Movers and Shakers: Conversation and Conflict in a Serious Game for Tablets

Movers and Shakers is a tablet-based serious game that explores how subversive game design can foster meaningful conversational conflict beyond outside the game’s digital screens. This two-player strategy puzzle was developed at the Singapore-MIT GAMBIT Game Lab and is used as a research tool to exp...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Mitgutsch, Konstantin, Schirra, Steven, Verrilli, Sara, Eberhardt, Richard
Format: Article
Language:en_US
Published: 2015
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/100397
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Summary:Movers and Shakers is a tablet-based serious game that explores how subversive game design can foster meaningful conversational conflict beyond outside the game’s digital screens. This two-player strategy puzzle was developed at the Singapore-MIT GAMBIT Game Lab and is used as a research tool to explore novel challenges in multiplayer serious games. The project provides insights into the affordances and challenges of mobile serious games for co-located players.