Gameplay Bricks Model, a Theoretical Framework to Match Game Mechanics and Cognitive Functions

Autor: Julian Alvarez, Grégory Ben-Sadoun
Přispěvatelé: Centre de Recherche sur l'Autonomie et la Longévité [CHU Angers] (CeRAL [CHU Angers]), Mobilités : Vieillissement, Pathologie, Santé (COMETE), Université de Caen Normandie (UNICAEN), Normandie Université (NU)-Normandie Université (NU)-Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM), Centre de Recherche en Informatique, Signal et Automatique de Lille - UMR 9189 (CRIStAL), Centrale Lille-Université de Lille-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)
Rok vydání: 2022
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Zdroj: Games and Culture
Games and Culture, 2022, pp.155541202210809. ⟨10.1177/15554120221080925⟩
ISSN: 1555-4139
1555-4120
DOI: 10.1177/15554120221080925
Popis: International audience; This article investigated whether it is possible to establish correspondences between game mechanics and particular cognitive stimulations. There are many challenges to prevent and treat cognitive decline with aging or neurocognitive disease. Observing difficulties to establish such correspondences in the scientific literature, we proposed to move away from “classification by genre” or any other type of taxonomy that deviates from the framework of the “Rules/Formal schemas” and the “set of rules” component of the gameplay. Thus, we proposed the Gameplay Bricks model as a theoretical framework for Video Game (VG) and Serious Games (SG). We jointly relied on a framework on fractionated executive functions, memory, and attention. The Gameplay Bricks model currently identifies 14 major Metabricks (game mechanics) through seven Metabricks of obligations and seven of prohibitions. We have proposed first correspondences accompanied by examples from the VG-SGs. The limits and perspectives of these first matches were then discussed.
Databáze: OpenAIRE