Modelo de um jogo de cooperação orientado para a comunidade surda

• Autor(a) principal: Norberto, Marcelo Torres
• Data de Publicação: 2016
• Tipo de documento: Dissertação
• Idioma: eng
• Título da fonte: Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos)
• Texto Completo: http://hdl.handle.net/10400.22/11058
• topic: Sign Language; Cooperation; Multiplayer Game; VirtualSign; Língua gestual; Cooperação; Jogos multijogador; Sistemas Gráficos e Multimédia

The rise of digital content and appearance of new devices capable of a more precise motion recognition creates an opportunity for developers to spread their work to a wider audience. A cooperation game model for the deaf is presented in this master thesis. It’s integrated within the VirtualSign project that consist on a bidirectional translator of sign language. The game consists of a first person puzzle game and requires two players to cooperate in order to get through the game. The game has a chat where users can type but it also makes use of the VirtualSign translator to allow deaf users to chat within the game using sign language. The cooperation is not only necessary but also rewarded as the players performance is represented through a score. The players can compare their performances as team with others through the high score list. The interface is fairly intuitive and allows the player to access all the core features needed for the game and the chat. The game story is also translated through the avatar. The game was designed for the deaf community and players aged above 12 years old. It was tested by 10 individuals with ages ranging from 23 to 65 and the feedback was very positive allowing the improvement of a few features. The results of the users testing is represented on the QEF where the game scored a 95% quality rate. This game aims to improve the social inclusion of the deaf community and show that it’s possible to communicate with them in games using their own language.