Diretrizes para o design de jogos sérios educativos com foco na satisfação do jogador

Abstract

Player enjoyment is generally approached in the evaluation of games and aims to know the elements that please and motivates the player. There are models proposed for accom plishing this task, such as GameFlow and EGameFlow, the latter specifically dedicated to educational games. In this manner, player enjoyment can only be evaluated a posteriori. This work approaches the development of serious games with educational purposes while considering player enjoyment in its design. In this context, this work relates the GameFlow and EGameFlow models with design elements of digital games to propose a set of guidelines for designing educational serious games focusing on player enjoyment. The guidelines were applied in the design of the game Geoplano PIX, later evaluated with students of elementary schools, and showed potential for achieving player enjoyment.