Serious Game Design for and with Adolescents: Empirically based implications for purposeful games

Barbara Göbl; Dayana Hristova; Suzana Jovicic; Helmut Hlavacs

doi:10.1007/978-3-030-50164-8_29

Serious Game Design for and with Adolescents: Empirically based implications for purposeful games

Barbara Göbl (Corresponding author), Dayana Hristova, Suzana Jovicic, Helmut Hlavacs

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Abstract

Serious games have been successfully implemented in many fields in recent years. Along the way, the call for audience specific solutions rose within the game community. In the course of a project focusing on fostering social media literacy among adolescents, we have developed a design for a serious game tailored to this specific age group. We present the results of a survey conducted among Austrian youths ($$N=86$$) in which the participants reported on their gaming preferences and habits. The results are supplemented with data from participatory design workshops. Considering prospective players, their resources, play environments, and the game’s characteristic goal, we provide general directions for serious game design for adolescents and address ethical questions.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	HCI in Games
Subtitle of host publication	Second International Conference, HCI-Games 2020, Held as Part of the 22nd HCI International Conference, HCII 2020, Copenhagen, Denmark, July 19–24, 2020, Proceedings
Editors	Xiaowen Fang
Place of Publication	Cham
Publisher	Springer
Pages	398-410
Number of pages	13
Volume	12211
Edition	1
ISBN (Electronic)	978-3-030-50164-8
ISBN (Print)	978-3-030-50163-1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-50164-8_29
Publication status	Published - 2020

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Series	Lecture Notes in Computer Science
ISSN	0302-9743

Austrian Fields of Science 2012

102013 Human-computer interaction

Keywords

Characteristics and demographics
Development methodology
Game based learning
Mobile games
Player personality
Serious games

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Göbl, B., Hristova, D., Jovicic, S., & Hlavacs, H. (2020). Serious Game Design for and with Adolescents: Empirically based implications for purposeful games. In X. Fang (Ed.), HCI in Games: Second International Conference, HCI-Games 2020, Held as Part of the 22nd HCI International Conference, HCII 2020, Copenhagen, Denmark, July 19–24, 2020, Proceedings (1 ed., Vol. 12211, pp. 398-410). Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-50164-8_29

Göbl, Barbara ; Hristova, Dayana ; Jovicic, Suzana et al. / Serious Game Design for and with Adolescents: Empirically based implications for purposeful games. HCI in Games: Second International Conference, HCI-Games 2020, Held as Part of the 22nd HCI International Conference, HCII 2020, Copenhagen, Denmark, July 19–24, 2020, Proceedings. editor / Xiaowen Fang. Vol. 12211 1. ed. Cham : Springer, 2020. pp. 398-410 (Lecture Notes in Computer Science).

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Göbl B, Hristova D, Jovicic S , Hlavacs H. Serious Game Design for and with Adolescents: Empirically based implications for purposeful games. In Fang X, editor, HCI in Games: Second International Conference, HCI-Games 2020, Held as Part of the 22nd HCI International Conference, HCII 2020, Copenhagen, Denmark, July 19–24, 2020, Proceedings. 1 ed. Vol. 12211. Cham: Springer. 2020. p. 398-410. (Lecture Notes in Computer Science). doi: 10.1007/978-3-030-50164-8_29

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