Adventure Author: A learning environment to support creative design

Judy Robertson; Keiron Nicholson

doi:10.1145/1297277.1297285

Adventure Author: A learning environment to support creative design

Judy Robertson, Keiron Nicholson

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Abstract

Creative design tasks are both challenging and rewarding for learners. While it is exciting to design a new product of which one can be proud, there can be many frustrations along the way. This paper considers the challenges faced by young people as they create their own computer games. It describes an initial model of the creative process involved in game design and presents qualitative analysis of interview data from two field studies focusing on the source and evolution of young people's ideas. The theoretically informed model of the creative process, and the empirical results are used to inform the design of software scaffolding for an interactive learning environment called Adventure Author. Copyright 2007 ACM.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Proceedings of the 6th international Conference on Interaction Design And Children, IDC 2007
Pages	37-44
Number of pages	8
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1145/1297277.1297285
Publication status	Published - 2007
Event	6th international Conference on Interaction Design And Children - Aalborg, Denmark Duration: 6 Jun 2007 → 6 Aug 2007

Conference

Conference	6th international Conference on Interaction Design And Children
Abbreviated title	IDC 2007
Country/Territory	Denmark
City	Aalborg
Period	6/06/07 → 6/08/07

Keywords

Children
Creativity
Game design
Software scaffolding

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