Designing a Serious Game to Raise Awareness of Intimate Partner Violence Among Adolescents in the UK: The Use of ‘Good Games’ Principles for Effective Behavioural Change

John Pearson; Song Wu; Hayley Royston; Helen Smailes; Natasha Robinson; Adam Cowell; Adele Jones

doi:10.1007/978-3-030-53294-9_33

Designing a Serious Game to Raise Awareness of Intimate Partner Violence Among Adolescents in the UK: The Use of ‘Good Games’ Principles for Effective Behavioural Change

John Pearson, Song Wu, Hayley Royston, Helen Smailes, Natasha Robinson, Adam Cowell, Adele Jones

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Abstract

Due to the popularity of video games in modern society, serious digital games have the potential to promote prosocial thoughts and behaviours, as well as increase empathy and helping behaviour. However, to make a successful prosocial game a number of good game principles need to be met to make the game as immersive and engaging as possible. This paper discusses how the design decisions and overall game framework used to develop a serious, prosocial game that aims to help raise awareness and promote prosocial behavioural changes towards intimate partner violence in the United Kingdom, successfully meets these good game principles to create an effective educational, immersive and engaging game experience.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Interactivity, Game Creation, Design, Learning, and Innovation
Subtitle of host publication	8th EAI International Conference, ArtsIT 2019, and 4th EAI International Conference, DLI 2019, Aalborg, Denmark, November 6–8, 2019, Proceedings
Editors	Anthony Brooks, Eva Irene Brooks
Publisher	Springer Nature Switzerland AG
Pages	458-476
Number of pages	19
Edition	1st
ISBN (Electronic)	9783030532949
ISBN (Print)	9783030532932
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-53294-9_33
Publication status	Published - 28 Jul 2020
Event	8th EAI International Conference on ArtsIT, Interactivity and Game Creation, ArtsIT 2019, and the 4th EAI International Conference on Design, Learning, and Innovation, DLI 2019 - Aalborg, Denmark Duration: 6 Nov 2019 → 8 Nov 2019 Conference number: 8 & 4

Publication series

Name	Lecture Notes of the Institute for Computer Sciences, Social-Informatics and Telecommunications Engineering, LNICST
Volume	328 LNICST
ISSN (Print)	1867-8211
ISSN (Electronic)	1867-822X

Conference

Conference	8th EAI International Conference on ArtsIT, Interactivity and Game Creation, ArtsIT 2019, and the 4th EAI International Conference on Design, Learning, and Innovation, DLI 2019
Abbreviated title	ArtsIT 2019 & DLI 2019
Country/Territory	Denmark
City	Aalborg
Period	6/11/19 → 8/11/19

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Pearson, J., Wu, S., Royston, H., Smailes, H., Robinson, N., Cowell, A., & Jones, A. (2020). Designing a Serious Game to Raise Awareness of Intimate Partner Violence Among Adolescents in the UK: The Use of ‘Good Games’ Principles for Effective Behavioural Change. In A. Brooks, & E. I. Brooks (Eds.), Interactivity, Game Creation, Design, Learning, and Innovation : 8th EAI International Conference, ArtsIT 2019, and 4th EAI International Conference, DLI 2019, Aalborg, Denmark, November 6–8, 2019, Proceedings (1st ed., pp. 458-476). (Lecture Notes of the Institute for Computer Sciences, Social-Informatics and Telecommunications Engineering, LNICST; Vol. 328 LNICST). Springer Nature Switzerland AG. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-53294-9_33

Pearson, John ; Wu, Song ; Royston, Hayley et al. / Designing a Serious Game to Raise Awareness of Intimate Partner Violence Among Adolescents in the UK : The Use of ‘Good Games’ Principles for Effective Behavioural Change. Interactivity, Game Creation, Design, Learning, and Innovation : 8th EAI International Conference, ArtsIT 2019, and 4th EAI International Conference, DLI 2019, Aalborg, Denmark, November 6–8, 2019, Proceedings. editor / Anthony Brooks ; Eva Irene Brooks. 1st. ed. Springer Nature Switzerland AG, 2020. pp. 458-476 (Lecture Notes of the Institute for Computer Sciences, Social-Informatics and Telecommunications Engineering, LNICST).

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Designing a Serious Game to Raise Awareness of Intimate Partner Violence Among Adolescents in the UK : The Use of ‘Good Games’ Principles for Effective Behavioural Change. / Pearson, John; Wu, Song; Royston, Hayley et al.

Interactivity, Game Creation, Design, Learning, and Innovation : 8th EAI International Conference, ArtsIT 2019, and 4th EAI International Conference, DLI 2019, Aalborg, Denmark, November 6–8, 2019, Proceedings. ed. / Anthony Brooks; Eva Irene Brooks. 1st. ed. Springer Nature Switzerland AG, 2020. p. 458-476 (Lecture Notes of the Institute for Computer Sciences, Social-Informatics and Telecommunications Engineering, LNICST; Vol. 328 LNICST).

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Pearson J, Wu S, Royston H, Smailes H, Robinson N, Cowell A et al. Designing a Serious Game to Raise Awareness of Intimate Partner Violence Among Adolescents in the UK: The Use of ‘Good Games’ Principles for Effective Behavioural Change. In Brooks A, Brooks EI, editors, Interactivity, Game Creation, Design, Learning, and Innovation : 8th EAI International Conference, ArtsIT 2019, and 4th EAI International Conference, DLI 2019, Aalborg, Denmark, November 6–8, 2019, Proceedings. 1st ed. Springer Nature Switzerland AG. 2020. p. 458-476. (Lecture Notes of the Institute for Computer Sciences, Social-Informatics and Telecommunications Engineering, LNICST). Epub 2020 Jul 28. doi: 10.1007/978-3-030-53294-9_33

Designing a Serious Game to Raise Awareness of Intimate Partner Violence Among Adolescents in the UK: The Use of ‘Good Games’ Principles for Effective Behavioural Change

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