Building a pervasive social gaming experience using SocialPG

• Main Author: Valera-Aranguren, Ramón
• Publication Date: 2022
• Other Authors: Rodriguez, Patricia Paderewski, Gutierrez Vela, Francisco Luis, Arango-López, Jeferson, Moreira, Fernando
• Format: Article
• Language: eng
• Source: Repositórios Científicos de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (RCAAP)
• Download full: http://hdl.handle.net/11328/4396; https://doi.org/10.1111/exsy.13023
• topic: Pervasive computing; Pervasive games; Social gaming experience

Pervasive computing has become a key element to build applications that use fun as a motivating component because it allows exploring new interaction schemes by making the concept of space and time ambiguous and confusing. The present research describes a pervasive social gaming experience, using as a reference SocialPG, which is a model that describes social expansion as a strategy to improve gaming experiences supported by pervasive computing. In this article a description of the model is offered, software architecture is proposed to support it and a case study related to the process of error resolution and detection of improvement opportunities in software products is developed, finally, a general idea about the final software product that will support the game experience is offered together with an evaluation performed by a set of users, where some important findings are highlighted, such as the importance of the missions as a unit of cooperative work and the spectator's participation.