This document discusses the use of serious games for health purposes. It defines serious games as games used for purposes other than entertainment, such as those used in healthcare, education, and other fields. It discusses how serious games can be used to address different stages of illness and promote healthy habits. It also covers concepts like gamification, where game elements are used to encourage behavior change, and provides examples of elements that make games engaging like objectives, rules and resources. The document suggests serious games could be developed involving game designers, therapists and patients to address healthcare issues while considering constraints and monitoring progress.

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Gaming for a Better Health
The principles of gaming for personalized healthcare.

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serious games
games used for purposes other
than mere entertainment

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Serious Games
Government
Military
Games for Health
Higher Ed
Eduware
Prep/K-12
Home School
Corporate
NGO
Foundations
Non Profits
Trade Associations
Individuals
Federal
State
Local
Political
Statements
Hobbyist/Mods
Advergaming
Training
Analytics

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games for health
deal with the different phases of illness development
deal with healthy habits such as exercise

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Serious games purpose related to stage of disease

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Classification of serious games for health by player

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designing games for health

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commercial video games for health
gamification for health activities
games designed for health

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Gamification
• Gamification is about understanding what makes the game
successful and engaging and then using the same principles to
other situations which are not themselves, games
• Typical tools are points, badges, and leaderboards
• Nike+ is the most known example of gamification for fitness
• Speed camera lottery
§ Photo all drivers.
§ Distribute collected fines
to ‘good’ drivers
§ Average speed dropped
from 32 to 25 km/h
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game design 101

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What are the Elements that make up a Game?
• Players
§ Games are experiences designed for players that require their
active participation, their lusory attitude (music is not)
• Objectives
§ Games have objectives that lay out specific goals for the
players (watching a movies poses no goal)
§ Without them the experience loses its structure
• Rules Procedures
§ Games are defined in terms of the players’ can and cannot
• Resources
§ To achieve the game objectives, the players might need to
collect or have certain game valuable elements
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objectives + rules = conflict

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game
developers
therapists
patients
(players)
constraints
monitoring

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Further Information
• The Games for Health initiative
§ Leading professional community in the field of health games
§ Games for Health Journal
§ Games for Health Europe Conference
§ Game for Health Conference
• Games for Change (http://www.gamesforchange.org)
• The Fun Theory (http://www.thefuntheory.com)
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