Developing a Configuration System for a Simulation Game in the Domain of Urban $$\text {CO}_{2}$$ CO 2 Emissions Reduction

Sarah Zurmühle (), João S. V. Gonalves (), Patrick Wäger, Andreas Gerber and Lorenz M. Hilty
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Sarah Zurmühle: University of Zurich
João S. V. Gonalves: University of Zurich
Patrick Wäger: Empa Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Science and Technology
Andreas Gerber: Empa Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Science and Technology
Lorenz M. Hilty: University of Zurich

A chapter in Advances and New Trends in Environmental Informatics, 2021, pp 165-179 from Springer

Abstract: Abstract In order to help decision-makers find ways to reduce $$\text {CO}_{2}$$ CO 2 emissions of Swiss cities, a simulation game is being developed within the “Post-fossil cities” project. During the game, participants take on different roles in which they together explore pathways to a future, post-fossil city. An important requirement to the software system of the game was to be easily configurable in order to keep the game adaptive to different target groups of players. We describe a User Interface Management System (UIMS) that has been designed and implemented to realise the flexibility demanded from the game designers’ side. The system allows game facilitators to configure the game and decide what kinds of visualisations are used during game sessions. The paper describes how the configuration system was conceptualised, implemented and integrated into the overall system architecture of the simulation game.

Keywords: Simulation game; User interface management system; Configuration system; Greenhouse-gas emissions; Sustainable development (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
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DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-61969-5_12

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