Enriching Malaysian Cultural and Folklore through Mobile Game Learning Development: Wau & Toyol

Abstract

Game design and development without a doubt have a real potential to become a tool to support the experiencing of cultural heritage context by the large public in a fun and interactive ways. This research aims to enrich the Malaysian cultural and folklore learning experience of traditional game Wau and Toyol through a mobile game design and development. The productions then analyzed based on the relations between game play, game narration, game challenges, game technological solutions, game mechanics and the effectiveness of learning. This paper highlights the overall process involved in the game development by using agile methodology. Game testing have been conducted, the results obtained shown that a connection to the cultural heritage and folklore context of Wau and Toyol can be achieved and can be identified as a significant platform to engage interactive learning experiences.