International Journal of Computer Games Technology· 2014Q2· Review
An Overview of Serious Games
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Short summary
This paper provides a general overview of serious games, proposing a taxonomy and classification system for them across various application areas.
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Key points
- Surveys serious games across multiple application areas: education, well-being, advertisement, cultural heritage, interpersonal communication, and healthcare.
- Proposes a novel taxonomy for classifying digital serious games.
- Classifies existing serious game applications from literature against the defined taxonomy.
- Provides literature-based guidelines for designing and developing successful serious games.
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Abstract
Serious games are growing rapidly as a gaming industry as well as a field of academic research. There are many surveys in the field of digital serious games; however, most surveys are specific to a particular area such as education or health. So far, there has been little work done to survey digital serious games in general, which is the main goal of this paper. Hence, we discuss relevant work on serious games in different application areas including education, well-being, advertisement, cultural heritage, interpersonal communication, and health care. We also propose a taxonomy for digital serious games, and we suggest a classification of reviewed serious games applications from the literature against the defined taxonomy. Finally, the paper provides guidelines, drawn from the literature, for the design and development of successful serious games, as well as discussing research perspectives in this domain.
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Field: Human-Computer Interaction
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