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Smart Icebreaker: basic design for a serious game that promotes intimacy among group members

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VRCAI '13: Proceedings of the 12th ACM SIGGRAPH International Conference on Virtual-Reality Continuum and Its Applications in Industry

Pages 299 - 302

https://doi.org/10.1145/2534329.2534373

Published: 17 November 2013 Publication History

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Smart Icebreaker is a serious game for promoting intimacy among group members. Several studies on serious games have attempted to explore the functional purposes and the entertainment aspect of these games. In particular, on-going game research specifically targets basic relationship set-ups to enhance teambuilding. However, these studies do not cover fundamental personal relationship aspects, such as the psychological or the communicative aspects of the game players. Our previous research created a basic workflow in terms of communication and psychology theory using results from a workshop with first-year university students. Based on this workflow, the present study creates a basic design an outline for a serious game named "Smart Icebreaker." First, a basic scenario consisting of three stages and five levels is formulated. Second, a detailed scenario, termed Level 1, is created. Level 1 consists of two parts: Create Face and Ranking. Third, based on the scenario, a system diagram for a prototype is proposed.

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VRCAI '13: Proceedings of the 12th ACM SIGGRAPH International Conference on Virtual-Reality Continuum and Its Applications in Industry

November 2013

325 pages

ISBN:9781450325905

DOI:10.1145/2534329

General Chairs:
Charlie C. L. Wang
The Chinese University of Hong Kong, China
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Nadia Magnenat-Thalmann
Nanyang Technological University, Singapore and MIRALab, University of Geneva, Switzerland
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Zhigeng Pan
Hangzhou Normal University, China

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Tu S(2024)Closeness facilitating interaction among Japanese learners of EnglishAILA Review10.1075/aila.24014.tuOnline publication date: 31-Oct-2024
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Slegers KBleumers LMaurer BKrischkowsky ABlythe MGeerts DNouwen Mvan Beek ESlegers KChocron Miranda FBleumers L(2020)Using the SGDA Framework to Design and Evaluate Research GamesSimulation and Gaming10.1177/104687811880882650:3(272-301)Online publication date: 18-Jun-2020
https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1177/1046878118808826

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