Educational Video Game Design Based on Educational Playability: A Comprehensive and Integrated Literature Review

Design techniques can have an important effect on how video games teach and players learn. The abilit y to harness these techniques in the design of education al video game can impact the motivation and engagement of pl aying and learning by creating more options for players t o connect with game content as well as to other players. This article focuses on the design phase of the game development process and highlights the role of some techniques that can be used to design a successful educational video game (guideli n s and design patterns). These techniques provide informat ion on good practice and form a basis for evaluating the e ducational video game quality, acting as useful tools for deve lopers to enhance video game playability. To this end, we hav e presented a set of guidelines and design patterns in order to provide an acceptable level of playability and, in this way, a better player experiences and learning achievement. KeywordsPlayability; Player Experience PX; Educational Video Game EVG; Guidelines; Design Pattern.

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