User-Centered Design of an Online Mobile Game Suite to Affect Well-Being of Older Adults

Isabelle Kniestedt; Stephan Lukosch; Frances Brazier

doi:10.1007/978-3-319-99426-0_44

User-Centered Design of an Online Mobile Game Suite to Affect Well-Being of Older Adults

Isabelle Kniestedt, Stephan Lukosch, Frances Brazier

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This paper describes the ongoing design process of Pocket Odyssey, an online multi-player game suite designed for mobile phones that supports older adults in maintaining their physical, social, and mental well-being. It has been designed to provide engaging gameplay that supports positive emotion, fosters online social connections between players, enables play with others in a player’s physical surroundings, and integrates tasks that exercise physical and cognitive skills. This paper discusses the user-centered design approach that takes entertainment preferences, views on technology, and aspects of life that older adults consider meaningful as a basis. Based on the results of an exploratory survey and a series of workshops with the user group, this paper presents the initial game concept and the rationale behind its design. Finally, it describes early prototyping efforts and future activities.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Proceedings of 17th IFIP TC 14 International Conference
Subtitle of host publication	Entertainment Computing – ICEC 2018
Publisher	Springer
Pages	355-361
Volume	11112
ISBN (Electronic)	978-3-319-99426-0
ISBN (Print)	978-3-319-99425-3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-99426-0_44
Publication status	Published - 2018

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Name	Lecture Notes in Computer Science
Publisher	Springer
Volume	11112
ISSN (Print)	0302-9743
ISSN (Electronic)	1611-3349

Keywords

User-centered design
Game
Well-being
Older adults

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User-Centered Design of an Online Mobile Game Suite to Affect Well-Being of Older Adults. / Kniestedt, Isabelle; Lukosch, Stephan; Brazier, Frances.
Proceedings of 17th IFIP TC 14 International Conference: Entertainment Computing – ICEC 2018. Vol. 11112 Springer, 2018. p. 355-361 (Lecture Notes in Computer Science ; Vol. 11112).

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