Can I use MDD to create computer games?

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Permalink Reply by Jorge Ubeda on December 27, 2009 at 8:46pm

Hi Ricardo,
There is a probable case at the Experimental Gameplay Project at Carnegie Mellon's Entertainment Technology Center.
I only know what Gamasutra published October 26, 2005. You can see the Gamasutra articlehere.

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Permalink Reply by Angelo Hulshout on December 27, 2009 at 11:17pm

Interesting question. I haven't seen any examples yet, but given that frameworks for game development exist (and some games come with complete SDKs), I think it's certainly possible.
I'm talking to the owner of a 'serious games' company (they develop educational games for schools) later this week or next, about how they develop games and hopefully about applying MDD there as well.

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Permalink Reply by Pedro J. Molina on December 28, 2009 at 9:43am

Hi Ricardo.

>Can I use MDD to create computer games? Do you know any example?
Yes, for sure.

More samples:
- Andre Furtado work's: page, paper, SharpLudus, SharpLudus video

- Jeroen Dobbe Master Thesis

- I remember that Vander Alves uses also the approach to model the variability of mobile devices to compile java games to different platforms.

>Can be MDD applied to develop small programs or just enterprise software?
For sure, Ricardo.

Take a look to some case studies: CG2007, CG2008, CG2009.

Regards,

Pedro J. Molina
@Valencia/Spain also ;)

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Permalink Reply by Pedro J. Molina on December 28, 2009 at 10:41am

Sorry: two links broken.
The corrected ones:

- CG2007 slides
- Vander Alves presentation's about Mobiles Games and SW Product Lines

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Permalink Reply by Ricardo on December 28, 2009 at 3:21pm

Pedro, are you teacher at UPV?

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Permalink Reply by Pedro J. Molina on December 28, 2009 at 5:47pm

Hi again Ricardo.
No, I'm not.

I was a student in the UPV (Technical University of Valencia), researcher and also develop my PhD there in the field of modeling, code generation and user interfaces.

But for the last 11 years I have been working in the industry side applying MDD.

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Permalink Reply by Ricardo on December 28, 2009 at 6:48pm

Hi Pedro, I will send you I private message to talk in Spanish.
Bye bye.

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