Serious Game

Serious games leverage game mechanics to achieve educational or therapeutic goals, focusing on improving cognitive skills, cultural understanding, and communication abilities. Current research emphasizes the use of embodied conversational agents (ECAs), often employing photorealistic or animated designs, and explores the impact of agent realism on user experience and engagement, with a preference for photorealistic agents often observed. Advanced techniques like transformer-based models and reinforcement learning algorithms are being integrated to personalize game experiences, adapt to user behavior, and automate content creation and assessment, particularly for applications targeting older adults and medical professionals. This research contributes to the development of more effective and engaging serious games across diverse applications, improving training and therapeutic interventions.