A Serious Game for Changing Mindsets About Loans for Home Retrofitting

Dikken, Olivier; Prakash, Kushal; Roseboom, Bart; Rubio, Ana Molina; Østvik, Sander; Bueno, Mijael; Salamon, Nestor Z.; Bidarra, Rafael

doi:10.1007/978-3-030-63464-3_33

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“…Presently, there is a limited pool of serious games which concern climate change mitigation [22]- [24]. There is however a growing number of games assisting in behavior change, such as games to quit smoking [25] or reduce alcohol and drug abuse [26].…”

Section: Serious Gamingmentioning

confidence: 99%

How can you save the world? Empowering sustainable diet change with a serious game

Bohm

Dorland²,

Herzog³

et al. 2021

2021 IEEE Conference on Games (CoG)

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Presently, one of the greatest challenges of humankind is climate change. It is usually assumed that its mitigation will require an extensive adaptation in many human habits. As every fourth ton of carbon dioxide emitted can be attributed to the food chain, it is argued that one of the most effective actions an individual can take is changing towards a more sustainable diet, like a plant-based one. Serious games have proved to be a successful means for achieving behavior change. We present Veganity, your journey, a mobile serious game aimed at assisting players in their transition towards a more plantbased diet. The game combines the characteristics of the idle game genre with diet tracking: in the game, as you progress in adapting your personal diet, you spare energy that can be spent in making the game world more sustainable. Personal factors, like changing your ecological or social norms, your habits and your behavioral costs and benefits, are targeted by different game mechanics. These include, among others, a currency mechanism for stimulating habit change, in-game actions building up selfefficacy, and tips raising problem awareness. Besides describing our game design, we also present the main features of the game implementation. From a preliminary evaluation, we conclude that Veganity, your journey successfully engages players in pursuing their own diet goals, and increases their reflection on, and acquaintance with, sustainable diet behaviors.

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Section: Serious Gamingmentioning

confidence: 99%

How can you save the world? Empowering sustainable diet change with a serious game

Bohm

Dorland²,

Herzog³

et al. 2021

2021 IEEE Conference on Games (CoG)

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“…Serious games have long been successfully designed and deployed to change, or at least influence, the mindset of players regarding very disparate and complex topics, from dealing with prejudices around home retrofitting [11] to raising understanding for the complexities of large infrastructure systems [3]. In educational contexts, there has also been increasing research into designing serious games that help students overcome known personal and social hurdles in their student life, including overcoming obstacles to their personal productivity [24], providing early ice-breaking within newly-formed teams [26], and stimulating psychological safety among project colleagues [2].…”

Section: Serious Gaming In Social and Educational Contextsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Exploring Multiple Perspectives in Citizenship Education with a Serious Game

Blokland

Cullinan

Mulder

et al. 2021

Interactive Storytelling

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Within citizenship education, a new focus is being laid upon what is expected of citizens within a diverse and lightning-fast society: more emphasis is placed on teaching students how to understand and respect other people's opinions, regardless of how they may contrast with one's own. However, learning to be tolerant with others' viewpoints comes with hurdles, as currently it is quite easy to become stuck within one's own worldview. We developed Diermocratie, an in-classroom game aimed at encouraging a more open conversation, which breaks through these hurdles and addresses key competencies such as empathy and argumentation. By role-playing metaphors that parallel real-world events, students explore their own predispositions, are made aware of the perspectives of others, and are enabled to discuss issues objectively. From a preliminary evaluation, most students could identify the parallelism between the in-game metaphor and real-world situations. They also indicated that the game motivates them to further talk to each other, approaching sensitive topics among them.

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“…Games often challenge players by immersing them in all sorts of simulated situations, e.g. to attempt changing their attitude [5], [6], or to raise understanding for complex prob-lems [7], [8]. We therefore posit that a serious game in which players take on the manager role of a reforestation project, can be an effective way of increasing their awareness of the complex factors considered in such projects.…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%