Digital Game-Based Learning
LIFELONG INTERACTIONS: Designing online interactions: what kids want and what designers know
interactions - Optimistic futurism
Gaming Tourism: Lessons from Evaluating REXplorer, a Pervasive Game for Tourists
Pervasive '08 Proceedings of the 6th International Conference on Pervasive Computing
Orientation Passport: using gamification to engage university students
Proceedings of the 23rd Australian Computer-Human Interaction Conference
Being chased by zombies!: understanding the experience of mixed reality quests
Proceedings of the 25th Australian Computer-Human Interaction Conference: Augmentation, Application, Innovation, Collaboration
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This paper presents Secret SLQ, a pervasive mobile game that aims to encourage eight to fourteen year olds to engage with the State Library of Queensland. The game sets out to encourage people to visit and explore the library, as well as educate a generation of young people and parents who may visit the library but have no idea of the treasures that it holds. The research explores how smartphone technology can be used to deliver an engaging and educational experience. The game aims to provide a fun and interactive way to guide participants through a multi-leveled library building, to search for unique QR codes to unlock clues, answer quiz questions and progress further up a leaderboard. This paper outlines the design and initial deployment of the game, reporting on results from a usability study and discussing initial observations made by librarians. Findings indicate that the mobile platform is suitable for delivering such experiences but consideration is needed when embedding games in such large environments so as not to confuse players as they play.