From Cultural Probes Tasks to Gamified Virtual Energy Missions

This paper proposes a gamification design of a Cultural Probes (CP) in the context of the Smart Grid. CP is a well-known HCI technique used to inform and inspire applications design. Gamification aims to enhance the participation of users in CP tasks. Participants are children who develop tasks to provide designers with information about families' habits of energy consumption, and their knowledge and interest in energy related issues. We use a narrative that engages the player in the mission of saving people wasting energy crazily, under the influence of an evil wizard.

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K. Samso

I. Rodríguez

A. Puig

D. Tellols

F. Escribano

S. Alloza

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Publication date: July 2017

Publication date (Print): July 2017

Pages: 1-6

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[0001]Dep. Matemàtiques i Informàtica

Gran via, 585, Bcn, 08007 Spain

[0002]Gamification Research Dep.

Gecon, St. Feliu de Ll. Bcn

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DOI: 10.14236/ewic/HCI2017.79

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Conference name: Proceedings of the 31st International BCS Human Computer Interaction Conference (HCI 2017)

Conference acronym: HCI

Conference number: 31

Conference location: Sunderland, UK

Conference date: 3 - 6 July 2017

Conference sponsor: Electronic Workshops in Computing (eWiC)

Conference theme: digital make-believe, with delegates considering our expansive

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P. WyethC. Diercke 2006 Designing cultural probes for children In Proceedings of the 18th Australia Conference on ComputerHuman Interaction: Design: Activities, Artefacts and Environments, OZCHI ’06 New York, NY, USA 385 388 ACM

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[1] D. Barrios-O’NeillA. Hook 2016 Future energy networks and the role of interactive gaming as simulation Futures 81 119 129 Modelling and Simulation in Futures Studies

[2] S. DeterdingD. DixonR. KhaledL. Nacke 2011 From game design elements to game-fulness: Defining ”gamification” In Proceedings of the 15th International Academic MindTrek Conference: Envisioning Future Media Environments MindTrek ’11, New York, NY, USA 9 15 ACM

[3] D. Dixon 2011 Player types and gamification. In Proceedings of the Chi 2011 Workshop Gamification: Using Game Design Elements in Non-Game context 41 43 ACM

[4] T. Dubbelman 2016 Narrative game mechanics. In Interactive Storytelling International Conference on Interactive Digital Storytelling 2016 Lecture Notes in Computer Science Springer

[5] B. GaverT. DunneE. Pacenti 1999 January Design: Cultural probes Interactions 6 1 21 29

[6] R. GennariA. MelonioS. Torello 2016 Gamified probes for cooperative learning: a case study Multimedia Tools and Applications 1 25

[7] O. S. IversenC. Nielsen 2003 Using digital cultural probes in design with children In Proceedings of the 2003 Conference on Interaction Design and Children, IDC ’03 New York, NY, USA 154 154 ACM

[8] S. JimenezF. Escribano 2017 Gamification model canvas Visited on January 2017 http://gecon.es/wp-content/uploads/2016/0/gamification model canvas v02.pdf

[9] B. MarquesK. Nixon 2013 Sept The gamified grid: Possibilities for utilising game-based motivational psychology to empower the smart social grid 2013 Africon 1 5

[10] Oracle 2016 opower Visited on December 23 2016 https://opower.com

[11] D. TellolsK. SamsoI. RodriguezA. Puig 2016 Cultural probes for the gamification of energy awareness ACM WomENcourage 2016

[12] P. WyethC. Diercke 2006 Designing cultural probes for children In Proceedings of the 18th Australia Conference on ComputerHuman Interaction: Design: Activities, Artefacts and Environments, OZCHI ’06 New York, NY, USA 385 388 ACM

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