Social User Generated Content's Effect on Creativity in Educational Games

摘要

BeadLoom Game (BLG) is an educational puzzle game developed by adding game elements to a free-play educational tool called the Virtual Bead Loom (VBL). To motivate students who prefer the creative freedom of VBL, we added Custom Puzzle mode to BLG so players can create, share, and rate user-generated puzzles. We compare VBL and BLG Custom Puzzles to show that this mode increases the creativity and complexity of student work.