Lessons learned from making (therapy) adherence games

GFHEU 2014

Evert Hoogendoorn, Strategist/Game designer @ IJsfontein

Introduction

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Applied games

• Adherence games:

• make you stick to a therapy, diet, new years resolution etcetera.

• are designed to support an external structure for behavioural change

• are for regular (daily) use

• have a long timespan

• are integrated with daily life (distraction)

Adherence games

• Learnings from the development of 3 cases:

• Changamoto: to support CBT for Youngsters with cannabis addiction

• Together with TU-Delft and Brijder

• CRISP G-Motiv

• Balance-it: to support lifestyle changes for youngsters

• Together with TNO

• X-park: a game to support therapy for patients with Parkinson's disease.

• Together with st. Radboud MC en Monpellier Ventures

Cases

• Learnings:

• Define, and learn to trust the expertise of the partners involved.

• Share responsibilities, don’t share tasks

• Balance social interaction (ingame vs therapy)

• Have communication plan ready during and after implementation

• Define your player - and serious goals to allow targeted data tracking (see poster Katinka van der Kooij)

Learnings in process

Learnings in design

All projects have paradoxical stakes concerning the ‘serious’ and ‘fun’ targets.

All projects have paradoxical stakes concerning ‘user experience’ and ‘validation research’

Hypothesis

Hypothesis

Hypothesis

Future ambition

Corporate Game >Employee

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Future ambition

Game >Student

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• Visit poster Katinka van der Kooij

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