A Guideline for Game Development-Based Learning: A Literature Review

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Overview of articles.

Category	Item	Article	Major topics	Course topic
	R1	[55]	Students develop games on Torque game engine to learn game development	Game development
	R2	[56]	Undergraduate and graduate build games by adding code in Spacewar simulator to learn artificial intelligence	AI
	R3	[57]	Undergraduates develop games on XNACS1Lib framework to learn programming	Programming
	R4	[58]	Students develop games on Scratch to learn basic programming	Programming
	R5	[59]	Students develop games on Game Maker platform to learn software engineering	SE
	R6	[60]	Students develop games using Greenfoot to learn programming	Programming
	R7	[61]	Students build games by adding code in Wu’s Castle to learn programming	Programming
	R8	[42]	Students build 3D movies on First Person Shooting game engine, Maya, and Photoshop to learn digital character production and machinima	Art
	R9	[10]	Students develop or modify Warcraft3 game editor, unreal game engine, and so forth, to learn software development, programming, project management, artistic concepts, and so forth	Mixed topics
Research	R10	[43]	Undergraduates develop games to learn outsourcing and software engineering	SE
	R11	[62]	Students develop games on self-made toolsets to learn programming	Programming
	R12	[63]	Students develop games on GameMaker to learn programming	Programming
	R13	[64]	Undergraduates develop Critical Mass board game on the web-based platform to learn data structure	Data structure
	R14	[65]	Undergraduates develop games to learn programming	Programming
	R15	[5]	Undergraduates develop minigames on XNA to learn programming	Programming
	R16	[66]	Graduates develop games on XNA to learn software architecture	SE
	R17	[67]	Students build games on Scratch to learn the Boolean logic	Boolean logic
	R18	[68]	Pupils build games by adding quiz to a web-based game shell platform to learn literacy	Literacy
	R19	[69]	Students build games by adding a code to a board game RoboRally, to learn artificial intelligence	AI
	R20	[70]	Middle school students build games on Storytelling Alice to learn information technology	Mixed topics
	D21	[4]	Graduate Students develop games on XNA to learn software architecture	SE
	D22	[71]	Middle school students build games on adding code in StarLogo TNG to learn 3D programming	3D programming
Discussion	D23	[72]	Art design students develop games on Flash to learn programming	Programming
	D24	[73]	Electronics design field students build a game-like system to learn programming, distributed system, and so forth	Mixed topics
	D25	[74]	Undergraduate students develop games to learn programming	Programming
	D26	[75]	Pupils develop games on NeverWinter Night toolsets to learn basic ICT curriculum	Mixed topics
	D27	[76]	Students build games by adding code to Bomberman game to learn programming	Programming
Theory	T28	[77]	Survey of mobile game development for different learning purposes	Mixed topics
	Dev29	[78]	Develop MUPPETS that students could use for game development to learn programming	Programming
	Dev30	[79]	Develop XQUEST based on XNA that graduate could use for game development to learning software architecture	SE
Development	Dev31	[80]	Develop Sheep based on Android that graduate could use for game development to learn software architecture	SE
	Dev32	[81]	Design and develop SIMPLE framework that students could use for game development to learn programming	Programming
	Dev33	[82]	Develop BiMIP framework that undergraduate could use for game development to learn programming	Programming
	Dev34	[83]	Develop JGOMAS framework that undergraduate could use for game development to learn artificial intelligence	AI