Designing games to motivate physical activity

Shlomo Berkovsky; Dipak Bhandari; Stephen Kimani; Nathalie Colineau; Cécile Paris

doi:10.1145/1541948.1541996

Designing games to motivate physical activity

Shlomo Berkovsky^*, Dipak Bhandari, Stephen Kimani, Nathalie Colineau, Cécile Paris

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School of Computing

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Abstract

Engagement with computer games causes children and adolescent users to spend a substantial amount of time at sedentary game playing activity. We hypothesise that this engagement can be leveraged to motivate users to increase their amount of physical activity. In this paper, we present a novel approach for designing computer games, according to which the users' physical activity reinforces their game character. This way the users are seamlessly motivated to perform physical activity while maintaining their enjoyment of playing the game.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Proceedings of the 4th International Conference on Persuasive Technology, Persuasive'09
Number of pages	4
Volume	350
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1145/1541948.1541996
Publication status	Published - 2009
Event	4th International Conference on Persuasive Technology, Persuasive'09 - Claremont, CA, United States Duration: 26 Apr 2009 → 29 Apr 2009

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Other	4th International Conference on Persuasive Technology, Persuasive'09
Country/Territory	United States
City	Claremont, CA
Period	26/04/09 → 29/04/09

Keywords

Engagement
Game design
Motivation
Physical activity

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