Simplified rule and alternative interface in web-based sound-play game system

Abstract

In order to contribute to the improvement of quality of life (QOL) for visually impaired persons, Niikawa has developed a sound-play-type game system, kikimimi. In general, it was impossible for the visually impaired to play the card games, because they have to recognize visually the patterns and digits printed on the cards. However, the kikimimi is a new table game system in the sense that the players play the card game with using only the auditory information. In this study we enhanced it to the web-based system on the internet. The developed game was too complicated to play for the visually impaired, especially, the aged and children, so that we simplified the rule of the game and evaluated the enjoyment using the flow state scale (FSS). As a result, it was suggested that the web game should be available to not only the visually impaired but the sighted.