Testing Metaphorical Educational FPS Games

Table 1

Metaphorical correspondences between FPSs and ESGs.

Metaphorical correspondences
Feature	FPS game	Educational SGs
Kill rules for each monster	Are purely arbitrary and concocted by the game designer	Are a sequence of actions to solve the problem according to how the teacher wants them to solve it
Difficulty	Monsters shoot at the player and the player can lose a life	The player may take a wrong action and have to start the problem solving again from the start or exit the room
Feedback	The monster is killed and the player gets a score update and feels pleased at conquering it	The player achieves the solution and records the observed results in the workbook
Weapons and bullets	Different weapons have different powers in killing different monsters	The player can choose different actions or steps to take in solving the problem