Co-creating games through intergenerational design workshops

• Main Authors: Theng, Yin-Leng, Rice, Mark, Cheong, Yian Ling, Ng, Jamie, Chua, Puay Hoe
• Other Authors: Wee Kim Wee School of Communication and Information
• Format: Conference or Workshop Item
• Language: English
• Published: 2013
• Subjects: DRNTU::Visual arts and music::Design
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/98561; http://hdl.handle.net/10220/12519
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

In this paper, we present a co-design study into the development of intergenerational games. Three separate design workshops were conducted with 50 participants aged between 15-21 and 55-74 years old, representing younger and older cohorts respectively. A range of design activities were used to elicit ideas and allow participants of different ages to self-reflect, negotiate and collectively create games that they desired to play. The analysis reports on the game concepts envisaged from early brainstorming, group sketching and more refined storyboards. A number of genres and game-types are illustrated, as we compare the different game features designed. These ideas reflect a combination of interests from mixed-age groups. The paper concludes by discussing recommendations to developing intergenerational games.