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Gerontoludic Design: Extending the MDA Framework to Facilitate Meaningful Play for Older Adults

Gerontoludic Design: Extending the MDA Framework to Facilitate Meaningful Play for Older Adults

Bob De Schutter
Copyright: © 2017 |Volume: 9 |Issue: 1 |Pages: 16
ISSN: 1942-3888|EISSN: 1942-3896|EISBN13: 9781522512752|DOI: 10.4018/IJGCMS.2017010103
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De Schutter, Bob. "Gerontoludic Design: Extending the MDA Framework to Facilitate Meaningful Play for Older Adults." IJGCMS vol.9, no.1 2017: pp.45-60. http://doi.org/10.4018/IJGCMS.2017010103

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De Schutter, B. (2017). Gerontoludic Design: Extending the MDA Framework to Facilitate Meaningful Play for Older Adults. International Journal of Gaming and Computer-Mediated Simulations (IJGCMS), 9(1), 45-60. http://doi.org/10.4018/IJGCMS.2017010103

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De Schutter, Bob. "Gerontoludic Design: Extending the MDA Framework to Facilitate Meaningful Play for Older Adults," International Journal of Gaming and Computer-Mediated Simulations (IJGCMS) 9, no.1: 45-60. http://doi.org/10.4018/IJGCMS.2017010103

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Abstract

Considering the popularity of digital games among older adults and the challenge of population ageing, this article identified a need for an integrated game design framework aimed at older audiences. An analysis of the literature on play in later life demonstrated how the literature is dominated by two themes, i.e., the benefits of playing digital games and the issue of accessibility. While this underlying model has been demonstrated to contribute to successful designs, it also risks reducing games to its motivational characteristics and ageing to cognitive and physical decline. The author therefore reviewed the literature on game design and later life to develop a design approach that considers the multi-faceted nature of ageing as well as the intrinsic value of digital games. The resulting “Gerontoludic Design Framework” sets meaningful play as the intended outcome of game design for older adults, identifies iterative player-centered design as its preferred design approach, and extends the MDA framework by suggesting age-specific aesthetics and mechanics.

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