Designing for collaboration: A study in intergenerational social game design

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Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 57-65

  Derboven, Jan ^a   van Gils, Mieke ^a   de Grooff, Dirk ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Elderly; Game design; Game evaluation; Intergenerational communication

Indexed keywords

ADDED VALUES; COMPUTER GAME; ELDERLY; GAME DESIGN; GAME EVALUATION; GAME EXPERIENCE; MULTIPLAYERS; OLDER USERS;

INFORMATION SCIENCE; INFORMATION SYSTEMS; SOFTWARE ENGINEERING;

UBIQUITOUS COMPUTING;

EID: 84857686194     PISSN: 16155289     EISSN: 16155297     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10209-011-0233-0     Document Type: Article

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