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Games and Learning Alliance

12th International Conference, GALA 2023, Dublin, Ireland, November 29 – December 1, 2023, Proceedings

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Editors:
  1. Pierpaolo Dondio

    1. Technological University Dublin, Dublin, Ireland

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  2. Mariana Rocha

    1. Technological University Dublin, Dublin, Ireland

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  3. Attracta Brennan

    1. University of Galway, Galway, Ireland

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  4. Avo Schönbohm

    1. Berlin School of Economics and Law, Berlin, Germany

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  5. Francesca de Rosa

    1. CAPTRS, Austin, USA

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  6. Antti Koskinen

    1. Tampere University, Tampere, Finland

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  7. Francesco Bellotti

    1. University of Genova, Genoa, Italy

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Part of the book series: Lecture Notes in Computer Science (LNCS, volume 14475)

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Table of contents (50 papers)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xvi
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  2. Serious Games for Instruction

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
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    2. An Engaging Serious Game that Strengthens High School Students’ Understanding of the Periodic Table

      • Thomas Bjørner, Nick B. Blume, Nicolaj J. D. Frederiksen, Victor S. Hjort, Amalie F. H. Mørck, Martin Ø. Petersen
      Pages 3-12

    3. EscapeCell: Serious Game Integration to a University Biology Course on an E-Learning Platform

      • Ying-Dong Liu, Bertrand Marne, Iza Marfisi-Schottman, Tiphaine Galpin, Aurore Caruso
      Pages 13-22

    4. Using Meaningful Choices and Uncertainty to Increase Player Agency in a Cybersecurity Seminar Game

      • Peadar Callaghan, Mikhail Fiadotau
      Pages 23-32

    5. Yabusame!!! - Historical Japanese Cross Scroll Meets VR

      • Kevin Körner, Patrick Muczczek, Jana Knickrehm
      Pages 33-42

    6. Astral Body: A Virtual Reality Game for Body Ownership Investigation

      • Yimin Zhou, Merlijn Mac Gillavry, Pengzhi Yang, Zihao Xu, Baitian Zhang, Rafael Bidarra
      Pages 43-55

    7. Towards a Competitive Two-Player Anti-phishing Learning Game

      • Rene Roepke, Johannes Ballmann
      Pages 56-66

    8. The Design and Implementation of Biological Evolution as a Video Game Mechanic

      • Barrie D. Robison, Terence Soule
      Pages 67-76

    9. The Nurse’s Knowledge Bank: A Serious Knowledge Elicitation and Evaluation Game

      • Sinead Impey, Declan O’Sullivan, Gaye Stephens
      Pages 77-85

    10. eKinomy: Designing a Serious Game to Promote Economic Decision-Making Skills from Elementary Level

      • Zhixin Li, Sharon Jessica
      Pages 86-96

    11. A Reusable Serious Game Model for Natural Hazard Risk Communication: Evaluation of a Tsunami-Focused Case Study

      • Steven Hawthorn, Rui Jesus, Maria Ana Baptista
      Pages 97-106

  3. Serious Games for Health, Wellbeing and Social Impact

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 107-107
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    2. Does Players’ Prosocial Behavior in Computer Game Predict Their Well-Being in Real Life?

      • Kazuhisa Miwa
      Pages 109-118

    3. Pro(f)Social: A Serious Game to Counter Cyberbullying

      • Nádia Pereira, Paula Ferreira, Sofia Francisco, Ana Margarida Veiga Simão
      Pages 119-128

    4. Balancing Inequalities: A Board Game for Young People from Coastal Communities to Discuss Plausible Futures

      • Vanissa Wanick, Cara Black, Craig Hutton, Mary Barker, Adam Watts
      Pages 129-138

    5. The C3C Game: Serious Games and Community-Centered Design for Improved Pandemic Decision Making

      • Francesca de Rosa, Mark Escott, Douglas Havron, Desmar Walkes, Lauren Ancel Meyers
      Pages 139-149

    6. JOYRIDE: Mobile Robot-Integrated Gamified Exercise Tour for Increasing Physical Activity Among Elderly People

      • Mirka Leino, Taina Jyräkoski, Tommi Lehtinen, Jussi-Pekka Aaltonen, Sandra Herrnegger, Johanna Virkki et al.
      Pages 150-159

    7. The Gamification Elements Speech-Language Pathologists Use to Motivate Children for Speech Therapy Training

      • Charlotta Elo, Tiina Ihalainen, Tanja Vihriälä, Johanna Virkki
      Pages 160-169

    8. Application of a Serious Game for Emotion Elicitation Under Socio-Economic and Trust Based Decision-Making Scenarios for Autistic Adolescents

      • Fahad Ahmed, Riccardo Berta, Francesco Bellotti, Federica Floris, Luca Lazzaroni, Giacinto Barresi et al.
      Pages 170-180
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About this book

This LNCS volume constitutes the proceedings of 12th International Conference, GALA 2023, in Dublin, Ireland, held during November/December 2023.

The 36 full papers and 13 short papers were carefully reviewed and selected from 88 submissions. The papers contained in this book have been organized into six categories, reflecting the variety of theoretical approaches and application domains of research into serious games:

  • 1.       The Serious Games and Game Design
  • 2.       User experience, User Evaluation and User Analysis in Serious Games
  • 3.       Serious Games for Instruction
  • 4.       Serious Games for Health, Wellbeing and Social Change
  • 5.       Evaluating and Assessing Serious Games Elements
  • 6.     Posters

Editors and Affiliations

  • Technological University Dublin, Dublin, Ireland

    Pierpaolo Dondio, Mariana Rocha

  • University of Galway, Galway, Ireland

    Attracta Brennan

  • Berlin School of Economics and Law, Berlin, Germany

    Avo Schönbohm

  • CAPTRS, Austin, USA

    Francesca de Rosa

  • Tampere University, Tampere, Finland

    Antti Koskinen

  • University of Genova, Genoa, Italy

    Francesco Bellotti

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