A study on recommendations for the design of multiplayer educational games
Abstract
Multiplayer educational games have the potential to promote engagement, collaboration and debate in more active and meaningful learning processes. In order to know recommendations that support the design of educational multiplayer games, a study was carried out in 3 stages: (i) a systematic mapping of the literature, conducted with the aim of knowing the state of the art of recommendations for the design of multiplayer games; (ii) an analysis of multiplayer educational games, with the objective of verifying whether the recommendations identified in the systematic mapping have been used in the available educational games; (iii) a study on the design of collaborative educational games, in order to deepen the analysis of recommendations focused on the design of multiplayer games that promote collaboration. With the studies conducted, it was possible to consolidate an initial set of recommendations for the design of educational multiplayer games.
Keywords:
game design, design recommendations, educational game, multiplayer game
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FELLOWS, K. Kenan Institute - Kenan Fellows Program. 2007. Acesso em 05/07/2022 https://kenanfellows.org/.
GARCIA-RUIZ, M. A. Nerdherder: Designing colocated physical-digital games with sociological theories, Games user research : a case study approach, Boca Raton, FL: Taylor & Francis, LCCN 2015043400 | ISBN 9781498706407, 2017.
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MAHJOUBI, S.; BAO, Y. Game theory-based metaheuristics for structural design optimization, In: Computer-Aided Civil and Infrastructure Engineering, USA, 2021, DOI: 10.1111/mice.12661.
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VELLA, K.; KLARKOWSKI, M.; TURKAY, S.; JOHNSON, D. Making friends in online games: gender differences and designing for greater social connectedness, Behaviour & Information Technology, 39:8, 917-934, 2020, DOI: 10.1080/0144929X.2019.1625442
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Published
2022-11-16
How to Cite
ZIVIANI, Patricia; BEDER, Delano Medeiros; OTSUKA, Joice Lee.
A study on recommendations for the design of multiplayer educational games. In: BRAZILIAN SYMPOSIUM ON COMPUTERS IN EDUCATION (SBIE), 33. , 2022, Manaus.
Anais [...].
Porto Alegre: Sociedade Brasileira de Computação,
2022
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p. 427-439.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.5753/sbie.2022.224782.
