Most Important in the Design: Focus on the Users' Needs, a Case Study

摘要

This paper presents the design process of the rehabilitation game “Gardener” that was carried out within the StrokeBack project as a case study. The game was developed for the purpose that stroke patients with upper limb injuries should carry out flexion and extension movements with their fingers several times in a row constantly. During the development, the developers did not only perform the alpha testing with stroke patients, but they were in connection with the therapists and were seeking for their views at the creation of each new version. As a result, the “Gardener” game is not only useful, but also a delightful rehabilitation game for patients.