Serious game mechanics and opportunities for reuse

Jannicke Balsrud Hauge; Ioana Andreea  Stanescu; Antoniu  Stefan; Theodore Lim; Maira B Carvalho; Sandy Louchart; Sylvester Arnab

doi:10.12753/2066-026X-15-000

Serious game mechanics and opportunities for reuse

Jannicke Balsrud Hauge, Ioana Andreea Stanescu, Antoniu Stefan, Theodore Lim, Maira B Carvalho, Sandy Louchart, Sylvester Arnab

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Abstract

Designing Serious Games (SGs) is a complex process, fraught with the likelihood that their pedagogical constructs are force fitted. As a consequence, the game mechanics can create unwanted tangential outcomes. Challenges also emerge from the time constraints to deliver a purposeful product that meets desired learning outcomes tailored for specific audiences, while maintain low budgets. This paper presents and reports on the notion of analysing serious game mechanics (SGM) for a twofold design purpose of meeting learning outcomes and reuse opportunities. Two SGs - PR:EPARe and Seconds - are described and the learning mechanics-game mechanics (LM-GM) mappings are provided for the two games grounding the definition of key SGM reuse principles that potentate learning-driven games at low cost.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Proceedings of the 11th International Conference eLearning and Software for Education
Subtitle of host publication	Rethinking education by leveraging the eLearning pillar of the Digital Agenda for Europe
Editors	Ion Roceanu
Place of Publication	Romania
Publisher	Carol I NDU Publishing House
Pages	19-27
Number of pages	9
Volume	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.12753/2066-026X-15-000
Publication status	Published - 2015
Event	11th eLearning and Software for Education Conference - Romania, Bucharest, Romania Duration: 25 Apr 2015 → 26 Apr 2015

Conference

Conference	11th eLearning and Software for Education Conference
Abbreviated title	eLSE 2015
Country/Territory	Romania
City	Bucharest
Period	25/04/15 → 26/04/15

Keywords

Serious Games
Game mechanics
LM-GM mapping
SG design patterns

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Hauge, J. B., Stanescu, I. A., Stefan, A., Lim, T., Carvalho, M. B., Louchart, S., & Arnab, S. (2015). Serious game mechanics and opportunities for reuse. In I. Roceanu (Ed.), Proceedings of the 11th International Conference eLearning and Software for Education: Rethinking education by leveraging the eLearning pillar of the Digital Agenda for Europe (Vol. 2, pp. 19-27). Article 40 Carol I NDU Publishing House. https://doi.org/10.12753/2066-026X-15-000

Hauge, Jannicke Balsrud ; Stanescu, Ioana Andreea ; Stefan, Antoniu et al. / Serious game mechanics and opportunities for reuse. Proceedings of the 11th International Conference eLearning and Software for Education: Rethinking education by leveraging the eLearning pillar of the Digital Agenda for Europe. editor / Ion Roceanu. Vol. 2 Romania : Carol I NDU Publishing House, 2015. pp. 19-27

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Hauge, JB, Stanescu, IA, Stefan, A, Lim, T, Carvalho, MB, Louchart, S & Arnab, S 2015, Serious game mechanics and opportunities for reuse. in I Roceanu (ed.), Proceedings of the 11th International Conference eLearning and Software for Education: Rethinking education by leveraging the eLearning pillar of the Digital Agenda for Europe. vol. 2, 40, Carol I NDU Publishing House, Romania, pp. 19-27, 11th eLearning and Software for Education Conference, Bucharest, Romania, 25/04/15. https://doi.org/10.12753/2066-026X-15-000

Serious game mechanics and opportunities for reuse. / Hauge, Jannicke Balsrud; Stanescu, Ioana Andreea ; Stefan, Antoniu et al.
Proceedings of the 11th International Conference eLearning and Software for Education: Rethinking education by leveraging the eLearning pillar of the Digital Agenda for Europe. ed. / Ion Roceanu. Vol. 2 Romania: Carol I NDU Publishing House, 2015. p. 19-27 40.

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