make it work: validation of applied games

Making it Work

Validation of applied games

Introduction

Evert Hoogendoorn

zonder bril etc.

zonder bril etc.

Interactive Spaces - Van Abbe Museum Rotterdam

Corporate Serious Games - Cyber Security game

Medical Training Games - abcdeSIM

Healthy Aging: Little Red Riding Hood

Mental Health - Moving Stories

Behaviour

action!

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Games

designing for behaviour

High System

Low Empathy

High Empathy

Low System

Traditionele School

E-learning

Classroom

Opportunity…

pre-ludo opportunity

designing, testing & development people on the team

first line of opportunitybeing able to play technical requirement

second line of opportunity

intention to play ambassadors management communication

third line of opportunity

play reason to play intuitive controls

fourth line of opportunity

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2

3

4

transfer application in RL

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to lose users

Little Game (tool)

Pre-game(tool)

Post-game(tool)

Communication

Transfer

The Big Game

Solve a problemdon’t design a solution

Validation

Learning by doing

Briljant idea

Plan Development Implemen- tation

abcdeSIM - 2009

Briljant idea

Prototype Playtest Development Implemen- tation

Loop

Fail Fast

Best Practise

Validation

abcdeSIM - GP

abcdeSIM - Burns

abcdeSIM - Peadeatrics

•validated •5 games •highest accreditation •used in NL, UK, Germany, Oman

• learnings couldn’t be implemented

2015

Prototype Playtest Development Validation

Best Practise

Existing theories

Briljant idea

Prototype Playtest Development

Best Practise

Existing theories

Briljant idea

Implemen- tation

Prototype Development Implemen- tation

Best Practise

Existing theories

Briljant idea

Pilot RCT's

“Knowledge and beliefs about mental disorders which aid their recognition, management or prevention” (Jorm, et al, 1997).

(a) knowledge of how to prevent mental disorders, (b) recognition of when a disorder is developing, (c) knowledge of help-seeking options and treatments available, (d) knowledge of effective self-help strategies for milder problems, and (e) first aid skills to support others who are developing a mental disorder or are in a mental health crisis” (Jorm, 2012).

Mental Health Literacy

first concept

Prototype Playtest Development Implemen- tation

Best Practise

Existing theories

Briljant idea

Prototype Development Implemen- tation

Best Practise

Existing theories

Briljant idea

Pilot RCT's

Pragmatic trial

Validation of games is

• about commercial and academic riskmanagement

• evidence based, practise led

• about fast failing / agile / iterative (just like development)

• integrated in de developmentproces

Thank You

evert@ijsfontein.nl