Puppy Island: theory-driven design of a serious game for young children with cystic fibrosis

Mitchell McEwan; Cody Phillips; Peta Wyeth; Daniel Johnson

doi:10.1145/3392063.3394435

Puppy Island

theory-driven design of a serious game for young children with cystic fibrosis

Mitchell McEwan, Cody Phillips, Peta Wyeth, Daniel Johnson

Department of Computing

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Abstract

This paper outlines the theory-driven design and development of Puppy Island, a serious game for children aged three to five who are living with the chronic illness cystic fibrosis. Puppy Island differs from typical serious games, as its central learning and design objectives relate to long-term wellbeing and empowerment rather than short-term knowledge transfer. The Early Years Learning Framework and Self-Determination Theory informed the design and development of the iPad prototype, while domain experts from industry, academia and the broader cystic fibrosis community were consulted to establish user requirements and evaluate the iterative designs. We analyse the development process, domain expert feedback, and how the game’s features relate to core theoretical pillars in order to highlight key lessons that can be applied to future work on serious games with comparable aims or target audiences.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Proceedings of the Interaction Design and Children Conference, IDC 2020
Place of Publication	New York, NY, USA
Publisher	Association for Computing Machinery (ACM)
Pages	532-540
Number of pages	9
ISBN (Electronic)	9781450379816
ISBN (Print)	9781450379816
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1145/3392063.3394435
Publication status	Published - 2020
Event	Interaction Design and Children Conference (19th: 2020) - Virtual, London, United Kingdom Duration: 17 Jun 2020 → 24 Jun 2020

Publication series

Name	Proceedings of the Interaction Design and Children Conference, IDC 2020

Conference

Conference	Interaction Design and Children Conference (19th: 2020)
Abbreviated title	IDC '20
Country	United Kingdom
City	London
Period	17/06/20 → 24/06/20

Keywords

Serious Games
early years education
Game Design
Self-Determination theory
cystic fibrosis (CF)
tablet computers
Video Games
Computer Games
game design
early years learning
cystic fibrosis
serious games
self-determination theory

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McEwan, M., Phillips, C., Wyeth, P., & Johnson, D. (2020). Puppy Island: theory-driven design of a serious game for young children with cystic fibrosis. In Proceedings of the Interaction Design and Children Conference, IDC 2020 (pp. 532-540). (Proceedings of the Interaction Design and Children Conference, IDC 2020). New York, NY, USA: Association for Computing Machinery (ACM). https://doi.org/10.1145/3392063.3394435

McEwan, Mitchell ; Phillips, Cody ; Wyeth, Peta ; Johnson, Daniel. / Puppy Island : theory-driven design of a serious game for young children with cystic fibrosis. Proceedings of the Interaction Design and Children Conference, IDC 2020. New York, NY, USA : Association for Computing Machinery (ACM), 2020. pp. 532-540 (Proceedings of the Interaction Design and Children Conference, IDC 2020).

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McEwan, M, Phillips, C, Wyeth, P & Johnson, D 2020, Puppy Island: theory-driven design of a serious game for young children with cystic fibrosis. in Proceedings of the Interaction Design and Children Conference, IDC 2020. Proceedings of the Interaction Design and Children Conference, IDC 2020, Association for Computing Machinery (ACM), New York, NY, USA, pp. 532-540, Interaction Design and Children Conference (19th: 2020), London, United Kingdom, 17/06/20. https://doi.org/10.1145/3392063.3394435

Puppy Island : theory-driven design of a serious game for young children with cystic fibrosis. / McEwan, Mitchell; Phillips, Cody; Wyeth, Peta; Johnson, Daniel.

Proceedings of the Interaction Design and Children Conference, IDC 2020. New York, NY, USA : Association for Computing Machinery (ACM), 2020. p. 532-540 (Proceedings of the Interaction Design and Children Conference, IDC 2020).

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McEwan M, Phillips C, Wyeth P, Johnson D. Puppy Island: theory-driven design of a serious game for young children with cystic fibrosis. In Proceedings of the Interaction Design and Children Conference, IDC 2020. New York, NY, USA: Association for Computing Machinery (ACM). 2020. p. 532-540. (Proceedings of the Interaction Design and Children Conference, IDC 2020). https://doi.org/10.1145/3392063.3394435