Values and Design Strategies of Emotional Design in Educational Games

Abstract

With the educational value of games being more and more recognized, educational games are stepping into a new stage of rapid development. However, although the amount of educational games is rising fast, only a few can integrate well with both learning and gaming. Therefore, how to design educational games is becoming an important subject. This paper attempts to introduce an emotional approach to educational games design. First, the paper has a brief review of emotional design. Then the paper points out its values for educational games. Lastly, the paper puts forward a strategy framework which is composed of four parts: aesthetic design, flow design, social design and content design.