Teams make decisions which are written down on paper and handed in to a tutor who then has to enter these into the computer. To make it a richer and more real-life experience we have brought a business simulation into a multimedia environment. In order to create a sense of the passing of time the simulation is continuous, and players can enter input values throughout the game. Important parameters, such as product sales, are displayed as continuously updated graphs. Background information such as news items is provided in multimedia form.
Players also have direct access to on-line tools, such as spreadsheets, from the game environment.
We describe the prototype built up to illustrate our approach. Key Words continuous simulation, interactive simulation, multimedia business game, multimedia management game return to main index of abstracts.