Barbara Reichart
ABSTRACT
Serious games usually refer to games used for purpose other than entertainment. Designing serious games for learning proves to be a very difficult task, as it requires knowledge not only about the content, but also about game design and pedagogy. Therefore there have been efforts to create collections of design patterns that help to create initial designs or improve existing ones. However those collections neglect the role of social interactions within games. But integrating social interaction as a core mechanic of a serious game can massively improve the game along several dimensions. In this paper we want to show how social interactions can enrich serious games. Furthermore we describe several patterns with concrete examples on how to achieve this exactly.
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- Social interaction patterns for learning in serious games
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