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The Art Of Software Design A game for teaching modelling of software designs Dave Stikkolorum, Oswald de Bruin, Michel Chaudron Leiden University, The university to discover

Challenge: “To make learning of modelling of software designs more attractive for students” Leiden University, The university to discover

MAKE IT FUN! Interactive – Addictive – Competitive Leiden University, The university to discover

Gamify the education of software design “The Art of Software Design” Art Leiden University, The university to discover

Art of Software design • Game objective • Students : learning software design • Basic concepts : class, operation, attribute • Basic principles : modularity, cohesion, coupling and information hiding • Research : evaluating different education approaches for teaching/learning software design Leiden University, The university to discover

Game Overview • Puzzle game • Different levels • Level = Partial design • Basic concepts • Principles in isolation • Principles combined • Level editor for creating more puzzles After completing a puzzle, a door to a new puzzle opens. Leiden University, The university to discover

Game mechanics • Task mimicks actual class design activities attribute • Interactive Feedback operation • Scores (based on design metrics for the principle of that level) • Animations • Data-flow • Control • Reward • Multiple solutions Leiden University, The university to discover

Control Flow Data Flow Leiden University, The university to discover

Experiences Students' trial • Students like the feedback mechanism • “It's a fun experience!” Leiden University, The university to discover

Future Ideas • GUI more suitable for students • Online game • Multiplayer • Execute design models • Research • game as teaching method POSTER http://aosd.host22.com drstikko@liacs.nl – chaudron@liacs.nl Leiden University, The university to discover