Abstract
In this paper, we outline opportunities within the video game environment for building skills applicable to real-world issues faced by some children. The game Minecraft is extremely popular and of particular interest to children diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder. Although the game has been used by support communities to facilitate the social interaction of children and peer support for their parents, little has been done to examine how social skills developed within the game environment generalize to the real world. Social Craft aims to establish a framework in which key social communication skills would be rehearsed in-game with a view to facilitating their replication in a similarly contained real-world environment. Central to this approach is an understanding of the basic principles of behavior and the engagement of a sound methodology for the collection of data inside and outside the respective environments.
Highlights
Minecraft [1] is a procedurally generated open-world video game that employs distinctive block-building mechanics and a pixelated esthetic
There are no clear evidence-based examples to date of Autcraft being used to facilitate social skills learning with children diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) beyond those related to game-play behavior
If researchers or therapists were to inhabit the game world by controlling a Minecraft avatar with enhanced administrator capabilities, they could witness first-hand behaviors exhibited by players as they interact
Summary
Minecraft [1] is a procedurally generated open-world video game that employs distinctive block-building mechanics and a pixelated esthetic. Autism; behavior analysis; serious games; social skills; gamification; Lego; neurodiversity; Minecraft; virtual worlds; virtual reality
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