University of Manchester

Deploying Learning Materials to Game Content for Serious Education Game Development: A Case Study

Serious educational game development often struggles to balance pedagogical rigor with engaging mechanics, frequently requiring intensive manual intervention from subject matter experts.

• A new procedural content generation framework automates the integration of educational materials into game environments, reducing the need for manual intervention by subject matter experts.
• The framework maps learning objectives directly to game design elements, allowing for scalable experiences that adapt to individual player mastery levels.
• The 'Chem Dungeon' case study demonstrates this methodology by using clustering analysis and difficulty-based categorization to embed chemical compound tasks into rogue-like maze levels.