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A Pilot Study on Developing Newsgames in Collaboration between Journalism and Computer Science Students

Marko Siitonen
Marko Siitonen
, 
Panu Uotila
Panu Uotila
, 
Turo Uskali
Turo Uskali
, 
Jukka Varsaluoma
Jukka Varsaluoma
 und 
Tanja Välisalo
Tanja Välisalo
   | 28. Nov. 2019
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Online veröffentlicht: 28. Nov. 2019
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/nor-2019-0038
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Figure 1

Title screen and user interface of The Operation CenterComments: The Finnish words on the title screen (left image) mean ‘play’ (pelaa) and ‘instructions’ (ohjeet). The user interface (right image) was modelled on systems used in Finnish operation centers.
Title screen and user interface of The Operation CenterComments: The Finnish words on the title screen (left image) mean ‘play’ (pelaa) and ‘instructions’ (ohjeet). The user interface (right image) was modelled on systems used in Finnish operation centers.

Figure 2

Title screen of Before, everything was …Comments: The left photograph was obtained from the archive of the Helsinki City Museum (photographer unknown).https://www.finna.fi/Record/hkm.HKMS000005:0000051l The right photograph was obtained from the Finnish Heritage Agency (photographer: Heinrich Iffland).https://finna.fi/Record/musketti.M012:HK19731119:5222 Both photographs were downloaded from www.finna.fi a site that provides free access to material from Finnish museums, libraries and archives.
Title screen of Before, everything was …Comments: The left photograph was obtained from the archive of the Helsinki City Museum (photographer unknown).https://www.finna.fi/Record/hkm.HKMS000005:0000051l The right photograph was obtained from the Finnish Heritage Agency (photographer: Heinrich Iffland).https://finna.fi/Record/musketti.M012:HK19731119:5222 Both photographs were downloaded from www.finna.fi a site that provides free access to material from Finnish museums, libraries and archives.

Outline of newsgames produced during the two pilot courses

Name (in Finnish)TopicKey mechanicsYearNumber of players
Microbrewery (Pienpanimo)Establishing and running a microbrewery in FinlandResource management, “simulation”?20152,050 (until August 2016)
The Operation Center (Tilannekeskus)Decision-making in the police operation centerReal time puzzle, resource management, “simulation”?20155,689 (until August 2016)
Save Refugees from Syria (Pelasta Syyrian pako- laiset)Distributing the asylum seekers from Syria to European countriesManagement2015490 (until August 2016)
Before, everything was… (Ennen oli kaikki…)Living through the life of a person born in Finland in 1917Story-focused, interactive story, multiple-choice, random elements, “life simulator”2017
Doctor shortage (Lääkäripula)Working for 1 week as a general paediatricianStory, little resource management, multiple choice, random elements2017
Cybercrime (Kyberrikollisuus)Choosing and execu- ting cyber-attacks“Simulation”2017
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