Adaptation of the ENgAGED process for the development of curriculum contents in a graph grammar-based game platform

• Júlia Veiga da Silva Federal University of Pelotas https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6839-3117
• Braz Araujo da Silva Junior Federal University of Pelotas https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1637-5320
• Luciana Foss Federal University of Pelotas https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0473-4111
• Simone André da Costa Cavalheiro Federal University of Pelotas https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7442-7379

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5753/sbie.2021.218096

Abstract

Educational games stand out because they contribute to develop skills in a ludic way. However many of them do not have a theoretical foundation regarding the creation, validation and evaluation processes. GrameStation is a graph grammar-based game creation platform that can be used in Basic Education to foster Computational Thinking. This paper proposes an adaptation of a method for developing educational games (ENgAGED) using the GrameStation platform. An example of instantiation is given to illustrate the proposed method.

Keywords: Graph Grammar, Educational Games, ENgAGED Process, Computing Education

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