GeoPGD: methodology for the design and development of geolocated pervasive games

Arango‐López, Jeferson; Vela, Francisco Luís Gutiérrez; Collázos, César A.; Gallardo, Jesús; Moreira, Fernando

doi:10.1007/s10209-020-00769-w

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“…However, previous research has demonstrated the need for a procedure to guide the design and development of pervasive games. In light of this, Arango-López et al [ 14 ] developed GeoPGD, a methodology that integrates the design of geolocated narrative as the core of the game experience. This methodology guides designers and developers through the various stages of creating pervasive games and provides tools for defining narrative elements, locations, and user-pervasive game interactions.…”

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Dimensions of Interactive Pervasive Game Design: Systematic Review

Liu¹,

Tan²,

Saari³

2023

JMIR Serious Games

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Background As the gaming industry grows around the world, playing pervasive games is becoming an important mode of entertainment. A pervasive game is one in which the game experience extends into the actual world or where the fictive world of the game merges with the physical world. How pervasive games can adapt to the ever-changing nature of technology and design in current society requires a comprehensive review. Objective In this systematic review, we aimed to measure and analyze 4 dimensions of pervasive games through development, technology, experience, and evaluation. Moreover, we also aimed to discover and interpret their relationship with game, interaction, experience, and service design. Methods We first chose 3 well-known databases, Web of Science, Scopus, and EBSCO, and searched from 2013 to April 2022. A strictly thorough Boolean search for research keywords such as “pervasive game,” “design,” and “interactive” resulted in 394 relevant articles. These articles were identified, screened, and checked for eligibility to find valid and useful articles, which were then categorized and analyzed using the PRISMA (Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses) method. Results The systematic selection was finally left with 40 valid and valuable articles. After categorization and analysis, all articles were classified according to 4 main themes, which were design and development (11/40, 28%), interaction and technology (15/40, 38%), users and experience (9/40, 23%), and evaluation and service (5/40, 13%). These 4 main areas can be subdivided into several smaller areas. Conclusions In the 4 areas of game design, interaction design, experience design, and service design, many scholars have studied pervasive games and made contributions. Although the development and technology of pervasive games have evolved with the times, there is still a need to strengthen emerging design concepts within pervasive games.

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Dimensions of Interactive Pervasive Game Design: Systematic Review

Liu¹,

Tan²,

Saari³

2023

JMIR Serious Games

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“…Pervasive games are a new form of entertainment that focuses on the player's expe rience. According to Arango et al [43], these games provide an enriching experience through the evolution of dynamics and expand the game space depending on the contex in which they are played. This allows players to break the boundaries of the game world and integrate the experience into reality, and allows the elements present in reality to af fect the experience of the game.…”

Section: Pervasive Gamesmentioning

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Designing a Tangible User Interface (TUI) for the Elderly Based on Their Motivations and Game Elements

Salazar-Cardona,

Cano,

Gutiérrez-Vela

et al. 2023

Sensors

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The elderly population has grown significantly in recent years, requiring strategies focused on promoting active aging to improve health and well-being. It may be achieved in many ways, including using technology for this population. We propose an interactive system for older adults based on a tangible user interface. A group of 10 experts conducted a heuristic evaluation of a system of this type utilizing a questionnaire and obtaining satisfactory results. This study evaluated the older adult population’s fun and pervasive game experience. The results will provide a basis for continuing to build this interactive system to promote active aging in older adults, either at the cognitive or physical level, depending on the applied approach.

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“…There are different proposals concerning the design and construction of pervasive game experiences that highlight some aspects to consider within the definition of SocialPG, it seeks to consolidate in a single proposal everything necessary for the construction of any application based on 'game thinking' that takes advantage of the benefits offered by pervasive computing and supports social expansion as an attraction to generate other types of game mechanics. Among the aspects to consider are the attributes that describe a pervasive game experience (Valente, 2017), the factors that enhance it (Guo, 2010), how functional requirements are specified (Valente, 2014), recommendations to guide the construction process, incorporating goal orientation (Aparicio, 2016) and narrative (Arango-L opez, 2020).…”

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“…GeoPGD (Arango-L opez, 2020) is a methodology for the development of PG that exposes a cyclical process formed by four main phases, Evolution of the pervasive narrative, in which they define the objects, characters, and other components of the story that will be told in the development of the game experience, game world, which is the phase where the environment where the game experience will take place is defined, game rules, which establishes the rules and norms that will limit the player's actions, and pervasive dynamics, which focuses on the user's interaction with the experience, that is, different behaviours for the same scenario depending on the player's work environment.…”

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“…TEMPs (Guo, 2010) for example, establishes a conceptual framework based on a set of dimensions that serve as a basis to explain how the game world merges with the real world, Valente (Valente, 2014) (Valente, 2017) proposes some strategies to specify functional requirements by extension in Cockburn's use case specification template (Cockburn, 2000), as well as a quality model based on the attributes Spatiality, permanence, communicability, accessibility, sociality, resilience, context-awareness, Aparicio (Aparicio, 2016) proposes a method for the construction of gamified processes integrating goals and game mechanics while developing a continuous improvement process that allows evaluating its effectiveness, other initiatives (Ferreira, 2017) (González García, 2019 more automated suggest that the construction of a pervasive game experience starts from the design of a DSL (Domain-Specific Language) and with MDE (Model Driven Engineer) tools can be transformed into a tangible software product. As a general process to build Geolocated Games Arango-Lopez (Arango-L opez, 2020) proposes GeoPGD, which is an integrated working model based on phases to develop geolocated pervasive game experiences, emphasizing narrative management and GamePlay related aspects, such as dynamics and game world.…”

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Building a pervasive social gaming experience using SocialPG

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Pervasive computing has become a key element to build applications that use fun as a motivating component because it allows exploring new interaction schemes by making the concept of space and time ambiguous and confusing. The present research describes a pervasive social gaming experience, using as a reference SocialPG, which is a model that describes social expansion as a strategy to improve gaming experiences supported by pervasive computing. In this article a description of the model is offered, software architecture is proposed to support it and a case study related to the process of error resolution and detection of improvement opportunities in software products is developed, finally, a general idea about the final software product that will support the game experience is offered together with an evaluation performed by a set of users, where some important findings are highlighted, such as the importance of the missions as a unit of cooperative work and the spectator's participation.

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GeoPGD: methodology for the design and development of geolocated pervasive games

Cited by 13 publications

References 33 publications

Dimensions of Interactive Pervasive Game Design: Systematic Review

Dimensions of Interactive Pervasive Game Design: Systematic Review

Designing a Tangible User Interface (TUI) for the Elderly Based on Their Motivations and Game Elements

Building a pervasive social gaming experience using SocialPG

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