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Battle for Wesnoth

Screenshot of the videogame:

Name of producer:

Wesnoth

Date of production:

2012

Name of Distributor:

Wesnoth

Technical Requirements:

Linux

Type of videogame:

Strategy

Genre of videogame:

War

Type of game visual:

Isometric

DESCRIPTION OF VIDEOGAME
Player:

Single player
Multiplayer
Multiplayer online

Help:

Manuals, faqs and wikis

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 maps

Technology foreseen:

3D

External hardware:

Mouse and keyboard

THE 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://wiki.wesnoth.org/Project
http://forums.wesnoth.org/
http://wiki.wesnoth.org/Support

2D / 3D License:

GNU

Where to find it:

http://wesnoth.org/

Which software are useful for editing the videogame:

http://wiki.wesnoth.org/RelatedTools
http://wiki.wesnoth.org/ExternalUtilities
http://wiki.wesnoth.org/CustomizingStartup
http://wiki.wesnoth.org/Maintenance_tools
http://wiki.wesnoth.org/TranslatorShellscript
http://wiki.wesnoth.org/WesnothMapEditor

EVALUATION
Usability potential of this game in an educational context:

Poor0123456Excellent

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

Practice strategy and networking workgroup experience.
Battle for Wesnoth is an open source turn based strategy game with high production value.
The game features over several single-player campaigns, and let you play multiplayer online or hotseat.

Evaluator:

Name of Evaluator:

Alberto Domínguez Galdón

Role of Evaluator:

Vocational Teacher

Country:

Spain

Date of Evaluation:

15/05/2012

Blackboard: