Herein, we define programming thinking skills as the ability to develop concepts such as conditions and repetition combined with problem-solving and event analysis skills, which can be fostered through programming, and we propose a digital game to foster these skills. Many digital games have been proposed to develop programming thinking skills. However, most of the existing digital games are puzzle games that use commands such as "move forward" or "turn right," and the abilities that can be developed are limited. To address this issue, we created a digital game centered on reading programs. We introduce the proposed digital game and report on the results of actual play herein.

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There have been many attempts to use serious games for history learning and improving historical thinking skills. Other attempts such as applying modeling and simulation to history studies on specific historical events are also known. However, most of the historians' research styles are based on document research and desktop simulation. In this study, we will introduce our experience of developing prototypes of serious games through cooperation with TV program producers and history researchers and discuss the possibilities for the future of serious games in this field.

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We are required to explore practical methods in an online environment by using available Information and Communication Technology, while community design activities are restricted because of the Novel Coronavirus (COVID- 19)． This study presents the possibility of community design education in an online environment where residents can participate beyond the restrictions of the region through the practice of board game named "Community Coping" aimed at solving "social isolation"．

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The purpose of this presentation is to discuss the cheating in video games, when it is cheating, and if it is cheating, why it is cheating. According to previous research by Mia Consalvo, the existence of cheats rather contributes to the development of the video game industry. The reason why the cheating that is condemned in the community today is considered unfair should not be the cheating itself, but the particular nature of certain cheats. In this presentation, we will discuss the nature of this property.

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With the evolution of digital games, games that use voice to talk are becoming more and more common. However, there are times when I feel uncomfortable. In some cases, the player's own name is used in the conversation text, but in the voice, the player is called by a second person pronoun such as "You". In such games, the expected conversation in text form does not match the actual conversation heard in the ear, resulting in a sense of discomfort and loss of immersion. In games that allow free input of names, it is imagined that there are technical difficulties in calling out names in a natural way during conversation. In this research, I would like to investigate how games that have actually been released in the world address this issue, what kind of measures are being taken, and what kind of measures would be preferable, in order to provide suggestions for the naming of the main character in future games.

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The rules of a game are set in order to provide the intended game experience. The relationship between the rules and the experience is the essence of the game, and clarifying this relationship leads to the analysis of the game. In this study, I devised an exercise to improve the ability to analyze games by playing analog games. This exercise has different goals for beginners and advanced learners of games, allowing them to learn step by step. In addition, the knowledge gained will be useful in setting up rules in accordance with the intentions of the participants when they create their own games.

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This paper presents a prototype of a system that supports the setting of appropriate mouse sensitivity for beginner players of First Person Shooting (FPS) games. A Mouse sensitivity is a value that is set in the game. The higher the value, the distance of the player character's viewpoint moves more when the player moves the mouse. This paper constructs a mouse sensitivity setting support system for beginner players by determining the discrepancy between the mouse sensitivity normally set by beginner players who have trouble setting mouse sensitivity and an appropriate mouse sensitivity.

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This paper investigates a supporting method for beginners focusing on the movement of striker in soccer games. In a typical soccer game, there are few tactical instructions given by the game to the players depending to the field conditions, making it difficult for beginners to learn better tactics. This paper proposes a prototype system that allows beginners to learn tactics according to defensive and offensive situations, targeting striker whose tactics are relatively simple.

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Severely disabled children have difficulty “toy play”, which plays an important role in development due to their physical disabilities. In this paper, we focused on eye movements, which are said to be less affected even when the disability is severe. Developed the application that enables spontaneous “toy play”, mainly using eye-gaze input device. This app incorporates a visual interaction that is effective in drawing out an understanding of the causal relationship of severely disabled children. In addition, it is possible to prepare multiple settings to change the screen so that it is easy for severely disabled children to see, and customize it according to the characteristics of severely disabled children. In order to record the results of eye-gaze movements performed by severely disabled children, eye-gaze movements were visualized based on the eye-gaze history. Through SNS, we are improving the effectiveness by scooping up the results and impressions from special schools and rehabilitation sites that use the app. In the support site, the app was used as a means of playing games in VOCA and real space in addition to "toy play" for severely disabled children. In this paper, we will discuss the effects of efforts using apps.

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In this presentation, as an example of the application of game studies to other social science fields, We analyze and discuss strategies for eliminating "bullying" as a typical social problem using gamification methods. "Bullying” is an act of seeking a subjective sense of omnipotence in terms of social function and has similar characteristics to "play”. Therefore, this presentation showｓ the possibility of coping with bullying by constructing an appropriate game design that reduces the entertainment value of bullying. What is important here is, first of all, a comprehensive analysis that provides overlooking view of the social problem being addressed. Secondly, gamification that is appropriately "boring" with elements of demarketing is important too.

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There are two effects in utilizing eye-gaze input for children with severe physical disabilities, mainly severe physical disabilities. The first point is the effect of supporting more efficient activities by substituting and amplifying physical functions. The second point is the effect of supporting the expression of the parties, improving the motivation of the supporters, and eventually improving the living environment of the parties. The second effect is particularly effective for children with severe and multiple disabilities who have both severe intellectual and physical disabilities. This research creates and distributes a line-of-sight input training game that can be used by children with severe disabilities who have just begun to use line-of-sight input and children with multiple disabilities who have severe intellectual disabilities. The purpose was to improve the motivation of the person. In addition, we are making efforts to improve the effect by receiving opinions from supporters in the process of being used in the field. Here, we will introduce some examples of using the line-of-sight input training game that we have created, and discuss its effects.

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With the changes in the learning environment, attention is being paid to the nature of a learning system that is not constrained by the place or time of learning and the use of information technology tailored to the field. In this Research, we examined whether continuous follow-up for first-time learners was possible online by evaluating the learning outcomes through online programming learning practices and community activities for first-time learners who have been learning programming mainly online since the beginning. As a result, the usefulness and concerns of the online operation and learning system were clarified.

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This study aimed to attempt to develop the “creativity scale on digital games” among university students. A preliminary survey was conducted on 112 university students specializing in digital game development, and 115 items measuring the images of digital games were extracted. A preliminary survey was conducted among 112 university students, and 75 items were extracted to measure creativity in digital games. Using these 75 items, we surveyed 343 university students. As a result, the following four factors were extracted as creativity in digital games for university students: “special experience in games,” “story, music, and characters,” and “game development and setting.”

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Creativity is regarded as an important factor in going on living a volatile, uncertain, complex, and ambiguous future society. We review the definition and approach of creativity, focusing on the mini-c creativity, which refers to "subjective self-discoveries – the new and personally meaningful insights and interpretations that are a component in the learning process", and previous works related to the development of creativity by playing video games. Then, taking Minecraft as an example, we propose a method to evaluate player’s creativity (mini-c) in gameplay.

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Digital game study relating to experimental psychology and human factors ergonomics, input information from a game controller should be considered. In this study, we are attempting to develop a game controller logging system without any modification in a game console and game controllers.

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AI system in digital game consists of meta-AI，character AI，and spatial AI，and they cooperate each other． The cooperation of three AIs gives flexibility to digital game itself and produces unique user experience to users． The system makes a digital game intelligent．Smart city means a city which has its own intelligence．It is possible to make a smart city by using MCS-AI dynamic cooperative model．Meta-AI controls a whole city，character AI is implemented as AIs of robots and drones，and spatial AI analyzes space and terrain of a city and recognize a status of city．In the proceeding， a theory of smart city by using MCS-AI dynamic cooperative model is supposed．

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This study examined the spoiler effect of digital games. Participants played a digital game either under spoiled or unspoiled condition. Then, they evaluated the enjoyment of the game.The result showed no spiler effect. It is argued that the uniqueness of digital games as a media would undermine the spiler effect.

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This paper investigates and analyzes the college student days of Yuji Horii, who was an obscure university student moving to Tokyo from Awaji Island, and shows that mutual aid groups of university manga graduates, mass media (newspaper, publishers, TV stations) that provided them with job opportunities as freelance writers, and the city of Tokyo, where many universities and mass media were concentrated, played an important role in supporting Horii's activities.

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Video games and game arcades are considered to have taken root in Japanese society in various ways. However, nationwide laws and regulations against video game arcades have been in place for a long time in Japan, and new regulations have emerged for video games. The purpose of this presentation is to clarify the relationship between game centers and the law of regulations that apply to them. In this presentation, I will mainly survey the relevant ordinances of each prefecture, organize the actual situation of regulations, and attempt to analyze the relationship with social conditions from literature and statistical data.

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In recent years, companies have been working to increase employee engagement in order to improve productivity and retention. For example, there are attempts to use gamification in employee training to increase employee motivation. In this session, we will call them " Gamification of Employee Training " and present case studies of employee training using gamification, focusing on domestic companies. In addition, we will discuss future issues and prospects.

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This presentation introduces a practical case study of human resource development for new employees using gamification. I will introduce a case study of "learning QC stories while thinking about playing skills in competitive games" and present the current issues in corporate training and the benefits of incorporating gamification.

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In human resource development, where input is the norm, the use of card games and card tools can promote awareness and learning from output. We will introduce different tools and ways of using them depending on the purpose, and present case studies from introduction to implementation and subsequent verification of effectiveness.

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The Japan Gamification Association was established in 2019 for the purpose of research and dissemination of gamification and training of gamification designers. In this paper, we focus on "gamification training" and report on the practical implementation of gamification training at one company that we conducted in July of this year. Our goal is to realize a society where companies and employees can learn and use gamification to increase their motivation to work and make both companies and employees happier.

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In recent years, there has been a lot of interest in gamification of employee education, and employee education using gamification has been reported in Japan. However, the effectiveness of gamification in employee education has not been scientifically verified in many cases. Therefore, in this study, we surveyed the studies that mentioned the effects of gamification on employee education in Japan and discussed the trends and future prospects of gamification of employee education.

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Recently, studies examine the relationship between the use of massively multiplayer online role-playing games (MMORPGs) and the ability to solve problems during group activities. However, the contents of existing scales are based on real-world situations, and whether such scales can accurately measure problem-solving skills in the virtual world remains unclear. Thus, this study developed a new scale to measure such skills based on the narratives of MMORPG players through a qualitative research. Furthermore, the reliability and validity of the proposed scale was investigated. This scale will be important when examining the value of MMORPG as a learning tool in the near future.

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Multi-player games are divided into roles based on job or class, and players choose any role to play the game. We conducted a survey on players' preferred roles in 2020, and found that there was difference between men and women. Since the sample of women in their 20s was characteristic, we conducted a new comparative analysis of each role with other categories. As a result, it became clear that women in their 20s preferred long-distance attacks more than the other categories.

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With the average age of digital game players declining, many parents worry about their young children’s digital game play. In this study, we conducted a web-survey among 792 parents of children aged between 3 and 9 years and investigated relationship between parental mediations for digital game use and general parental behavior.

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In this research, we propose a support system that emphasizes the vision value for improving the vision control ability in MOBA games. In this research, we defined the vision value and developed a system based on the vision value. The system extracts the player's vision, automatically detects the vision value, and presents advice on how to create the field of vision. The system can be used to improve the player's ability to control the field of vision and gain a deeper understanding of the value of the field of vision.

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In recent years, many new social games have emerged. On the other hand, there are many social games that are ending, and more and more offline versions of games and other offline contents are distributed these days. Since the user satisfaction with and without these offline contents is unclear, it has become necessary to clarify it. In this research, we will evaluate offline contents by acquiring related tweets and conducting sentimental analysis, and by analyzing tweets after the end date.

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A feasible approach of serious game research focusing on social usefulness and problem-solving is to treat commercial games as serious games. When applying this approach, it is necessary to set research topics after examining their applications and usefulness according to the theme and game content. This study features the agricultural simulation game "Farming Simulator" as a case and reports the results of a multifaceted examination of possible research themes.

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