Heuristica: Designing a serious game for improving decision making

Gwen Mullinix; Oliver Gray; Juan Colado; Elizabeth Veinott; James Leonard; Elizabeth Lerner Papautsky; Chris Argenta; Marcia Clover; Steven Sickles; Edward Castronova; Peter M. Todd; Travis Ross; Jared Lorince; Jared Hoteling; Sharon Mayell; Chris Hale; Elizabeth Whitaker; Robert R. Hoffman; Olivia Fox; John Flach

doi:10.1109/IGIC.2013.6659159

Heuristica: Designing a serious game for improving decision making

Gwen Mullinix, Oliver Gray, Juan Colado, Elizabeth Veinott, James Leonard, Elizabeth Lerner Papautsky, Chris Argenta, Marcia Clover, Steven Sickles, Edward Castronova, Peter M. Todd, Travis Ross, Jared Lorince, Jared Hoteling, Sharon Mayell, Chris Hale, Elizabeth Whitaker, Robert R. Hoffman, Olivia Fox, John Flach

Psychology

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Abstract

This paper describes the design process and development of a 3D immersive serious game, Heuristica. The objective of this video game is to train players to improve their decision making by mitigating cognitive biases in an engaging and effective way. Heuristica is the result of three development and empirical evaluation cycles over 18 months. Several game features have been tested, and only those that improved learning while maintaining engagement have been retained in the latest version of the video game. These include reward, real time feedback, and game customization. Our development and playtesting process is summarized, and the implications for designing training are described.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	2013 IEEE International Games Innovation Conference, IGIC 2013
Publisher	IEEE Computer Society
Pages	250-255
Number of pages	6
ISBN (Print)	9781479912445
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/IGIC.2013.6659159
State	Published - 2013
Event	5th Annual IEEE International Games Innovations Conference, IGIC 2013 - Vancouver, BC, Canada Duration: Sep 23 2013 → Sep 25 2013

Publication series

Name	IEEE Consumer Electronics Society's International Games Innovations Conference, IGIC
ISSN (Print)	2166-6741
ISSN (Electronic)	2166-675X

Conference

Conference	5th Annual IEEE International Games Innovations Conference, IGIC 2013
Country/Territory	Canada
City	Vancouver, BC
Period	9/23/13 → 9/25/13

ASJC Scopus Subject Areas

Computer Graphics and Computer-Aided Design
Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition
Human-Computer Interaction
Software

Keywords

bias
cognition
decision making
experiment
serious games
simulation
training
video games

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Mullinix, G., Gray, O., Colado, J., Veinott, E., Leonard, J., Papautsky, E. L., Argenta, C., Clover, M., Sickles, S., Castronova, E., Todd, P. M., Ross, T., Lorince, J., Hoteling, J., Mayell, S., Hale, C., Whitaker, E., Hoffman, R. R., Fox, O., & Flach, J. (2013). Heuristica: Designing a serious game for improving decision making. In 2013 IEEE International Games Innovation Conference, IGIC 2013 (pp. 250-255). Article 6659159 (IEEE Consumer Electronics Society's International Games Innovations Conference, IGIC). IEEE Computer Society. https://doi.org/10.1109/IGIC.2013.6659159

Heuristica: Designing a serious game for improving decision making. / Mullinix, Gwen; Gray, Oliver; Colado, Juan et al.
2013 IEEE International Games Innovation Conference, IGIC 2013. IEEE Computer Society, 2013. p. 250-255 6659159 (IEEE Consumer Electronics Society's International Games Innovations Conference, IGIC).

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution

Mullinix, G, Gray, O, Colado, J, Veinott, E, Leonard, J, Papautsky, EL, Argenta, C, Clover, M, Sickles, S, Castronova, E, Todd, PM, Ross, T, Lorince, J, Hoteling, J, Mayell, S, Hale, C, Whitaker, E, Hoffman, RR, Fox, O & Flach, J 2013, Heuristica: Designing a serious game for improving decision making. in 2013 IEEE International Games Innovation Conference, IGIC 2013., 6659159, IEEE Consumer Electronics Society's International Games Innovations Conference, IGIC, IEEE Computer Society, pp. 250-255, 5th Annual IEEE International Games Innovations Conference, IGIC 2013, Vancouver, BC, Canada, 9/23/13. https://doi.org/10.1109/IGIC.2013.6659159

Mullinix G, Gray O, Colado J, Veinott E, Leonard J, Papautsky EL et al. Heuristica: Designing a serious game for improving decision making. In 2013 IEEE International Games Innovation Conference, IGIC 2013. IEEE Computer Society. 2013. p. 250-255. 6659159. (IEEE Consumer Electronics Society's International Games Innovations Conference, IGIC). doi: 10.1109/IGIC.2013.6659159

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