Talk about sex: Designing games to acilitate healthy discussions around sex

Matthew Wood, Gavin Wood, Madeline Balaam

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Abstract

We report on the design of Talk About Sex, a multiplayer mobile phone game designed for young people to facilitate and enable discussions around the subjects of sex, intimacy and relationships. We discuss how we used 'sex as a framing for design', combining concepts of consent, subtlety, intimacy and trust to develop a sensitive yet dynamic game design.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationCHI PLAY 2015 - Proceedings of the 2015 Annual Symposium on Computer-Human Interaction in Play
PublisherACM
Pages795-798
Number of pages4
ISBN (Electronic)9781450334662
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 5 Oct 2015
Externally publishedYes
Event2nd ACM SIGCHI Annual Symposium on Computer-Human Interaction in Play, CHI PLAY 2015 - London, United Kingdom
Duration: 5 Oct 20157 Oct 2015

Publication series

NameCHI PLAY 2015 - Proceedings of the 2015 Annual Symposium on Computer-Human Interaction in Play

Conference

Conference2nd ACM SIGCHI Annual Symposium on Computer-Human Interaction in Play, CHI PLAY 2015
Country/TerritoryUnited Kingdom
CityLondon
Period5/10/157/10/15

Keywords

  • Digital play
  • Intimacy
  • Sex
  • Social Gaming

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