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Toward a Design Theory of Sleepy Games

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Juliet Pusateri,

Jessica Timczyk,

Jessica HammerAuthors Info & Claims

CHI PLAY '19 Extended Abstracts: Extended Abstracts of the Annual Symposium on Computer-Human Interaction in Play Companion Extended Abstracts

Pages 631 - 638

https://doi.org/10.1145/3341215.3356268

Published: 17 October 2019 Publication History

Abstract

For many, healthy sleep is either not a priority or not a possibility, a deficit which has far-reaching consequences. We explore the potential for "sleepy games" as a genre of transformational games with embedded content, relevant in both the digital and physical design space. We present design challenges unique to sleepy games, synthesized through an iterative design process. Lights Out, one of nine sleepy games created, provides an example of our insights in context.

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Liang ZMelcer EKhotchasing KChen SHwang DHoang N(2024)Game On for Zzz’s: The Role of Relevance in Shaping Perceptions of Sleep Hygiene Games Among University Students (Preprint)JMIR Serious Games10.2196/64063Online publication date: 11-Jul-2024
https://doi.org/10.2196/64063
Pusateri JLeng JWang QChen XHammer JBernhaupt RMueller FVerweij DAndres JMcGrenere JCockburn AAvellino IGoguey ABjørn PZhao SSamson BKocielnik R(2020)Designing Games for Healthy SleepProceedings of the 2020 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems10.1145/3313831.3376413(1-13)Online publication date: 21-Apr-2020
https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/3313831.3376413

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Toward a Design Theory of Sleepy Games
1. Human-centered computing
  1. Human computer interaction (HCI)

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CHI PLAY '19 Extended Abstracts: Extended Abstracts of the Annual Symposium on Computer-Human Interaction in Play Companion Extended Abstracts

October 2019

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ISBN:9781450368711

DOI:10.1145/3341215

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Liang ZMelcer EKhotchasing KChen SHwang DHoang N(2024)Game On for Zzz’s: The Role of Relevance in Shaping Perceptions of Sleep Hygiene Games Among University Students (Preprint)JMIR Serious Games10.2196/64063Online publication date: 11-Jul-2024
https://doi.org/10.2196/64063
Pusateri JLeng JWang QChen XHammer JBernhaupt RMueller FVerweij DAndres JMcGrenere JCockburn AAvellino IGoguey ABjørn PZhao SSamson BKocielnik R(2020)Designing Games for Healthy SleepProceedings of the 2020 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems10.1145/3313831.3376413(1-13)Online publication date: 21-Apr-2020
https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/3313831.3376413

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