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Design guidelines for location-based mobile games for learning

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Nikolaos Avouris,

Christos Sintoris, and

Nikoleta YiannoutsouAuthors Info & Claims

IDC '18: Proceedings of the 17th ACM Conference on Interaction Design and Children

June 2018

Pages 741 - 744

https://doi.org/10.1145/3202185.3205871

Published: 19 June 2018 Publication History

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The objective of this course, is to introduce participants to location-based games and the challenges relating of designing such games for children. Key characteristics of this game genre are introduced first, followed by a design framework and a set of design guidelines. Examples of location-based games will be presented and typical design patterns as extracted from previous workshops will be discussed. Typical course participants include interaction designers, game designers and developers, practitioners and researchers interested in location-based games and mobile learning.

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IDC '18: Proceedings of the 17th ACM Conference on Interaction Design and Children

June 2018

789 pages

ISBN:9781450351522

DOI:10.1145/3202185

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Michail N. Giannakos
Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Norway
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Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Norway
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Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Norway

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