The design of a collaboration-oriented serious game

The present paper introduces a new category of games which could be ranked among the collaborative games. This “collaboration-oriented game” has the distinction of being based on the solidarity and collaboration rather than individualism and competition. It puts forward team spirit over the individual one and serves to enhance the collaboration skills for players. The collaboration-oriented game aims at enhancing managers' capacity to manage their teams and allows them to learn collaboration skills and best practices. Such a game, as part of the panoply of serious games, allows learning and evolving through entertainment. This paper positions firstly this kind of game in the space of existing games, then, it presents its features and rules. Finally, it proposes some application scenarios in the professional context.

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