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Experts state that research on playfulness and gamification has looked at video games to create better user experiences from user interfaces. Researchers are making efforts to understand how playfulness can be employed in creating meaningful and memorable experiences for users. Playfulness is an important, but neglected design quality for all kinds...
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... This section presents our design process to create a playful XR floatation tank experience. Aiming to facilitate a playful experience, we used game design elements because play is defined as an informal type of game [118], games are a systematic complement to playfulness, and games facilitate a playful attitude [74]. Prior work informed our use of four basic game elements when designing playful experiences: story, aesthetics, technology, and game mechanics [84,102]. ...
Water's pleasant nature and associated health benefits have captivated the interest of HCI researchers. Prior WaterHCI work mainly focused on advancing instrumental applications, such as improving swimming performance, and less on designing systems that support interacting with technology in water in more playful contexts. In this regard, we propose floatation tanks as research vehicles to investigate the design of playful interactive water experiences. Employing somaesthetic design, we developed a playful extended reality floatation tank experience: "Fluito". We conducted a 13-participant study to understand how specific design features amplified participants' water experiences. We used a postphenomenological lens to articulate eight strategies useful for designers aiming to develop digital playful experiences in water, such as designing to call attention to the water and designing to encourage breathing and body awareness in water experiences. Ultimately, we hope that our work supports people to be playful and benefit from the many advantages of being in water.
... This section presents our design process to create a playful XR floatation tank experience. Aiming to facilitate a playful experience, we used game design elements because play is defined as an informal type of game [118], games are a systematic complement to playfulness, and games facilitate a playful attitude [74]. Prior work informed our use of four basic game elements when designing playful experiences: story, aesthetics, technology, and game mechanics [84,102]. ...
Water’s pleasant nature and associated health benefits have captivated the interest of HCI researchers. Prior WaterHCI work mainly focused on advancing instrumental applications, such as improving swimming performance, and less on designing systems that support interacting with technology in water in more playful contexts. In this regard, we propose floatation tanks as research vehicles to investigate the design of playful interactive water experiences. Employing somaesthetic design, we developed a playful extended reality floatation tank experience: "Fluito". We conducted a 13-participant study to understand how specific design features amplified participants’ water experiences. We used a postphenomenological lens to articulate eight strategies useful for designers aiming to develop digital playful experiences in water, such as designing to call attention to the water and designing to encourage breathing and body awareness in water experiences. Ultimately, we hope that our work supports people to be playful and benefit from the many advantages of being in water.
... There is increasing evidence that certain individuals are more receptive to receiving information and feedback presented in a fun and engaging manner. Therefore, implementing game-based and gamification strategies could be a viable solution to address this need [19]. ...
In recent years, serious energy games (SEGs) garnered increasing attention as an innovative and effective approach to tackling energy-related challenges. This review delves into the multifaceted landscape of SEG, specifically focusing on their wide-ranging applications in various contexts. The study investigates potential enhancements in user engagement achieved through integrating social connections, personalization, and data integration. Among the main challenges identified, previous studies overlooked the full potential of serious games in addressing emerging needs in energy systems, opting for oversimplified approaches. Further, these studies exhibit limited scalability and constrained generalizability, which poses challenges in applying their findings to larger energy systems and diverse scenarios. By incorporating lessons learned from prior experiences, this review aims to propel the development of SEG toward more innovative and impactful directions. It is firmly believed that positive behavior changes among individuals can be effectively encouraged by using SEG.
... Gamification refers to the use (rather than the extension) of design (rather than game-based technology or other game related practices) elements (rather than full-fledged games) characteristic for games (rather than play or playfulness) in non-game contexts (regardless of specific usage intentions, contexts, or media of implementation) (Deterding et al. 2011, 13). By broadening this definition to include any interactive activity that its participants are experiencing as gameful (Lucero et al. 2014), we open up space for a gamification approach to the educational process. ...
This book draws on work undertaken by colleagues involved with
the Erasmus+ project called SoMoveED, or Social Education on the
Move. The broader aim of the project is to develop, implement, and
disseminate innovation in the form of a model of mobile social education in higher education, of which this book makes up one small
part.The project draws together institutions and organizations from
ten European countries (Croatia, the Czech Republic, France, Italy,
the Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Turkey, and the United
Kingdom), including eight universities, two non-governmental organizations and one social enterprise. Approximately 40 people are
working on the project, including academic teachers and researchers, entrepreneurs, and social activists. The project’s main objective
is to explore and develop ways in which the teaching process can be
organized in motion, outside the university walls, with the participation of stakeholders from outside the academic community (citizens,
representatives of institutions and organizations, activists, people at
risk of marginalization). This model incorporates three important
features into the educational process: (1) mobility; (2) participation;
and (3) inclusion.
... However, in these incorporations people are typically guided to a specific outcome [11,32]. Playful design comes from an intrinsic value to have fun or enjoy, does not have a specific end goal [11,62]. We believe goal setting with PI tools can incorporate both values, where people have overall health and wellbeing goals and incorporate hedonic and intrinsic values of play. ...
