Pokémon as a playful and didactic tool for teaching about ecological interactions

Rangel, Danilo Freitas; Lima, Juliano Silva; Silva, Eduardo Freitas Nobre Da; Ferreira, Keltony de Aquino; Costa, Leonardo Lopes

doi:10.1080/00219266.2022.2026803

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“…It suggests that elements such as immersive stimuli or smooth game mechanics could improve player engagement (Fjællingsdal & Klöckner, 2017; Sweetser et al, 2017). Further, intrinsic motivation to keep playing a serious game is likely related to how enjoyable it is (Bisson & Luckner, 1996; Rangel et al, 2022). Future iterations of the game should try to improve player satisfaction, and test whether this improves environmental outcomes.…”

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Cross‐cultural mobile game evaluation shows improvement in environmental learning, but not behavior

Thomas‐Walters

Veríssimo

2022

Conservat Sci and Prac

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Games have a wide range of potential uses, from mediating conservation conflicts to changing behaviors. However, there have been few impact evaluations of serious games published in the environmental field. We conducted the first cross-cultural evaluation of an environmental mobile game, Save The Purple Frog. In a randomized control trial with both UK and Indian participants, we found very strong evidence that Save The Purple Frog had a positive impact on learning (effect size 0.62, p = 0.0001), but no evidence that it affected behaviors or attitudes. Our study contributes to the evidence base for environmental serious games, demonstrating their potential as an engaging tool for environmental education. We suggest examining the impact of longer gameplay as a future research direction, as well as exploring different gameplay styles.

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Cross‐cultural mobile game evaluation shows improvement in environmental learning, but not behavior

Thomas‐Walters

Veríssimo

2022

Conservat Sci and Prac

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“…So far, the medium has shown a rich though mostly unrealized potential to evoke environments that feel very much alive (Chang, 2011). Such vivid game ecologies might encourage players to recognize and act upon in-game ecosystems (Taylor et al, 2015), stimulate awareness of ecological needs (Freitas Rangel et al, 2022), engage with sustainability concerns (Kelly & Nardi, 2014), and discard urges to conquer and control in favor of queerer relations (Heijmen & Vosmeer, 2022; Ruberg, 2017).…”

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It's Not Always About You: The Subject and Ecological Entanglement in Video Games

Heijmen,

Vervoort

2023

Games and Culture

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In the face of a global ecological crisis, culturally dominant framings of subjective experience as separate from living ecologies are no longer sufficient. Games might offer ways to break down these divisions. Alenda Chang has proposed bringing game ecologies to life. To complement her position, in this paper, we aim to inspire game designers and researchers to explore ways in which video games can remodel the perceived player subject as a pathway to ecological entanglement. We investigate four strategies for decentering and deconstructing the subject. These are: (1) deconstructing the subject to foreground internal sources of entanglement; (2) dismantling, distorting, ignoring, and/or invading the visual perspective; (3) conceptual deconstruction and reframing of a sense of self; and (4) decentering the subject through shifting contexts. For each of these, we introduce relevant examples of narrative and gameplay design in existing video games and suggest steps for further development in each direction.

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Is resident fauna underappreciated? A systematic approach to identify sandy beach flagship species

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Lima

Arueira

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Journal for Nature Conservation

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Pokémon as a playful and didactic tool for teaching about ecological interactions

Cited by 3 publications

References 32 publications

Cross‐cultural mobile game evaluation shows improvement in environmental learning, but not behavior

Cross‐cultural mobile game evaluation shows improvement in environmental learning, but not behavior

It's Not Always About You: The Subject and Ecological Entanglement in Video Games

Is resident fauna underappreciated? A systematic approach to identify sandy beach flagship species

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