Rufus - Uma Plataforma de Autoria para Jogos Digitais Terapêuticos

Abstract

Therapeutic games aim to support rehabilitation treatments and help patients understand, motivate and persist in therapeutic practices. This paper describes Rufus, a platform for authoring digital games configured by healthcare professionals to conduct therapeutic activities with their patients and their caregivers. The platform has a web interface for game authoring, currently composed of three different game mechanics, as well as the possibility of viewing interaction reports. A mobile app composes the infrastructure and displays the games created for patients. Participatory Design Techniques were used during the design and development of the solution to engage different stakeholders.