Digital Game Design for Older Adults: A Conceptual Framework

Nurul Farinah Mohsin; Suriati Khartini Jali; Sylvester Arnab; Mohaman Imran Bandan; Nurfauza  Jali; Amelia Jati Robert Jupit

doi:10.37934/araset.54.2.7988

Digital Game Design for Older Adults: A Conceptual Framework

Nurul Farinah Mohsin, Suriati Khartini Jali, Sylvester Arnab, Mohaman Imran Bandan, Nurfauza Jali, Amelia Jati Robert Jupit

Research Centre in Postdigital Cultures

Universiti Malaysia Sarawak

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Abstract

The digital revolution, particularly digital games, can potentially improve older adults' lives. However, the commercialised digital games on the market are not designed specifically to help this demographic cope with the adverse effects of ageing. There are no specific guidelines or frameworks that consider the andragogy principles. We aimed to address our research question: How can older adults’ game experience influence design consideration? and discusses a framework that could aid the design and development of digital games focusing on older adults and their gaming experience. Mixed-method approach is used in this study, consisting of four stages in the research design. This article introduces and discusses thepurpose, design, play and experience (PDPE) framework which has informed the development of a game prototype that was used to validate the framework by investigating older adults’ experiences

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	79-88
Number of pages	10
Journal	Journal of Advanced Research in Applied Sciences and Engineering Technology
Volume	54
Issue number	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.37934/araset.54.2.7988
Publication status	Published - 31 Dec 2024

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This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative
Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/),
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Funding

This research is fully supported by the Kementerian Pengajian Tinggi Malaysia, Fundamental Research Grant Scheme, FRGS/1/2019/ICT01/UNIMAS/03/1. The authors fully acknowledged the Ministry of Higher Education (MOHE) and the Faculty of Computer Science and Information Technology, Universiti Malaysia Sarawak for the approved fund, as well as the Institute for Tourism Research and Innovation for supporting this work, making this important research viable and effective

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Malaysian Ministry of Higher Education	FRGS/1/2019/ICT01/UNIMAS/03/1.
Universiti Malaysia Sarawak

Keywords

Andragogy
digital games
older adults
mixed-method approach
framework

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1 Conference proceeding

The andragogical perspectives of older people's interaction with digital game technologies: Gameplay on gesture and touch-based platforms
Jali, S. K. & Arnab, S., Oct 2016, Proceedings of the European Conference on Games-based Learning. Boyle, L. & Connolly, T. M. (eds.). Reading, UK: Academic Conferences and Publishing International Limited, Vol. 2016. p. 319-326 8 p.
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