Title :
The psychology serious game prototype for preschool children
Author :
Szczesna, Agnieszka ; Grudzinski, Jakub ; Grudzinski, Tomasz ; Mikuszewski, Robert ; Debowski, Adrian
Author_Institution :
Inst. of Inf., Silesian Univ. of Technol., Gliwice, Poland
Abstract :
Computer games are more and more used for serious purposes not only for entertainment. In few last years we can observe very fast market development of serious games. They are used to education, simulation, research, health and therapy purposes. This paper describes the prototype of the game in psychology Mission - Master Your Fear. This game is a serious game based on a specialist scenario with some therapeutic goals. This game focuses on issues and problems of preschool children.
Keywords :
computer games; patient treatment; psychology; Mission-Master Your Fear game; computer games; preschool children; psychology serious game prototype; specialist scenario; therapeutic goal; Animals; Games; Pediatrics; Prototypes; Psychology; Three dimensional displays; serious games in psychology; therapeutic goals;
Conference_Titel :
Serious Games and Applications for Health (SeGAH), 2011 IEEE 1st International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Braga
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4673-0433-7
DOI :
10.1109/SeGAH.2011.6165435