Game playbooks: tools to guide multidisciplinary teams in developing videogame-based behavior change interventions

Area of Science:

• Digital Health
• Behavioral Science
• Game Design

Background:

• Mobile technologies and videogames offer new avenues for health behavior interventions.
• Developing game-style interventions is complex due to multidisciplinary team collaboration challenges.

Purpose of the Study:

• To describe the importance and content of a "Game Playbook."
• To outline the process of creating a Game Playbook for videogame intervention development.
• To support health behavior change in young teens through videogame interventions.

Main Methods:

• The paper describes the creation and components of a Game Playbook.
• It draws on the experience of a multidisciplinary research and game design team.
• The Game Playbook serves as an intervention guidebook for all team members.

Main Results:

• Game Playbooks facilitate understanding and collaboration among diverse teams.
• This tool aids in developing videogame interventions for health behavior change.
• The Playbook ensures acceptability and shared standards across disciplines.

Conclusions:

• Game Playbooks are essential for effective videogame intervention development.
• Augmenting traditional tools with Game Playbooks is crucial for multidisciplinary teams.
• This approach enhances the creation of targeted health behavior change interventions for adolescents.