Serious games and gamification

Essential questions to ask for success

Context

Entertaining content

Budget

Deployment

Project management

Technologies

Target audience

Serious games and gamification

• What exactly is the problem I want to address?

• Consequently, what is the general objective of the Serious Game?

• Have teaching aids and media already been produced?

• Will the Serious Game be combined with other training methods?

• What is the appropriate context for offering a serious game ?

• For which subject a serious game can ba relevant ?

• Should tests be carried out before hand ?

• What are the main deadlines to be set?

• What internal resources will be required to join the project team?

• How many people should work on it ?

• What project management should you adopt to design a serious game ?

• Should the development of a project be divided into several phases?

• How can I convince my management to invest in a Serious Game?

• How do I choose the right service provider to develop my project?

• which skills are necessary ?

• What is the overall budget for the project?

• Does the budget include internal manpower?

• Does the budget include the costs of materials and infrastructure?

• Does the budget include the costs of operation, project management and promotion?

• What are the different arguments for the institution to commit a certain budget?

• What type of game seems most appropriate?

• How many scenarios should be included?

• How many sets should be modelled?

• How many interactive objects will be used?

• How many factors, endogenous or exogenous, will be involved?

• What level of interactivity is expected?

• Should there be several levels of difficulty?

• Is a multi-player mode relevant?

• What platforms will be used?

• What graphics technology will be used?

• What level of graphic realism?

• What level of situational realism?

• What Human-Computer Interfaces will be used?

• What will be the software environment?

• Do the audience get the IT devices required ?

• Will the Serious Game need to be connected to an LMS?

• What network infrastructure will be required?

• What software will i use to make ma serious game ?

• How to effectively disseminate the Serious Game?

• Will the Serious Game be deployed in conjunction with social networks?

• How to effectively promote the Serious Game internally?

• How to support the change?

• What is the expected lifespan?

• What are the possibilities of evolution?

• Who will be the end users?
• Gamification suitable for all audiences ?
• Is serious game relevant for any kind of audience ?
• Has my target audience already used a serial game ?