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The paper highlights the idea of using game design principles to enhance learning experiences for the younger generation. With the increasing popularity of games, traditional methods of learning are becoming less effective and less engaging. To address this issue, we propose an interactive guide to the world of games that incorporates game design mechanisms to motivate and activate young learners. Specifically, the authors focus on the GameDev industry and subsequently present professional paths in a modern and interesting way. By leveraging the elements that make games appealing, individuals can be encouraged to acquire knowledge while having fun. The article aims to demonstrate the potential of game-based learning and the benefits of applying game design principles to education.

The paper evaluates the level of economic, social and territorial disparities in 6 selected EU Member States and 83 NUTS 2 regions in case of Visegrad Four, Austria and Germany during reference period 2000-2010. The evaluation analysis is based on selected mathematical and statistical methods that lead to construction of simple (non-weighted) synthetic indices of economic, social and territorial disparities and weighted synthetic aggregate index of disparities. The theoretical part of the paper defines the concept of disparities and cohesion in the EU and methodological background of convenient statistical methods for regional disparities evaluation. The empirical part of the paper deals with the measurement, evaluation and comparison of disparities rates in all the selected EU countries and NUTS 2 regions through computed values of synthetic sub-indices of economic, social and territorial disparities and weighted (aggregate) synthetic index of disparities. All the synthetic indices are calculated on the basis of Z-score standardized variables using Euclidean distance method.