Movers and shakers: designing meaningful conflict in a tablet-based serious game

Authors:
Konstantin Mitgutsch;Steven Schirra;Sara Verrilli
Affiliations:
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA;Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA;Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA
Venue:
CHI '13 Extended Abstracts on Human Factors in Computing Systems
Year:
2013

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Abstract

Movers and Shakers is a two-player tablet game that explores how subversive game design elements can foster meaningful conversational conflict in a serious game. It relates recent insights into recursive and transformative learning theories to a game prototype that can be used as a research tool to explore how social design can influence serious game experiences. In this paper, we outline the game's theoretical foundations, highlight its central design elements and outline the research design for a study on the impacts of the game on the communication flow of its players.