TOWARDS THE CREATION OF A CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK IN THE CONTEXT OF GAMERS4NATURE TOOLKIT TO GAME DESIGN

摘要

Encouraging learners to create their own games reveals learning outcomes beyond conventional learning and thinking. Aiming to encourage the active participation of youngsters in the creation of mobile games related with environmental conservation, a Toolkit to Game Design was developed in the context of the Gamers4Nature project. This paper describes a fundamental step in this process, the definition the Gamers4Nature Toolkit to Game Design conceptual framework. The framework emerged from a literature review on game concepts and game design and from discussions, in the format of individual interviews and focus groups sessions held with experts and designers/developers in the game field (N=14). The framework, which approaches game design as a dynamic system, evolving around narrative, goals and outcome, was adopted as the basis for the construction of the game construction cards set, one of the Toolkit's resources. The Toolkit can be considered as a dynamic and useful approach for the development of strategies designed to support game design activities.