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Starcraft

Screenshot of the videogame:

Name of producer:

Blizzard

Date of production:

Juny 27, 1999

Name of Distributor:

Activision Blizzard

Technical Requirements:

Operative System: Windows XP Processor: Pentium 90 ,16mb RAM , Graphic card: 32MB PCIe

Cost of product:

14,99

Type of videogame:

Strategy

Genre of videogame:

Science Fiction
War

Type of game visual:

Isometric

DESCRIPTION OF VIDEOGAME
Player:

Single player
Multiplayer online

Help:

Presence of initial training
Presence of textual tutoring during the game
Presence of audio tutoring during the game

Interaction:
Dialogue with other characters:

Poor0123456Excellent

Driving Vehicles:

Poor0123456Excellent

Explorability of environment:

Poor0123456Excellent

Memory of events:

Poor0123456Excellent

Complexity of logic succession of events:

Poor0123456Excellent

Number of alternative game paths for solution of events:

Poor0123456Excellent

Game interface:

Presence of floating elements: Archiving of objects
Presence of floating elements: Archiving of texts
Presence of floating elements: Archiving of other documents
Presence of maps

Technology foreseen:

3D

THE EDITOR

Is an internal Editor available for the videogame?

Yes

Is an external Editor available for the videogame:

Yes

Name of external internal Editor:

Starcraft map editor

Level of editing:
Minimum Level
(It is possible to change elements which are already present in the game) 
Graphics:

Poor0123456Excellent

Interaction:

Poor0123456Excellent

Medium Level
(It is possible to personalise environments and add/remove elements.) 
Graphics:

Poor0123456Excellent

Interaction:

Poor0123456Excellent

Maximum Level
(It is possible to personalise environments and add/remove elements.) 
Using owner script:

Poor0123456Excellent

External script coding:

Poor0123456Excellent

Type of interface:

3D

Presence of different modules:

characters,environments,describe

Availability and location of documentation:

Tutorial,Manual

Location:

http://us.blizzard.com/es-mx/games/sc/

2D / 3D License:

Commercial

>Cost of software(�):

14,99

Where to find it:

http://us.blizzard.com/store/browse.xml?f=c:1,f:3

Which software are useful for editing the videogame:

http://games.soe.ucsc.edu/eis/biblio

EVALUATION
Usability potential of this game in an educational context:

Poor0123456Excellent

Explain how the videogame can be used in an educational context:

It's a strategic game with more possibilities than cheess, you need to kwow each unit and what it could do.
Playing this game students could encorage quick movilizaition of facts, concrete concepts, speed of response, automaticity and visual processing

Evaluator:

Name of Evaluator:

Lucía Gimeno Carsí

Role of Evaluator:

Teacher

Country:

Spain

Date of Evaluation:

12/02/2012

Blackboard:

Associació Empresarial l'Alqueria Projectes Educatius Associació Empresarial l'Alqueria Projectes Educatius

Very funny game but not very useful for VET students Sari Folgado