Simpósio Latino-Americano de Jogos

SEU-Q - Um Instrumento de Avaliação de Utilidade de Jogos Sérios Ativos

Rafaela B. Schroeder, Marcelo da S. Hounsell

Resumo

This paper presents SEU-Q, Serious Exergame Utility Questionaire, an instrument for the evaluation of usefulness of serious exergames. The purpose of the evaluation is to identify how the exergame comply to the expectations of end users considering that they acknowledge the serious game as an instrument to help with some serious purpose. SEU-Q can be used previous to coding or just afterwards. The paper also presents how to apply the instrument to perform an evaluation. The evaluation of a functional serious exergame prototype involved practitioners and computer science students who evaluated positively the potential utility of the given serious game. SEU-Q helped identify sensitive aspects of the exergame but also brought assurance regarding its future benefits.