Reinforcing youth reading habits through text-based games

摘要

A text-based game is a type of video games that primarily uses writing and text characters to engage players with minimal to no graphics. With the availability of smartphones and tablets, text-based games have been seeing a resurgence in popularity. At the same time, most youths nowadays prefer using their smartphones rather than reading books. In this paper we will discuss the possibility of using text-based games to motivate and/or develop a reading habit for youths.