Developing serious games with the APEX framework

APEX was developed as a framework for the prototyping of ubiquitous computing (ubicomp) environments. In this paper we explore its role as a platform for developing serious games. In particular we describe the Asthma game which is aimed at raising awareness of Asthma triggers among children. The gam...

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Autor principal: Gomes, Tiago Emanuel Oliveira (author)
Outros Autores: Abade, Tiago (author), Harrison, Michael D. (author), Silva, José Luís Cardoso (author), Campos, J. Creissac (author)
Formato: conferencePaper
Idioma:eng
Publicado em: 2013
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Texto completo:http://hdl.handle.net/1822/26577
País:Portugal
Oai:oai:repositorium.sdum.uminho.pt:1822/26577
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Resumo:APEX was developed as a framework for the prototyping of ubiquitous computing (ubicomp) environments. In this paper we explore its role as a platform for developing serious games. In particular we describe the Asthma game which is aimed at raising awareness of Asthma triggers among children. The game is designed to stimulate a healthier life-style for children with ashma.