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Brains & Brawn: A Strategy Card Game for Muscle-Strengthening Exercises

Published: 05 October 2015 Publication History

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Participation rates in muscle-strengthening programs are low. Exergames show promise in encouraging people to exercise, but it is difficult to build compelling games around resistance training. Games involve players making meaningful choices, but workout programs are rigidly structured, making it difficult to find opportunities for such choices. As such, most muscle-strengthening exergames have chosen between engaging gameplay and high quality exercise. To solve this issue, we have developed a muscle-strengthening card game -- Brains & Brawn -- that exploits and enhances player agency.

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    CHI PLAY '15: Proceedings of the 2015 Annual Symposium on Computer-Human Interaction in Play
    October 2015
    852 pages
    ISBN:9781450334662
    DOI:10.1145/2793107
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    1. agency
    2. exergames
    3. game design
    4. muscle-strengthening
    5. physical rehabilitation
    6. repetitive exercises
    7. resistance training
    8. strength training

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