Castelo de areia: Game to exercise creativity through storytelling

摘要

This paper aims to discuss the game Sandcastle (Castelo de Areia), a virtual story generator in which children can use their preferred characters, like princesses or super heroes, add images and sounds that thay made by theirselves or get from a library, and put together in a book that can be saved and shared. In children's recreational therapies such as game therapy, one of the ways that professionals uses to understand the important issues of child development and aspects of their relationship with friends and familiars is through fantasy. In this sense, children's books and fairy and folk tales are important tools. On the other hand, the games bring the playful aspect in the educational universe, helping educators to better understand certain aspects of child development. The proposal of Sand Castle game is, in addition of being a fun tool, be an useful instrument to aid in therapeutic and educational processes. Designed for tablets, it can be used by children from 4 years.