Proceedings of the Positive Gaming: Workshop on Gamification and Games for Wellbeing - Preface

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PAPERS IN THESE PROCEEDINGS The design of gameful applications that support the user’s wellbeing requires additional attention, because it is a new concern in addition to the instrumental goals addressed by such applications. Hence, two papers explored potential methodologies and frameworks to improve gameful design for wellbeing. De Croon et al. [4] proposed a focus group protocol that can be used with patients and caregivers to select appropriated gamification mechanics for designing health or wellbeing applications, in the paper

Regarding the use of games to promote wellbeing, Schäfer et al. [ 12 ] presented the paper NUDGE – NUtritional, Digital Games in Enable, where they describe the design of a gaming platform aimed at changing the nutritional behaviour of adolescents. Furthermore, Pnueli and Cook [9] presented the paper On the Development Process of ReApp, an Emotion Regulation Training Mobile Game, in the Context of Gamification and the Creation of Games for Wellbeing, in which they describe a mobile, multiplayer game aimed at training people in emotion regulation techniques, specifically in cognitive reappraisal.

Finally, Rogers and Nacke [ 11 ] discussed the potential of games to act as a tool for relaxation and stress reduction through their music and sound, and explored opportunities for future research, in the paper Exploring the Potential of Game Audio for Wellbeing.

CONCLUSION The works presented at this Workshop demonstrated a rich interest in exploring the potential of gameful applications and games for supporting and fostering wellbeing. However, many of them are still in their infancy or have conducted only preliminary evaluations. At the same time, a few ideas were proposed that are still underexplored, such as the use of gamification for employee wellbeing and the use of game audio as a facilitator of wellbeing. Therefore, we can say that the use of gamification and games for wellbeing is presently an exciting research area, with many opportunities for future work and a lot of untapped potential still to be explored. Vered Pnueli and Benjamin Cook. 2017. On the development process of ReApp, an Emotion Regulation Training Mobile Game, in the context of Gamification and the creation of Games for Wellbeing. In Positive Gaming: Workshop on Gamification and Games for Wellbeing.

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