Apps for Medicine, Health, and Home-Care - May 8, 2014

May 8, 2014 - Apps for Medicine, Health, and Home-Care

Gaming for a Better Health ��The principles of gaming for personalized healthcare.





serious games

games used for purposes other than mere entertainment


Serious Games

Government Military

Games for Health

Higher Ed

Eduware

Prep/K-12

Home School Corporate

NGO Foundations

Non Profits

Trade Associations

Individuals

Federal State Local

Political Statements

Hobbyist/Mods

Advergaming

Training

Analytics


games for health

deal with the different phases of illness development

deal with healthy habits such as exercise




Serious games purpose related to stage of disease


Classification of serious games for health by player








designing games for health


commercial video games for health gamification for health activities

games designed for health


Gamification

•  Gamification is about understanding what makes the game successful and engaging and then using the same principles to other situations which are not themselves, games

•  Typical tools are points, badges, and leaderboards

•  Nike+ is the most known example of gamification for fitness

•  Speed camera lottery § Photo all drivers. § Distribute collected fines ��

to ‘good’ drivers § Average speed dropped ��

from 32 to 25 km/h

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game design 101


What are the Elements that make up a Game?

•  Players § Games are experiences designed for players that require their

active participation, their lusory attitude (music is not) •  Objectives § Games have objectives that lay out specific goals for the

players (watching a movies poses no goal) § Without them the experience loses its structure

•  Rules & Procedures § Games are defined in terms of the players’ can and cannot

•  Resources § To achieve the game objectives, the players might need to

collect or have certain game valuable elements

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objectives + rules = conflict


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game developers

therapists

patients (players)

constraints monitoring



Further Information

•  The Games for Health initiative § Leading professional community in the field of health games § Games for Health Journal § Games for Health Europe Conference § Game for Health Conference

•  Games for Change (http://www.gamesforchange.org)

•  The Fun Theory (http://www.thefuntheory.com)

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Apps for Medicine, Health, and Home-Care - May 8, 2014

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