Strategies for Designing Educational Computer Game

Nowadays people in the area of e-learning contents development are paying attention to educational computer games, which utilize games in education for pleasant learning. In many respects, the relevant technologies are sufficiently sophisticated for ambitious game designs. However, design theory itself is lagging behind. This study purposes to analyze the status of current educational computer games, and then puts forward some principles and guidelines for designing educational computer games. Hope the guidelines will benefit to the designer of educational computer games.