Building creative literacy skills through cooperative and competitive gameplay (a case study)

• Type: Article in International Conference Proceedings Book
• Date: 2019

Authors

Pedro Cardoso (Author) FBAUP; José Raimundo (Author) FEUP; António Coelho (Author) FEUP; Miguel Carvalhais (Author) FBAUP; João Jacob (Author) FEUP

Conference proceedings International

Title: 10TH CONFERENCE ON VIDEOGAME SCIENCES AND ARTS

Pages: 183-200

Other information

Abstract (EN): This paper presents our research on a collaborative play-oriented framework for creative literacy, a much-needed skill to improvise solutions in today’s competitive setting. Although digital media has democratised tools and resources, it also contributes to the risk of alienating one’s personal creative potential, and/or replacing it with technical expertise, leading one to arrive to solutions that are not creative but simply express the affordances of the medium/ system being used. We believe that games are able to address this issue effectively, because they are able to generate experiences focused on the exchange and articulation of knowledge between people, while being focused on problem-solving strategies. To explore how games can be used for such purposes we present a case study – See, Hear, Touch no Evil –, a multiplayer, role and turn-based game where players are free to compete, cooperate or collaborate with the intent of stimulating emergent gameplay. We chose this because creative choices often call for the ability to accommodate opposing perspectives in order to trigger unexpected solutions.

Language: English

Type (Professor's evaluation): Scientific

No. of pages: 18