Game playing is fundamental to human life. Not only for entertainment, but also to acquire the necessary skills for survival. Game playing can take a variety of forms, but nowadays the dominant game paradigm is undoubtedly the interactive video game, to be played on a multimedia-enhanced PC or game console. Currently, games are being (re) discovered in the academic field, another serious areas of society, as excellent means for both the transfer of knowledge and, perhaps more importantly, for attitude change.

In this chapter we will look at the various issues in developing a game, and more specifically, in section 11.2 at requirements for a promotional game for our faculty and the issues that came up when giving a masterclass game development for high school students using this game. Finally, we will sketch the history of immersive systems, in particular panoramas, in section 11.3, and we will discuss how immersion is to be realized in a game context.