Dalila Martins

• University of Aveiro

The interest in New Media has been increasing in research areas due to the growing amount of information and the constant development of technology. The form of information consumption has become more and more comprehensive and accessible, making it increasingly easier for society to identify the best and fastest ways of intervention to obtain rele...

Keeping players in a video game until its completion has been a challenging task for the industry since there are many reasons for quitting video games. Motivation and the experience of flow are important factors in game completion, as they contribute to the enjoyment and retention of players' attention. Consequently, players who reach a state of f...

The enhancement and promotion of cultural heritage through the adoption of Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) represent today some of the most important research issues with a wide variety of potential applications. In the current context, technologies and social media become strong allies for places that need to promote the most rem...

Amiais is a small Portuguese village located in the Aveiro district. It is also a virtual village available in Second Life™. The recreation of Amiais in the metaverse is a part of the LOCUS project, which intends to use digital platforms to promote and disseminate local cultural heritage. Thus, a playful narrative was developed to explore the virtu...

Co-design is characterized as a key process so that researchers can count on the collaboration of those who are bearers of knowledge and wisdom of a certain subject, so that together they can work towards a common end. This paper focuses on the case study of Amiais, a small village located in the central region of Portugal in which a project is bei...

More than a virtual world, Second Life (SL) is characterized by being an online metaverse in which the user can, in fact, create a second life. Since Second Life is a metaverse that simulates reality, users or residents can explore the world, meet other people, participate in activities, and thus simulate real world routines [1]. Based on the LOCUS...

Nowadays, 3D technology can be a support for cultural heritage not only for visual and documentary presentation, but also for communication and educational purposes [1]. Understanding cultural-historical heritage in the environment of 3D games emerges as one of the most promising ways of learning for players and visitors of all ages. This approach...

FlavourGame is a hybrid board game, from the serious games category, which aims to promote among children, discussion and awareness for taking correct choices in their nutrition. As part of this project, the design of the characters that make up the game’s narrative is being developed. This process, which is still undergoing, so far involved, in a...

The possibility of transposing a rooted place into a virtual world makes it possible to promote the heritage and cultural heritage of a respective place. Through the virtual approach, a connection to the past and present is generated, as well as a continuity to the future, in which anyone interested in getting to know a territory can do so easily....

FlavourGame is a hybrid board game that falls into the serious games category, which aims to promote discussion and awareness among children about the right choices in their nutrition. As part of this project, the design of the characters that make up the game’s narrative was developed. This process involved, in a first phase, a small literature re...