A Framework for the Development of Serious Games for Assessment

摘要

The entertaining nature of video games have led to their use for serious purposes, such as in education or assessment, where they become known as serious games (SG). Developing a serious game is a complex task. To reduce this complexity, researchers focus on modeling and code generation tools. Nonetheless, they still fall behind when they try to fit all SG requirements or to cover different game genre within the currently suggested approaches. In our research, we propose a new modeling framework that ease the design and development process of serious game for assessment (SGA). This framework allows the pedagogue to define the game general structure using UML and the game logic using a new DSL language, which is easier and more accessible to non-technical experts. As a proof of concept, we show how two different games can be designed and developed using our framework.