Smart Icebreaker

Oh, Je-ho; Oh, Se Beom; Moon, Ji-Won; Yoo, Jung Eun; Kim, Do-Hyeong; Doh, Young Yim; Shi, Chung-Kon

doi:10.1145/2534329.2534373

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“…Smart Icebreaker [20] is an ice-breaking game aimed at student groups, where players have to create a virtual avatar based on one of their team members and then discuss and comment on each other's avatar. Smart Icebreaker can be played without a facilitator, but only focuses on breaking the ice and does not take any psychological safety issues into account.…”

Section: Ice-breaking Gamesmentioning

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Stimulating ideation in new teams with the mobile game Grapplenauts

Alaka

Cunha

Vermeer

et al. 2019

IJSG

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Working in teams is a common approach to solving problems. However, new teams often suffer from a form of cold start, by which individual members are not yet comfortable expressing their ideas. Previous work has shown that ideation can be stimulated by promoting a sense of psychological safety among team members and instilling an ambiance of openness, and that games are helpful at establishing such social bonds. However, most such games only partially target psychological safety or openness, and often rely on the expertise of a facilitator, who may be unavailable for many teams. The ubiquity of mobile platforms opens up many opportunities for overcoming such drawbacks. We developed the mobile game Grapplenauts, a novel serious game directly focused on psychological safety and openness, that generates a beneficial atmosphere for ideation and does not require any facilitator. In Grapplenauts, team players have to gradually work together towards a team-wide goal, first in pairs and then among pairs, which has shown to be quite successful in promoting communication and collaboration. Play testing has shown that Grapplenauts was perceived as a fun, engaging and challenging collaborative game. In addition, results of a preliminary user study are cautiously optimistic about the success of the game in improving the perceived atmosphere withinnewly-formed teams.

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Section: Ice-breaking Gamesmentioning

confidence: 99%

Stimulating ideation in new teams with the mobile game Grapplenauts

Alaka

Cunha

Vermeer

et al. 2019

IJSG

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“…Already in the original article from 2012, it was suggested that the SGDA Framework could be used for the design and prototyping of serious games as well. Since then, several authors have applied the framework for those purposes (Cosma et al, 2015;Mitgutsch, Schirra, & Verrilli, 2013;Oh et al, 2013;Ross, Fitzgerald, & Rhodes, 2014). Mitgutsch et al (2013) applied the SGDA Framework to inform the design process of a serious game called MOVERS AND SHAKERS.…”

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Using the SGDA Framework to Design and Evaluate Research Games

Geerts

Nouwen

Beek

et al. 2018

Simulation & Gaming

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Background. Several HCI researchers have started to use game design elements in their research to create playful methods for involving end-users in design. Similar to serious games, such research games serve a dual purpose: 1) to create an enjoyable experience for research participants, and 2) to collect user insights to inform the design process. Aim. We propose that the Serious Game Design Assessment (SGDA) Framework, that evaluates both a game’s enjoyable purposes and its serious purposes, may be a valuable tool in assessing and developing research games. In this article, we apply the SGDA Framework to three existing research games, one involving train passengers in assessing potential future user experiences, one involving hospital staff in ideation for wearable technology, and one involving TV viewers in ideation for future video watching scenarios. Conclusion. The assessment of the three research games suggests that the framework is indeed applicable to research games and may, as such, provide HCI researchers with clear guidance when creating new research games.

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Smart Icebreaker

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Stimulating ideation in new teams with the mobile game Grapplenauts

Stimulating ideation in new teams with the mobile game Grapplenauts

Using the SGDA Framework to Design and Evaluate Research Games

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