Investigating Consensus Representations in Serious Games: A Semantic and Structural Comparison Method for Studying Models in the Literature

👤 Authors: Madeleine Valat, Alexis Lebis, Anthony Fleury and Mathieu Vermeulen

Beyond Fun: Negative Emotions in a Persuasive Ecogame Predict Pro-Environmental Attitudes and Behaviour

👤 Authors: Moritz Edlinger, Stefan E. Huber and Manuel Ninaus

Social Gamification in Education: Do Emotional Responses Mediate Cognitive Outcomes?

👤 Authors: Franz Coelho, Cláudia Ribeiro da Silva and Ana Maria Abreu

Designing for Meaningful Momentary Engagement: The Intrinsic Integration Design Framework for Game-Based Learning

👤 Authors: Kristian Kiili and Manuel Ninaus

Musical Serious Games: A Systematic Mapping of Pedagogical and Game Design Foundations

👤 Authors: Paulo Gabriel Alves Fontana, Tadeu Moreira Classe, Eduardo Gomes de Oliveira and Ronney Moreira Castro

Effects of Graph Stimuli and Feedback on Epistemic Emotions, Motivational Conflict, and Graph-Reading Literacy during Game-based Learning

👤 Authors: Elizabeth Cloude, Eva Kormann, Carina Weichselbraun, Kaicheng Zhang, Antero Lindstedt, Kristian Kiili and Manuel Ninaus

Problem-Solving Profiles in the Puzzle Game Baba Is You: Limited Evidence for Onboarding Effects

👤 Authors: Zack Carpenter, Nasim Eshgarf and Craig Anderson

From Misconceptions to Playable Conflicts: Designing Physics-Integrated Serious Game Mechanics for Conceptual Change

👤 Authors: Katharina Richter and Michael Kickmeier-Rust

Supporting Dyslexic Learners in Computational Thinking Through a Serious Game with Text-to-Speech

👤 Authors: Rihab El Mouhtani, Mathieu Muratet and Gianluca Murgia

Open Badge Ecosystem for Video Game Development and Education: Results from a Pilot Study

👤 Authors: David Šosvald, Vít Šisler, Saija Heinonen, Ria Gynther, Daniel Cattier, Steven Malliet and Michal Roch

Designing Competitive and Cooperative Co-play Mechanics for Children’s Nutrition Learning: Insights from a Serious Game Study

👤 Authors: Ruobing Wang, Simon Hoermann, Wendy Zhang, Claudia Leong and Yanming Jiang

Designing for Breakdown: Failure Modes in AI-Mediated Implicit Game-Based Learning

👤 Authors: Julie Madelen Madshaven and Christian Walter Peter Omlin

HEPscape!: Designing a Scalable Educational Escape Room for Particle Physics

👤 Authors: Matteo Bauce and Valentina Mariani

A Framework for Analytical Learning in Flood Mitigation Using Serious Games

👤 Authors: Ammad Manan, Rogerio Da Silva and Kuo Ming Chao

Towards Design Principles for Ontology-Based Serious Games: Supporting Collaborative Value Network Design

👤 Authors: Eugene Shenderov, Eelco Braad, Austin D’Souza and Dimka Karastoyanova

A Gamified VR Escape Room for VR Privacy Awareness Education

👤 Authors: Fabian Hamm and Enes Yigitbas

Motivational Aspects of Hints in Capture-The-Flag (CTF) Learning Environment.

👤 Authors: Mahibul Abdullah Ibne Momin and Marko Helenius

To Play or Not to Play: Teachers’ Perceptions, Drivers, and Barriers to Game-Based Learning in STEM Education

👤 Authors: Simone Bassanelli, Antonio Bucchiarone, Pierpaolo Dondio and Iza Marfisi-Schottman

The evolution of serious games research: a bibliometric analysis of the International Journal of Serious Games (2014-2025)

👤 Authors: Mariana Rocha

Beyond one-size-fits-all: a systematic literature review of adaptive gamification strategies and frameworks in the age of AI

👤 Authors: Brunella Botte, Giada Marinensi, Giancarlo De Matteis, Sander Bakkes, Henk Aarts and Remco Veltkamp

Where You Struggle Matters: Context-Specific Self-Regulated Learning Behaviors during Game-Based Learning Predict Learning Outcomes

👤 Authors: Yuxuan Zhi, Qiyang Lin, Garam A. Lee and Elizabeth Cloude

Structured Onboarding for Autonomous Task Engagement in Gamified Child Assessment

👤 Authors: Angela Pasqualotto, Manon Bochud, Jessy Damas, Zeno Menestrina and Daphne Bavelier

How successful are groups at planning together relative to individuals? A study with the serious game Tik Tik.

