@inproceedings{55e2cfcadeb84ecdb5b7e308fc54d6f6,
title = "Puppy Island: theory-driven design of a serious game for young children with cystic fibrosis",
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{\textquoteright}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.",
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",
author = "Mitchell McEwan and Cody Phillips and Peta Wyeth and Daniel Johnson",
year = "2020",
doi = "10.1145/3392063.3394435",
language = "English",
isbn = "9781450379816",
series = "Proceedings of the Interaction Design and Children Conference, IDC 2020",
publisher = "Association for Computing Machinery (ACM)",
pages = "532--540",
booktitle = "Proceedings of the Interaction Design and Children Conference, IDC 2020",
address = "United States",
note = "Interaction Design and Children Conference (19th: 2020), IDC '20 ; Conference date: 17-06-2020 Through 24-06-2020",
}