{"id":11517,"date":"2022-07-11T13:01:18","date_gmt":"2022-07-11T13:01:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/8d.nl\/projecten\/tinas-world-of-hands\/"},"modified":"2025-07-10T09:25:51","modified_gmt":"2025-07-10T09:25:51","slug":"tinas-world-of-hands","status":"publish","type":"projecten","link":"https:\/\/8d.nl\/en\/projecten\/tinas-world-of-hands\/","title":{"rendered":"Tina’s World of Hands"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Hand-washing game for children<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

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Can a serious game teach children to wash their hands better? With this question, the University of Twente and the University of M\u00fcnster approached 8D. It soon became clear that children often do know that washing their hands is important. However, it is not always clear how and when it is best to wash your hands. With our design methode<\/strong><\/a>, we started to investigate how serious gaming could change this. \n<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The power of Tina’s hand-washing game<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

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The assignment was to develop a game prototype that would transfer knowledge about hand washing to young children in an appealing and activating way. With a prototype, you mainly want to see whether the mechanics are effective and indeed work for the target group, without having to immediately develop a complete product.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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At the same time, a young target group is not able to ‘see through’ the prototype, so even before testing the gameplay, a lot of the functionalities and appealing artwork would have to be created. The trick was to find the right balance.\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n <\/div>\n \n \n<\/div>\n

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Based on interviews, we researched <\/a> what children already know about handwashing and where exactly the information needs lie. For example: in which situations is it difficult to wash your hands, even though you know you have to? And when do you skip it? We also used very simple prototypes to test how much information children aged 6 to 8 can process through a game. We found out that children in this age group can handle more information than we had expected, especially when it is presented in a good way.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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