👤 Authors: Cvetomir Dimov and Daphne Bavelier

Discovering Behavioral Dimensions in an Educational Quiz Game Using Interaction Logs

👤 Authors: Mehnuma Tabassum Omar, Nafisul Kiron and Julita Vassileva

Recognizing Threats & Defending Democracy: A Game-Based Intervention in the Civics Classroom

👤 Authors: Thomas Nygren, Maja Sjöberg and Theo Kibrat

Simulating Stakeholder Dynamics in MLOps: An LLM-Agent-Based Serious Game for Collaborative Learning

👤 Authors: Michal Slupczynski, Bela Veltrup and Stefan Decker

Avatar Beats Leaderboard: How Gamification Design Bundles Differentially Satisfy and Frustrate Basic Psychological Needs in Industrial B2B Configurators

👤 Authors: Philip Dressel and Sebastian Fischer

From Gameplay to Personal Growth: Exploring the Role of Player and Game Characteristics

👤 Authors: Imke Alenka Harbig, Eva Kališnik, Andreas Schroll and Judith Glück

Philosophy of Play Teleological Proportionality in Serious Games

👤 Authors: Avo Schönbohm

Soft Competition in Tangible Game-Based Learning for Primary Computing Education

👤 Authors: Ramona Beinstingel, Tim Sommer and Stephan Krusche

When Points Become a Problem: Cognitive Ethics of Gamification in Educational and Serious Game Design

👤 Authors: Simone Pio Barbagallo and Filippo Stanco

Serious or Not? The Convergence of Serious and Consumer Game Design and the Case for a New Taxonomy

👤 Authors: Simone Pio Barbagallo and Filippo Stanco

Braingineering: a prototype educational resource merging gamified biomedical learning with Augmented Reality

👤 Authors: John Chilton

Teacher Design Personas as a Reflective Safe Space for Conceptualizing Digital Game-Based Learning in Pre-Service Teacher Education

👤 Authors: Petra Weixelbraun

CyberOps Commander: Designing a Serious Game for Cybersecurity Leadership and Incident Command Training

👤 Authors: Jason Diakoumakos and George Lepouras

Designing for Emotionally Intelligent Leadership: The Leadership Game Design Framework

👤 Authors: Kristina Risley and Vanissa Wanick

The Assembly. A Tabletop Game About the Making of the Italian Constitution (1946-1948)

👤 Authors: Fabrizio Matarese, Mauro Mola and Enrica Bricchetto

Krillogical: a collaborative game on fallacious reasoning

👤 Authors: Bogdan Badale, Kian Sie, Sandro Karhula, Deniz Cetin, Thomas Verwaal, David van der Maas, Tzu-Hsin Hsieh, Amir Zaidi, Francesca de Rosa and Rafael Bidarra

A Gamified Course for Teaching 3D Software in Secondary Education

👤 Authors: David Jakubowicz-Schroll and René Röpke

An Immersive Game-Based Platform for Life Skills Assessment: Design Rationale, Implementation, and Early User Feedback

👤 Authors: Fabrizio Fornari, Salvatore Mica, Carlo Maria Medaglia, Simone Governatori and Francesco Bocci

Fostering Creativity and Community in a Second Language STEAM Setting through Edularp Co-Design

👤 Authors: Olivia Fischer, Hilda Tellioglu, Wolfgang Weinlich and René Röpke

AgriLemma in the classroom: A pilot study for game-based agricultural education

👤 Authors: Aashna Mittal and Daniel Magwegwe

Mapping the Facilitator Role Across Serious Games, Service Design, and Public Administration: A Cross-Domain Mapping Review

👤 Authors: Anna Sioni, Fabio Nonino and Vanissa Wanick

Designing a Mobile Game for SDGs Education: Insights from a Participatory Design Process with Young Users

👤 Authors: Lucia Vigoroso, Federico Gallucci and Niccolò Pampuro

Learning through AI-assisted educational game design: Investigating students’ learning experiences and creative agency

👤 Authors: Eemeli Eiste, Antti Koskinen and Kristian Kiili

Exploring Group Dynamics in a Collaborative Serious Games Setting: A Pilot Study Using the SYMLOG Framework

👤 Authors: Marika Mascitti and Isabella Giacchi

Breath of the Bow: an archery game on mindful breathing

👤 Authors: Waded Oudhuis, Diana Banță, Charlie Ciaś, Sahar Marossi, Boris Pavić, Maarten van der Weide, Tzu-Hsin Hsieh, Amir Zaidi, Wendy Sturrock, Fengshi Zheng and Rafael Bidarra

Developing a Decision-Support Tool for Gameful Systems: An Iterative Approach to User Study Planning

👤 Authors: Reyhaneh Ahmadi, Simone Bassanelli, Enrico Bolognesi, Yifeng Li, Nataliya Zhigalina and Luca Turchet

Towards AI-Augmented Tabletop RPGs for Active Citizenship: Integrating Large Language Models into Educational Gameplay

👤 Authors: Theo Thomas Vassalli and Giuseppe Città

Operationalizing Game Mechanics in the Context of Game Progression and Player Experience

👤 Authors: Franziska Bönisch and Sebastian von Mammen

In Your Own Wor(l)ds: A Browser-Based Serious Game Using a Small Language Model as a Creative-Writing Rival

