TimeCraX: Time-travelling to learn history

• DOI: 10.22533/at.ed.7421925013

• Palavras-chave: ATENA

• Keywords: history learning; timeline; educational game

• Abstract:

  The work described in this paper,

  focus on the conceptual development of an

  educational game for History learning. One of

  the challenges for this task is to avoid a logical

  sequentialization of historical events, giving the

  player an opportunity to contact with a reality

  in construction. Another challenge is that the

  game should have a cooperative mechanics.

  According to this model, players are on the

  same side and win, or lose, together (VASEL;

  PHILLIES, 2012). To cope with these challenges,

  we choose to ignore one of the basic rules of

  game design (ADAMS, 2014), taking the role

  of a hero to the player and giving him the role

  to assist the other players. An analogy can be

  made with an astronaut, supported by a team on

  earth with different functions and personalities.

  According to the cooperation proposal,

  players should work together to repair a time

  machine allowing a safe return to the present,

  collecting materials and information necessary

  to keep it working and preventing breaking the

  spacial-temporal continuum. We seek player

  engagement, allowing them to make decisions,

  feel tension and assume risks, and, at the same

  time, exchange information between them,

  associated to the game narrative. We hope that

  this approach builds a collaborative learning

  context, responsibility for the decisions and

  collaborative teamwork to achieve a common

  goal: to win.

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