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Restaurant Empire

Screenshot of the videogame:

Name of producer:

Enlight Software

Name of Distributor:

Microids

Technical Requirements:

OS: 2000/XP,DirectX 9.0,Processore 500 MHz,Memoria RAM 128 MB,Memoria Video 16 MB, Scheda 3D

Type of videogame:

Managerial

Genre of videogame:

entrepreneurial

Type of game visual:

Third person
Isometric

DESCRIPTION OF VIDEOGAME
Player:

Single player

Help:

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

Possibilities of different views (1st person, 3rd person etc.)
Presence of floating elements: Archiving of objects
Presence of floating elements: Archiving of texts
Presence of floating elements: Archiving of other documents
Accessibility to virtual machines
Presence of maps

Technology foreseen:

3D

THE EDITOR

Is an external Editor available for the videogame:

Yes

Name of external internal Editor:

The game is an 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

Presence of different modules:

environments,describe

EVALUATION
Usability potential of this game in an educational context:

Poor0123456Excellent

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

It is possible to create environments for point&click videogames.

Evaluator:

Name of Evaluator:

Cristina Gregolin

Role of Evaluator:

Brera University of Fine Arts

Country:

Italy

Date of Evaluation:

21/08/2007

Blackboard: