Me behind the mirror: a video game reflecting school bullying.
School bullying has been recognized as a serious social health issue for decades and has a significant negative influence on all those involved. In order to reflect the importance of the awareness of school bullying, Me Behind the Mirror is designed to be a puzzle game that combines entertaining gam...
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| Summary: | School bullying has been recognized as a serious social health issue for decades and has a significant negative influence on all those involved. In order to reflect the importance of the awareness of school bullying, Me Behind the Mirror is designed to be a puzzle game that combines entertaining game elements and concepts of school bullying together to alter the attitude of the players so that they can understand school bullying better and take it more seriously. The aim of this research project was to determine if the game had its intended impact on players' attitudes. After two playtesting sections, most of the participants experienced positive attitude changes in certain aspects with regard to understanding school bullying. Meanwhile, due to the practical nature of this game project, it yields an experience that helps to sharpen the designer and developer's practical skills of game making.--Author's abstract |
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