Abstract
A call for interdisciplinary collaboration between video game designers and health care professionals to fight obesity
Highlights
Gamification is defined as using game design elements in a non-game context and can be the solution to increase intrinsic motivation in exergames
The concepts of attractiveness, motivation and incentive are similar to the concept of Utility Value in the field of economics (10) that quantifies a person’s satisfaction from consuming a good or service but emphasizes that a consumer’s utility value is difficult to measure and changes from person to person
It is clear that future exergames design and production require significant contribution from health care professionals
Summary
Gamification is defined as using game design elements in a non-game context and can be the solution to increase intrinsic motivation in exergames. To understand “fun” in video games, researchers have used the Self Determination Theory (SDT), which emphasizes motivation to perform a behavior (9). Motivation has been identified as the key characteristic for enjoying game play, and enjoyment of engaging in a certain behavior is an important characteristic of motivation.
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