Class 10 – Simulation games (2017B)

Topics

• Computer simulation
• Simulation games
• Artificial intelligence
• Artificial life
• Social agenda in Sims

Activities

• Game proposal presentation
• Social media game

Readings

• Fransca, Gonzala. The Sims: Grandmothers are cooler than trolls.
• Griebel, Thaddeus. Self-portrayal in a simulated life: projecting personality and values in the Sims 2.

Reference

 

Sims 4 trailer

Eliza chatbot

http://www.simonebaldassarri.com/eliza/eliza.html

Game of life

http://www.bitstorm.org/gameoflife/

Art and Artificial Life

http://vida.fundaciontelefonica.com/en/

Jon McCormack

Griebel, Thaddeus, Self-Portrayal in a Simulated Life: Projecting Personality and Values in The Sims 2. Game Studies Journal, volume 6 issue 1, December 2006.