A participatory game design approach for children after cancer treatment

Fares Kayali; Konrad Peters; Andrea Reithofer; Ruth Mateus-Berr; Zsuzsanna Lehner; Daniel Martinek; Manuel Sprung; Marisa Silbernagl; Rebecca Woelfle; Anita Lawitschka; Helmut Hlavacs

doi:10.1145/2693787.2693801

A participatory game design approach for children after cancer treatment

Fares Kayali, Konrad Peters, Andrea Reithofer, Ruth Mateus-Berr, Zsuzsanna Lehner, Daniel Martinek, Manuel Sprung, Marisa Silbernagl, Rebecca Woelfle, Anita Lawitschka, Helmut Hlavacs

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Abstract

After stem-cell transplantation, pediatric patients must remain in aftercare due to a high risk of suffering from a plethora of life-threatening organic problems. In this phase, communication with the clinicians is key for an increased survival probability. The multidisciplinary INTERACCT aims at developing a child friendly communication tool based on gamification principles in order to foster this important communication. Additionally, INTERACCT should stimulate exercises and treatment compliance. Finally, through analyzing gaming scores, INTERACCT should also act as a sensor for detecting problematic phases children are going through. Since the design of INTERACCT is key to its success, we present results from our user-centric and participative design approach using methods from design thinking and explorative design with school children aged 8-14. The results are game characters and story lines, which will inspire the game design of the INTERACCT computer games.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	ACE 2014 - 11th Advances in Computer Entertainment Technology Conference, Workshops Proceedings
Publisher	Association for Computing Machinery (ACM)
ISBN (Electronic)	9781450333146
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1145/2693787.2693801
Publication status	Published - 11 Nov 2014
Externally published	Yes
Event	11th Advances in Computer Entertainment Technology Conference, ACE 2014 Workshops - Funchal, Madeira, Portugal Duration: 11 Nov 2014 → 14 Nov 2014

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Name	ACM International Conference Proceeding Series
Volume	11-14-November-2014

Conference

Conference	11th Advances in Computer Entertainment Technology Conference, ACE 2014 Workshops
Country/Territory	Portugal
City	Funchal, Madeira
Period	11.11.2014 → 14.11.2014

Keywords

Children
Game design
Serious games for health
User-centred design

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Software
Human-Computer Interaction
Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition
Computer Networks and Communications

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Kayali, F., Peters, K., Reithofer, A., Mateus-Berr, R., Lehner, Z., Martinek, D., Sprung, M., Silbernagl, M., Woelfle, R., Lawitschka, A., & Hlavacs, H. (2014). A participatory game design approach for children after cancer treatment. In ACE 2014 - 11th Advances in Computer Entertainment Technology Conference, Workshops Proceedings Article a16 (ACM International Conference Proceeding Series; Vol. 11-14-November-2014). Association for Computing Machinery (ACM). https://doi.org/10.1145/2693787.2693801

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Kayali F, Peters K, Reithofer A, Mateus-Berr R, Lehner Z, Martinek D et al. A participatory game design approach for children after cancer treatment. In ACE 2014 - 11th Advances in Computer Entertainment Technology Conference, Workshops Proceedings. Association for Computing Machinery (ACM). 2014. a16. (ACM International Conference Proceeding Series). doi: 10.1145/2693787.2693801

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