Viral.izo: A game-based learning to foster resource management skills against emerging viral attacks

Victor Pontes Santos; Yuri Nekan Soares Fontes; Felipe Alves Holanda; Tiago Halliday Goiana; João Carlos Machado Luz Simões; Davi Lopes Teixeira; Maria Andréia Formico Rodrigues

doi:10.5753/jis.2022.2678

Authors

Victor Pontes Santos Universidade de Fortaleza (UNIFOR) https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6123-3700
Yuri Nekan Soares Fontes Universidade de Fortaleza (UNIFOR) https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6501-7810
Felipe Alves Holanda Universidade de Fortaleza (UNIFOR) https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9112-6191
Tiago Halliday Goiana Universidade de Fortaleza (UNIFOR) https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6057-2949
João Carlos Machado Luz Simões Universidade de Fortaleza (UNIFOR) https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9977-3166
Davi Lopes Teixeira Universidade de Fortaleza (UNIFOR) https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1246-502X
Maria Andréia Formico Rodrigues Universidade de Fortaleza (UNIFOR) https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1181-2971

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5753/jis.2022.2678

Keywords:

Game-based Learning, Health Awareness, Health Promotion, Resource Management, Virus, Ranking, User Experience

Abstract

This work presents Viral.izo 2.0, a casual educational game favouring world health by acting against emerging viral attacks. It extends our previous work by including three new game levels of progressive difficulty and two new minigames. In addition, we created three new variants beyond the original virus. Each variant has a specific visual design, attack behaviour (damage power and speed of spread), and visual effects. Knowing how to manage resources against the unpredictability of the virus and its variants is crucial for survival. We also developed a ranking system and new menu options to increase player engagement and game competitiveness. Moreover, we conducted new evaluations using a metric for assessment of user experience, showing that Viral.izo is capable of educating while challenging the player.

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