Development of an educational game about the periodic table using user-centered design

Abstract

This document summarizes the process of development of my Final Degree Project for Video Game Design and Development in the Jaume I University. The objective is to develop part of a serious game using user-centered design and putting into practice one of the most popular educational game design frameworks at the moment, Learning Mechanics - Game Mechanics framework. During the development of this game, the intention is to find out how compatible this framework is with the user-centred model and whether it also allows the creation of games that respond to current proposals for gamifying the classroom. This game in question is a card game aimed at high school students in order to help them learning the periodic table. It ranges from the analysis of problems and difficulties experienced by students, through the design of mechanics, artistic design and implementation, to end with testing that corroborated if the design requirements meet the needs of the student.