Simplifying location-based serious game authoring

Víctor Manuel Pérez-Colado; Iván José Pérez - Colado; Iván Martínez - Ortiz; Manuel Freire Morán; Baltasar Fernández - Manjón

doi:10.1145/3144826.3145395

Simplifying location-based serious game authoring

Víctor Manuel Pérez-Colado, Iván José Pérez - Colado, Iván Martínez - Ortiz, Manuel Freire Morán, Baltasar Fernández - Manjón

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Abstract

Pervasive gaming has been a field of exploration for the gaming industry the recent years. With the exceptional success of Pokémon GO and some others such as Ingress users are more than ever ready to experiment with games that are more focused into their actions and their playing contexts. In the serious game industry, the implementation of pervasive games is a very promising way to improve students learning process with a more cohesive and realistic experience. To take advantage of this opportunity we have developed a model for location-based serious games intended to be used along with other game genres such the adventure one. We have implemented this model in the uAdventure (uA) authoring tool, allowing non-experts for the simplecreation for location-based adventure games without programming or complex geopositioning knowledge requirements. With uA we address to simplify the creation of gymkhanas, tours or guided visits with the added value of the adventure games. Finally, to improve the quality of the games, we have incorporated learning analytics into the system and tested the platform with a small experiment that showed promising results.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	TEEM 2017
Subtitle of host publication	Proceedings of the 5th International Conference on Technological Ecosystems for Enhancing Multiculturality
Editors	Juan Manuel Dodero, Maria Soledad Ibarra Sáiz, Ivan Ruiz Rube
Place of Publication	New York
Publisher	Association for Computing Machinery (ACM)
Number of pages	8
ISBN (Print)	978-1-4503-5386-1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1145/3144826.3145395
Publication status	Published - 18 Oct 2017
Externally published	Yes
Event	Fifth International Conference Technological Ecosystems for Enhancing Multiculturality - Cádiz, Spain Duration: 18 Oct 2017 → 20 Oct 2017 https://2017.teemconference.eu/

Publication series

Series	ICPS: ACM International Conference Proceeding Series

Conference

Conference	Fifth International Conference Technological Ecosystems for Enhancing Multiculturality
Abbreviated title	TEEM'17
Country/Territory	Spain
City	Cádiz
Period	18/10/17 → 20/10/17
Internet address	https://2017.teemconference.eu/

Keywords

serious games
location-based
augmented map
GPS
augmented reality
ubiquity
pervasive
xAPI
learning analytics

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Pérez-Colado, V. M., Pérez - Colado, I. J., Martínez - Ortiz, I., Freire Morán, M., & Fernández - Manjón, B. (2017). Simplifying location-based serious game authoring. In J. M. Dodero, M. S. Ibarra Sáiz, & I. R. Rube (Eds.), TEEM 2017: Proceedings of the 5th International Conference on Technological Ecosystems for Enhancing Multiculturality Article 45 Association for Computing Machinery (ACM). https://doi.org/10.1145/3144826.3145395

Pérez-Colado, Víctor Manuel ; Pérez - Colado, Iván José ; Martínez - Ortiz, Iván et al. / Simplifying location-based serious game authoring. TEEM 2017: Proceedings of the 5th International Conference on Technological Ecosystems for Enhancing Multiculturality. editor / Juan Manuel Dodero ; Maria Soledad Ibarra Sáiz ; Ivan Ruiz Rube. New York : Association for Computing Machinery (ACM), 2017. (ICPS: ACM International Conference Proceeding Series).

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TEEM 2017: Proceedings of the 5th International Conference on Technological Ecosystems for Enhancing Multiculturality. ed. / Juan Manuel Dodero; Maria Soledad Ibarra Sáiz; Ivan Ruiz Rube. New York: Association for Computing Machinery (ACM), 2017. 45 (ICPS: ACM International Conference Proceeding Series).

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Pérez-Colado VM, Pérez - Colado IJ, Martínez - Ortiz I, Freire Morán M, Fernández - Manjón B. Simplifying location-based serious game authoring. In Dodero JM, Ibarra Sáiz MS, Rube IR, editors, TEEM 2017: Proceedings of the 5th International Conference on Technological Ecosystems for Enhancing Multiculturality. New York: Association for Computing Machinery (ACM). 2017. 45. (ICPS: ACM International Conference Proceeding Series). doi: 10.1145/3144826.3145395

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