Serious Games In A Social Context

This paper reports about a newly developed course on serious gaming(1), with as a special focus behavioral change in a social or societal context. The purpose of this paper is to share our insights and references so that educational institutes may find inspiration to develop courses in serious gaming along this line. In the paper, we provide references to theoretical backgrounds, an overview of the structure and ingredients of the course, as well as a description of a game design workshop, with civic order as it's main theme, based on a case study of an actual problem area in the city of Amsterdam.