Quality Criteria for Serious Games: Serious Part, Game Part, and Balance

Meta Serious Game: Supporting Creativity Sessions for Mobile Serious Games

The early stages of Mobile Serious Game (MSG) design are very complex. That is why many MSG research projects start with a brainstorming session, involving pedagogical and game experts. However, brainstorming with large groups of participants, who come from very different backgrounds, can prove to be long and inefficient. In addition, classic brainstorming techniques are not well adapted to the...

Game Mastering in Collaborative Serious Games: A Novel Approach for Instructor Support in Multiplayer Serious Games

In collaborative learning scenarios, the role of the instructor is vital. This aspect directly carries over to the concept of collaborative multiplayer Serious Games, where a group of players is learning together using a Serious Game. In this paper, the authors propose a novel approach for integration and support of instructors in collaborative multiplayer Serious Game scenarios. Their approach...

Serious Assessments in Serious Games

Mapping learning and game mechanics for serious games analysis

This paper presents findings emerging from the EU-Funded Games and Learning Alliance (GALA) Network of Excellence on serious games (SGs) that has a focus upon pedagogy-driven design of SGs. The overall framework presented in this paper concerns some elements that we consider key for the design of a new generation of more pedagogically-effective and easily author-able SGs: pedagogical perspectiv...

Serious Video Games for Health How Behavioral Science Guided the Development of a Serious Video Game.

Serious video games for health are designed to entertain players while attempting to modify some aspect of their health behavior. Behavior is a complex process influenced by multiple factors, often making it difficult to change. Behavioral science provides insight into factors that influence specific actions that can be used to guide key game design decisions. This article reports how behaviora...