... This made the goal exploratory, while also focusing on improving nutrition. We envision future work continuing to explore how playful design frameworks, such as PLEX [62], can be incorporated into goal setting to make pursuing a goal a fun activity that supports hedonic values [25]. ...
Research has extensively explored how personal informatics tools can support people's health goal setting practices. To understand the current state and reflect on the future of goal setting in personal informatics, we report the results of a scoping review of 51 papers that use and provide design implications for implementing goal setting. Our review highlights six implications for using goal setting in personal informatics tools (clarity, transparency, flexibility, framing and reframing, personalization, and reflection). We find that goal setting is becoming increasingly complex as the number of goals and their characteristics increase. We discuss these insights and point towards the importance of supporting self-efficacy during goal setting, showing adaptive goal evolution over time, reducing burden during goal setting, and framing goals to understand the complexity of health goals and support a holistic view on goal setting.
... Designerly frameworks such as "design with intent" (Lockton et al., 2009) occupy the play step of the ladder, as they are primarily concerned with engagement and creativity. Methods relying on tools such as the PLEX cards (Lucero et al., 2014) or the "Information Architecture Lenses" (Brown, 2017) occupy the puzzle step, since they are not concerned with the logic of winning or losing, but offer game-adjacent structures to support the learning or exploratory experience. More theoretical frameworks such as Rooney (2012) or Smith et al. (2017) are primarily concerned with sound theoretical foundations that balance pedagogy and play. ...
... A major concern is that gamified interventions may encourage excessive gaming and thus lead to gaming disorder, an emerging mental health condition that is included in the 11th Revision of the International Classification of Diseases (World Health Organization, 2019) due to its prevalence across the globe (Cheng, Cheung, & Wang, 2018;Wang & Cheng, 2020). Individuals who share this concern tend to focus exclusively on the "playfulness" component of gamified interventions, where playfulness is the joy, expressiveness, and improvisation that are often present in free play (Lucero, Karapanos, Arrasvuori, & Korhonen, 2014). However, playfulness is not the only component of gamified interventions. ...
This meta-analytic review aimed to investigate the effectiveness of gamified interventions in bolstering mental health. The gamification and the control groups were compared in terms of the between-group differences in posttest scores of both mental wellness (subjective well-being and quality of life) and psychological symptoms (anxiety and depressive symptoms). The review analyzed 42 studies involving 5792 participants (aged 8–74) across eight world regions. The random-effects meta-analysis revealed an overall small to medium effect size (Hedges’ g = 0.38; 95% CI: 0.22, 0.55; k = 141). The benefits of gamification in enhancing mental wellness were independent of both game and demographic characteristics, but there were intricate findings for studies examining the benefits of gamification in reducing psychological symptoms. For anxiety symptom reduction, the effects were larger (vs. smaller) in studies adopting specific (vs. general) measures of anxiety and in samples comprising a higher (vs. lower) proportion of males (ps < .04). For depressive symptom reduction, the effects were larger (vs. smaller) in non-clinical (vs. clinical) samples (p = .01). These new findings are promising in showing the viability of gamification in promoting mental wellness, encouraging greater collaborations among scholars, practitioners, and game developers to contribute to the growing field of gamification science by co-designing more effective gamified interventions.
... Design: We can design based on characteristics (fair play, peak performance), qualities or elements (see above), but also the experiential level can be used as a design lens [14] (cf. PLayful EXperiences (PLEX) Cards regarding play [12]). ...
... Fridays and weekends were preferred for conducting surveys as those days had larger crowds. The survey included questions about the 22 Playful Experience (PLEX) categories (Lucero et al., 2014), thoughts regarding interactions with the installation, and what users would ask the anthropomorphized public benches in a conversation. ...
In this book, we compare and contrast the various forms of play that occur in urban environments or are dedicated to their design and planning, with the notion of the playable city. In a playable city, the sensors, actuators, and digital communication networks that form the backbone of smart city infrastructure are used to create novel interfaces and interventions intended to inject fun and playfulness into the urban environment, both as a simple source of pleasure and as a means of facilitating and fostering urban and social interactions.
... This follows Caillois well-known treatment of play on a spectrum between the free play-like 'paidia' and more structured game-like 'ludus' (Caillois, 1961;Deterding et al., 2011). From this, gamification focuses on the ludus, whereas the PLayful EXperiences (PLEX) framework of Lucero et al. (2014) Table 3.10: Subspace -Gamification, Playification, and Sportification Form -Game Nature: Gamification, Playification, and Sportification Apply game mechanics, playful characteristics, or typical sports mechanisms to interaction (Deterding et al., 2011;Nicholson, 2012) Gamification Use of game design elements in non-game contexts to enhance interaction (Deterding et al., 2011), e.g., points, badges, and leaderboards Playification Use of playful design elements to enhance interaction (Nicholson, 2012;, e.g., incorporating humour, excitement by stimulating senses, or opportunities to nurture ...
