Board game prototyping to co-design a better location-based digital game

Catherine Emma Jones; Antonios Liapis; Ioanna Lykourentzou; Daniele Guido

doi:10.1145/3027063.3053348

Board game prototyping to co-design a better location-based digital game

Catherine Emma Jones, Antonios Liapis, Ioanna Lykourentzou, Daniele Guido

Human-Centered Computing

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Abstract

In this case study we describe the iterative process of paper prototyping, using a board game, to co-design a location-based mobile application. The end goal of the application is to motivate reflection on historical topics about migration. The board game serves to capture the core concerns of this application by simulating movement through the city. Three play tests highlighted the users' interest and issues with the historical content, the way this content is represented, and the players' responses to the interactions and motivating mechanisms of the application. Results show that the board game helped capture important design preferences and problems, ensuring the improvement of our scenario. This feedback can help reduce development effort and implement a future technology prototype closer to the needs of our end users.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	CHI 2017 Extended Abstracts - Proceedings of the 2017 ACM SIGCHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems
Subtitle of host publication	Explore, Innovate, Inspire
Publisher	Association for Computing Machinery
Pages	1055-1064
Number of pages	10
ISBN (Electronic)	9781450346566
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1145/3027063.3053348
Publication status	Published - 6 May 2017
Event	2017 ACM SIGCHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, CHI EA 2017 - Denver, United States Duration: 6 May 2017 → 11 May 2017

Publication series

Name	Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems - Proceedings
Volume	Part F127655

Conference

Conference	2017 ACM SIGCHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, CHI EA 2017
Country/Territory	United States
City	Denver
Period	6/05/17 → 11/05/17

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Publisher Copyright:
Copyright © 2017 by the Association for Computing Machinery, Inc. (ACM).

Keywords

Cultural heritage
Historical reflection
Iterative design
Location-based games
Paper prototyping
Serious games

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Jones, C. E., Liapis, A., Lykourentzou, I., & Guido, D. (2017). Board game prototyping to co-design a better location-based digital game. In CHI 2017 Extended Abstracts - Proceedings of the 2017 ACM SIGCHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems: Explore, Innovate, Inspire (pp. 1055-1064). (Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems - Proceedings; Vol. Part F127655). Association for Computing Machinery. https://doi.org/10.1145/3027063.3053348

Jones, Catherine Emma ; Liapis, Antonios ; Lykourentzou, Ioanna et al. / Board game prototyping to co-design a better location-based digital game. CHI 2017 Extended Abstracts - Proceedings of the 2017 ACM SIGCHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems: Explore, Innovate, Inspire. Association for Computing Machinery, 2017. pp. 1055-1064 (Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems - Proceedings).

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Jones, CE, Liapis, A, Lykourentzou, I & Guido, D 2017, Board game prototyping to co-design a better location-based digital game. in CHI 2017 Extended Abstracts - Proceedings of the 2017 ACM SIGCHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems: Explore, Innovate, Inspire. Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems - Proceedings, vol. Part F127655, Association for Computing Machinery, pp. 1055-1064, 2017 ACM SIGCHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, CHI EA 2017, Denver, United States, 6/05/17. https://doi.org/10.1145/3027063.3053348

Board game prototyping to co-design a better location-based digital game. / Jones, Catherine Emma; Liapis, Antonios; Lykourentzou, Ioanna et al.
CHI 2017 Extended Abstracts - Proceedings of the 2017 ACM SIGCHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems: Explore, Innovate, Inspire. Association for Computing Machinery, 2017. p. 1055-1064 (Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems - Proceedings; Vol. Part F127655).

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Jones CE, Liapis A, Lykourentzou I, Guido D. Board game prototyping to co-design a better location-based digital game. In CHI 2017 Extended Abstracts - Proceedings of the 2017 ACM SIGCHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems: Explore, Innovate, Inspire. Association for Computing Machinery. 2017. p. 1055-1064. (Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems - Proceedings). doi: 10.1145/3027063.3053348

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