Desenvolvimento de jogos sérios para a inclusão digital de pessoas da terceira idade

Abstract

Due to the increase in the population over 60 years old, called Seniors or elderly, their stay in the job market longer and the high dependence of this market on the use of computers, the digital inclusion of this population is essential. After verifying that there are currently few works that promote the digital inclusion of the elderly, this paper aims to create serious digital games for the web that aim to improve the use of mouse and keyboard, since these peripherals are essential for their inclusion or permanence in the current labor market. Based on the author's experiences and related work, game design and heuristic evaluation on paper prototypes were performed. Errors were corrected, and high fidelity game prototypes were developed. These prototypes were then tested by a set of users through visual inspection, resulting in new game changes. Finally, a visomotor improvement test was performed with another group of Seniors to verify if they have evolution in the use of mouse and keyboard when using the developed games. The tests evaluated the time and number of mistakes people made in performing certain tasks before and after using games. From these tests, it was possible to verify that the developed games can help the mouse and keyboard training in people who have never used them, or even people who already have some skills with the peripherals. However, people who have never used the mouse and keyboard, or who are not used to it, have made more significant improvements.