Lesson 0 - Introduction

Everything started when I got my first 8-bit computer as a present...

• MSX

• Spectrum

• Amstrad

• Commodore

When I reached my university studies, the degree in video games did not exist at all. So I got my degree on…

• Multimedia

• Computer Engineering

• Telecommunications

• Digital Arts

At that time, the local industry of video games was not like now, so at the end my interests shifted to working in…

• IT & Networking

• Programming

• Embedded Systems

• Computer Security

Nevertheless, some time after graduating, I started working as a part-time teacher (and I have since then), in the year…

• 2000

• 1995

• 2005

• 2010

My very first subject as a teacher was…

• LAN Design

• Java Programming

• Software Engineering

• Cryptography

But that’s the past, and now we are in a Degree in Video Games. Many years have passed, and now my current main activity is linked to games, as a…

• Freelance Consultant

• Engine Developer

• Senior Researcher

• Quality Assurance

The name of my research group is…

• GAME

• VG-COLLAB

• RIDIVI

• DICODE

And my latest research is about…

• Teaching to code with video games

• Dark pattern analysis

• Formalizing gamification design

• Empathic design of serious games

I have created a work on gamification for the general public, to disseminate its knowledge.

• A web series

• A book

• A podcast

• A MOOC

I organize a yearly international symposium on gamification and games, named…

• CHI PLAY

• GamiLearn

• GamiFIN

• SE-GAMES