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

Author(s)

Barbara Göbl, Dayana Hristova, Suzana Jovicic, Helmut Hlavacs

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.

Organisation(s)

Faculty of Computer Science, Department of Philosophy, Department of Social and Cultural Anthropology

Volume

12211

Pages

398-410

No. of pages

13

DOI

https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-50164-8_29

Publication date

2020

Peer reviewed

Yes

Austrian Fields of Science 2012

102013 Human-computer interaction

Keywords

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Theoretical Computer Science, General Computer Science

Portal url

https://ucrisportal.univie.ac.at/en/publications/31449289-427a-420e-9155-4db2726688ba