Serious game as educational tool for safety and prevention

This document summarizes the research, remarks and conclusions of the ESF-project (European Social Fund) “Serious game as educational tool for safety and prevention”. An online playable version of the game can be found at http://sggo.howest.be/ The ESF-project was started at the AZ Groenigne hospital of Kortrijk, in cooperation with Howest university college. The main objective of the project is the creation of a serious game to reinforce fire prevention programs. In addition, our experiences were summarized in a roadmap for the development of serious games. One of the main challenges is the vast diversity of the staff, whose technological literacy varies greatly. During the project, we used personas as a tool to map the varying needs and skill levels of the different groups. This was necessary in order to create a game that is appropriate for the majority of our user