A serious game to inform young citizens on canal water maintenance

Yoeri Appel; Yordan Dimitrov; Sjoerd Gnodde; Natasja van Heerden; Pieter Kools; Daniël Swaab; Nestor Z. Salamon; J. Timothy Balint; Rafael Bidarra

doi:10.1007/978-3-030-34350-7_38

A serious game to inform young citizens on canal water maintenance

Yoeri Appel, Yordan Dimitrov, Sjoerd Gnodde, Natasja van Heerden, Pieter Kools, Daniël Swaab, Nestor Z. Salamon, J. Timothy Balint, Rafael Bidarra^*

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Abstract

In order to support the creation of sustainable and healthy ecosystems, citizens should have knowledge of the necessary maintenance needed. For example, they should be aware of the challenges of maintaining proper urban surface waters, so that they can take on a responsible and proactive role. Ideally, citizens should acquire this knowledge from an early age. We describe the design, implementation, and evaluation of the serious game Hydro Hero, aimed at forming and reinforcing this awareness and reasoning. Hydro Hero is an infinite runner game with extended minigames, which show both what should not be on the canals as well as why they should be removed. We assessed the ability of Hydro Hero to teach young children about canal maintenance by combining a questionnaire with open-ended play-testing sessions at a science museum. On average, players were able to improve their ability to justify why certain items should be removed or left in a canal. It has not been fully confirmed that Hydro Hero conveyed this specific knowledge, due to the absence of quizzing beforehand. However, given the high participants’ engagement, we consider the game to have contributed to their awareness about the importance of canal cleaning for a sustainable urban environment.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Games and Learning Alliance- 8th International Conference, GALA 2019, Proceedings
Editors	Antonios Liapis, Georgios N. Yannakakis, Manuel Gentile, Manuel Ninaus
Place of Publication	Cham
Publisher	Springer
Pages	394-403
Number of pages	10
ISBN (Electronic)	978-3-030-34350-7
ISBN (Print)	978-3-030-34349-1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-34350-7_38
Publication status	Published - 2019
Event	8th International Conference on Games and Learning Alliance, GALA 2019 - Athens, Greece Duration: 27 Nov 2019 → 29 Nov 2019

Publication series

Name	Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)
Volume	11899
ISSN (Print)	0302-9743
ISSN (Electronic)	1611-3349

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Conference	8th International Conference on Games and Learning Alliance, GALA 2019
Country/Territory	Greece
City	Athens
Period	27/11/19 → 29/11/19

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Keywords

Behavior change
Educational games
Urban water

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Appel, Y., Dimitrov, Y., Gnodde, S., van Heerden, N., Kools, P., Swaab, D., Salamon, N. Z., Balint, J. T., & Bidarra, R. (2019). A serious game to inform young citizens on canal water maintenance. In A. Liapis, G. N. Yannakakis, M. Gentile, & M. Ninaus (Eds.), Games and Learning Alliance- 8th International Conference, GALA 2019, Proceedings (pp. 394-403). (Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics); Vol. 11899 ). Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-34350-7_38

Appel, Yoeri ; Dimitrov, Yordan ; Gnodde, Sjoerd et al. / A serious game to inform young citizens on canal water maintenance. Games and Learning Alliance- 8th International Conference, GALA 2019, Proceedings. editor / Antonios Liapis ; Georgios N. Yannakakis ; Manuel Gentile ; Manuel Ninaus. Cham : Springer, 2019. pp. 394-403 (Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)).

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Appel Y, Dimitrov Y, Gnodde S, van Heerden N, Kools P, Swaab D et al. A serious game to inform young citizens on canal water maintenance. In Liapis A, Yannakakis GN, Gentile M, Ninaus M, editors, Games and Learning Alliance- 8th International Conference, GALA 2019, Proceedings. Cham: Springer. 2019. p. 394-403. (Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)). doi: 10.1007/978-3-030-34350-7_38

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