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This study introduces a serious game, “Break the Bricks”, which is one of the games planned within the “StrokeBack” project. The aim of this game is to support the rehabilitation process of stroke patients whom have upper limb impairments and damaged psychomotor abilities. In this paper we will present the designing process and the development of the game. We would like to represent the background of serious games, and the planned test methods of “Break the Bricks”. We will also delineate future plans and further work with this game.
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Dömők, T., Szűcs, V., László, E., Sík Lányi, C. (2012). “Break the Bricks” Serious Game for Stroke Patients. In: Miesenberger, K., Karshmer, A., Penaz, P., Zagler, W. (eds) Computers Helping People with Special Needs. ICCHP 2012. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 7382. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-31522-0_101
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