RT info:eu-repo/semantics/article
T1 A New Measure for Serious Games Evaluation: Gaming Educational Balanced (GEB) Model
A1 Martínez García, Kim
A1 Menéndez Menéndez, María Isabel
A1 Bustillo Iglesias, Andrés
K1 Serious games
K1 Game evaluation
K1 Game desing
K1 Metrics
K1 Sociología
K1 Sociology
K1 Juegos
K1 Amusements
K1 Informática
K1 Computer science
AB Serious games have to meet certain characteristics relating to gameplay and educationalcontent to be effective as educational tools. There are some models that evaluate these aspects, butthey usually lack a good balance between both ludic and learning requirements, and provide no guidefor the design of new games. This study develops the Gaming Educational Balanced (GEB) Modelwhich addresses these two limitations. GEB is based on the Mechanics, Dynamics and Aestheticsframework and the Four Pillars of Educational Games theory. This model defines a metric to evaluateserious games, which can also be followed to guide their subsequent development. This rubricis tested with three indie serious games developed using different genres to raise awareness ofmental illnesses. This evaluation revealed two main issues: the three games returned good results forgameplay, but the application of educational content was deficient, due in all likelihood to the lack ofexpert educators participating in their development. A statistical and machine learning validationof the results is also performed to ensure that the GEB metric features are clearly explained and theplayers are able to evaluate them correctly. These results underline the usefulness of the new metrictool for identifying game design strengths and weaknesses. Future works will apply this metric tomore serious games to further test its effectiveness and to guide the design of new serious games.
PB MDPI
YR 2022
FD 2022-11
LK http://hdl.handle.net/10259/7341
UL http://hdl.handle.net/10259/7341
LA eng
NO This research was partially funded by the ACIS project (Reference Number INVESTUN/21/BU/0002) of the Consejería de Empleo of the Junta de Castilla y León (Spain) and the Ministry of Science, Innovation and Universities (FPU18/04688).
DS Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad de Burgos
RD 04-may-2024