Background: The COVID-19 pandemic introduced an urgent need for effective strategies to
disseminate crucial knowledge and improve people's subjective well-being. Complementing …

This systematic review primarily aims to provide a summary of the game mechanics
implemented in eHealth tools supporting young people's self-management of their chronic …

While there has been increasing interest in the use of gamification in mental health care,
there is a lack of design knowledge on how elements from games could be integrated into …

We may be motivated to engage in a certain motor activity because it is instrumental to
obtaining reward (eg, money) or because we enjoy the activity, making it intrinsically …

Despite the growing interest in persuasive game design, there have been few methods
which cover the complete process of game design that designers could draw upon in their …

We designed and implemented a gamified eHealth application for youth mental healthcare,
to study how game design techniques could be applied within this context. This resulted in …

While digital technology holds great promise for health and well-being, some users feel
sceptical about the time they spend online and how they use their mobile devices. This …

Purpose This research seized the COVID-19 pandemic-induced economic recession as a
strategic response background to answer whether serious games (SGs) can be effectively …

Game-based learning has been recognised as a strategy to increase students' engagement
in higher education. Alternate reality games (ARG) provide players with the opportunity to …

Serious games as research instruments are seen as a special type of participatory
modelling, allowing a researcher to observe the behaviour and decisions taken by players …