Development of an interactive experience to highlight the gambling addiction caused by betting houses and his consequences in the affected ones'live

Abstract

This document represents the Final Degree Work report of Jorge Nieto Morales in Video Game Design and Development. This work consists of a videogame which shows the daily life of an affected by the gambling addiction caused by sports bettings in betting houses or another kind of gambling. The videogame put the player in the skin of a man with a gambling addiction who tries to get over this situation and continue with his life while he is trying to avoid different elements which could make him return to betting habits. Every intern battle between the main character and these temptations is represented by different puzzles or minigames that the player has to pass. This experience is accompanied by conversations with NPC’s who offer their opinion on the gambling houses and related topics.