Figure 2.3 A Screenshot of Papa’s Cupcakeria downloaded from http:papasia.wikia.comwikiPapas_Cupcakeria • Simulation Games These games require active participation and this affords opportunities for the learning material to be integrated into cognitive structures, there by aiding long-term maintenance John McFarlane, 2002:4. It means these games can be played simultaneously. Legacy Online developed by Oceanus Communications and published by SEGA in 2003 is an example of this game. Figure 2.4 A Screenshot of Legacy Online downloaded from http:www.ugo.comgamesstrategy-games-top-50 • Adventure Games There are two main purposes of these games, to entertain or educate the players. In these games the environments are very complex, just like micro worlds, with no problem determined Bakar, 2007:69. The players only solve some of the logic puzzles with no time constraints in order to progress through some described virtual world. Atlantis: The Lost Tales is a fantasy adventure computer game developed by Cryo Interactive and published by Dreamcatcher Interactive, and released on September 30, 1997. Figure 2.5 A Screenshot of Atlantis:The Lost Tales downloaded from http:www.gamefaqs.comsaturn939950-atlantis-the-lost-talesimagesbox- 89387 • Role-Playing Games The words role and play represent that the players should behave just like the expected characteristics of persons or animals in some situations during the game Can, 2003. Final Fantasy XIV: A Realm Reborn is a massively multiplayer online role-playing game for Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 3 and PlayStation 4 and was developed by Square Enixs Product Development