Serious Games Development and Applications

1. Front Matter

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2. Games for Health

   1. PhysioVinci – A First Approach on a Physical Rehabilitation Game

      • Tiago Martins, Miguel Araújo, Vitor Carvalho, Filomena Soares, Luís Torrão

      Pages 1-9

   2. A Pilot Evaluation of a Therapeutic Game Applied to Small Animal Phobia Treatment

      • Maja Wrzesien, Mariano Alcañiz, Cristina Botella, Jean-Marie Burkhardt, Juana Breton Lopez, Alejandro Rodriguez Ortega

      Pages 10-20

   3. Effect of Ecological Gestures on the Immersion of the Player in a Serious Game

      • Nicolas Bourgault, Bruno Bouchard, Bob-Antoine J. Menelas

      Pages 21-33

   4. Using Serious Games for Cognitive Disabilities

      • Rita Marques Tomé, João Madeiras Pereira, Manuel Oliveira

      Pages 34-47

   5. Atmosphaeres – 360° Video Environments for Stress and Pain Management

      • Eric Fassbender, Wolfgang Heiden

      Pages 48-58

3. Games for Medical Training

   1. Sense: An Interactive Learning Application That Visualizes the Nerve Supply of Face

      • Yeshwanth Pulijala, Minhua Ma

      Pages 59-67

   2. Sepsis Fast Track: A Serious Game for Medical Decision Making

      • Claudia Ribeiro, Micaela Monteiro, João Madeiras Pereira, Tiago Antunes, Jannicke Baalsrud Hauge

      Pages 68-81

4. Serious Games for Children

   1. iBUAT: Paper Prototyping of Interactive Game Design Authoring Tool for Children

      • Laili Farhana Md Ibharim, Maizatul Hayati Mohamad Yatim

      Pages 82-92

   2. A Review of Serious Games for Children with Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD)

      • Hanan Makki Zakari, Minhua Ma, David Simmons

      Pages 93-106

   3. Jumru 5s – A Game Engine for Serious Games

      • Natascha Schweiger, Katharina Meusburger, Helmut Hlavacs, Manuel Sprung

      Pages 107-118

5. Music and Sound Effects

   1. Serious Music Game Design and Testing

      • Szu-Ming Chung

      Pages 119-133

   2. Immersive Composition for Sensory Rehabilitation: 3D Visualisation, Surround Sound, and Synthesised Music to Provoke Catharsis and Healing

      • Jessica Argo, Minhua Ma, Christoph Kayser

      Pages 134-149

6. Games for Other Purposes

   1. Gaming the Future of the Ocean: The Marine Spatial Planning Challenge 2050

      • Igor Mayer, Qiqi Zhou, Xander Keijser, Lodewijk Abspoel

      Pages 150-162

   2. Off the Beaten Track! The Infinite Scotland Serious Game Design Approach

      • John Truesdale, Neil Suttie, Sandy Louchart, Ruth Aylett

      Pages 163-175

   3. Measuring the Commercial Outcomes of Serious Games in Companies – A Review

      • Johann C. K. H. Riedel, Yanan Feng, Aida Azadegan, Margarida Romero, Mireia Usart, Jannicke Baalsrud Hauge

      Pages 176-191

   4. Designing and Testing a Racing Car Serious Game Module

      • Babatunde Adejumobi, Nathan Franck, Michael Janzen

      Pages 192-198

   5. The Construction of Serious Games Supporting Creativity in Student Labs

      • Heiko Duin, Klaus-Dieter Thoben

      Pages 199-212

7. Game Design and Theories

   1. The Choice of Serious Games and Gamification

      • Manuel Oliveira, Sobah Petersen

      Pages 213-223

8. Back Matter

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This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 5th International Conference on Serious Games Development and Applications, SGDA 2014, held in Berlin, Germany, in October 2014. The 14 revised full papers presented together with 4 short papers were carefully reviewed and selected from 31 submissions. The focus of the papers was on the following: games for health, games for medical training, serious games for children, music and sound effects, games for other purposes, and game design and theories.

• augmented reality
• computer games
• cultural heritage
• game based learning
• game theory and mechanism design
• interactive games
• interactive learning environments
• interface design
• medical education
• multimedia information systems
• reinforcement learning
• serious games
• social media
• therapeutic games
• virtual worlds training simulations

• Digital Design Studio, Glasgow School of Art, Glasgow, UK

  Minhua Ma

• Industrial Management SINTEF Technology and Society, Norway

  Manuel Fradinho Oliveira

• Bremen Institute for Production & Logistics (BIBA), University of Bremen, Bremen, Germany

  Jannicke Baalsrud Hauge

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