👤 Authors: Nadia Di Leo

GenLink – Infiltration: an inter-generational coop game about online safety

👤 Authors: Sieb Scherpbier, Jasper Heijne, Philippe Henry, Paul Lindhorst, Omar Thabet, Amir Zaidi, Iolanda Bernardino and Rafael Bidarra

Zoo Pals: Designing an AI-Driven Diagnostic Game for A2 Young English Language Learners

👤 Authors: Antoiné Cunningham

Combining Social Interdependence Theory and Collaborative Cognitive Load Theory for the Design of Serious Multi-Role Games

👤 Authors: Sebastian Simon, Conrad Borchers, Bahar Shahrokhian, Ying-Dong Liu, Elham Tajik and Mia Čarapina

Remixing Games for Participatory Learning: Pre-service Teachers’ Reflections on Feasibility, Barriers, and Potential

👤 Authors: Barbara Göbl and Petra Francesca Weixelbraun

Children’s Gameplay Experiences in an Unplugged Serious Game for Primary Programming Education

👤 Authors: Bernadette Spieler, Janine Truetsch, Larissa Meyer-Baron and Céline Scheier

Relief Journey in Progress: Early Insights into Game Ex-perience, Usability, and Pain Responses

👤 Authors: Marlene Rosa, Alexandre Cavaleiro, Sara Gordo, Alessandro Rizzi, Silvana Cagiada and Eleonora Chitti

A Pilot Feasibility Study of Music-Therapist-in-the-Loop Serious Games for People with Mild Cognitive Impairment

👤 Authors: Anna Kandylidou, Georgios Spanos, Stelios Pantelopoulos, Despina Psimaris, Charalampos Karagiannidis, Filippos Vlachos, Konstantinos Votis and Magda Tsolaki

Learning to plan coastal futures under uncertainty: Evaluating the educational effectiveness of the serious videogame “Coastal Challenge”.

👤 Authors: Paola Tanguy, Mathilde Luna Joly, Chiara Trozzo and Giulia Galluccio

Design of an Educational Board Game for Fostering Future Orientation among Secondary School Students: Insights from the Exploratory Design Phase

👤 Authors: Zsófia Kocsis and Gabriella Pusztai

Interactions Between Emotions and Reflection in a Game to Learn about Machine Learning Ethics

👤 Authors: Cecile Hardebolle, Helena Kovacs, Maria Carla Di Vincenzo, Ester Simkova, Alexandre Pinazza, Patrick Jermann and Roland Tormey

Leveling Up IRL: How to Foster Wisdom Through Video Games

👤 Authors: Imke Alenka Harbig and Judith Glück

Towards Shared, Open Infrastructure for Kanji Learning Games Analytics: A Work in Progress v2

👤 Authors: David Stiftl, David Plecher and Christian Eichhorn

Facilitation in Serious Games for Public Service Design: Towards a Cross-Domain Framework and Practitioner Toolkit

👤 Authors: Anna Sioni, Fabio Nonino and Vanissa Wanick

Human vs. Non-Human Embodiment in Serious Games for Pollinator Conservation Awareness: A Comparative Study Across Virtual Reality and Screen-Based Platforms Using Psychometric and Biometric Measures

👤 Authors: Javad Modaresi, Federico Bonetti and Annapaola Marconi

How Do Persuasive Game Attributes Motivate Players? A Means-End Chain Approach

👤 Authors: Hernan Quintana-Cruz

Educators as Game Masters: Leveraging TTRPGs to Empower Higher Education Instructors in Gameful Learning Design

👤 Authors: Alejandro Velázquez-Treviño and Leonardo David Glasserman-Morales

Using Gamification to Attract Applicants and Measure Person-Organization Fit

👤 Authors: Océane Defresnes, Françoise Bertrand, Bert Schreurs, Eva Derous, Isabelle Hansez, Wouter Huybens and Salvatore Lo Bue

A Course-Integrated Gamified Learning Environment for Structural Learning in Architectural Education

👤 Authors: Nisanur Özçelik

Playing Europe at the table: analogue serious games, structured debriefing and proto-civic learning

👤 Authors: Walter Rapetti

Fostering Game Design in k-12 education: A Framework for Teachers’ Game Design Literacy

👤 Authors: Ana Esther Rodrigues de Camargo, Kaiju Kangas and Sini Davies

From Game-Based Learning to an On-Site Serious Heritage Game: A Doctoral Research Line for Archaeological Parks with Limited Visible Evidence

👤 Authors: Gianni Furiassi, Alessandro Terrosi, Stefano Paolo Mucci and Clarissa Pellegrino

Towards Sensory-Informed Game Design to Support Emotional Regulation in Autistic Children

👤 Authors: Karolina Myszkowska and Darragh Lydon

Exergames for Interdisciplinary Learning: Effects of Active Video Games on Engagement and Learning Outcomes in Physical Education–Language Sequences

👤 Authors: Chiara Morotti, Valentin Benzing, Patrick Fargier and Vanessa Lentillon-Kaestner

Designing Play Around Architectural Constraints: A PhD Study of Assembly Language Learning Games

👤 Authors: Ernesto Rivera-Alvarado and Saul Guadamuz