Iacovides, Ioanna orcid.org/0000-0001-9674-8440 and Cox, Anna L. (2015) Moving Beyond Fun:Evaluating Serious Experience in Digital Games. In: Proceedings of the 2015 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems. ACM , New York, USA , pp. 2245-2254.
Abstract
Games are normally considered to be 'fun', though recently there is growing interest in how gameplay can promote empathy and encourage reflection through 'serious experience'. However, when looking beyond enjoyment, it is not clear how to actually evaluate serious experience. We present an evaluation of four games that were submitted to a student game design competition; the competition challenged teams to design a game that inspired curiosity around human error and blame culture within the context of healthcare. The entries were judged by a panel of six experts and subjected to a round of play testing by twelve participants. Methods included gameplay observation, questionnaires, post-play interviews and follow-up email questions. We discuss the utility of these methods, with particular emphasis on how they enabled a consideration of the immediate and longer term impact of serious experience on players.
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Keywords: | Games,evaluation,critical play,engagement,positive experience,negative experience,serious experience |
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Institution: | The University of York |
Academic Units: | The University of York > Faculty of Sciences (York) > Computer Science (York) |
Depositing User: | Pure (York) |
Date Deposited: | 09 May 2018 08:10 |
Last Modified: | 07 Feb 2025 00:07 |
Published Version: | https://doi.org/10.1145/2702123.2702204 |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | ACM |
Identification Number: | 10.1145/2702123.2702204 |
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Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:130565 |
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