Desenvolvimento do jogo sério sobre anatomia odontológica para Web

Abstract

In this work, the adaptation of an educational game about dental anatomy was carried out for the Web with the purpose of making it easier for students of the Dentistry course at the Federal University of Ceará to access it. Serious games are becoming important due to some unique features such as gamification, accessibility and active learning. Having been developed for desktop in its previous version, the game presents incompatibilities depending on the operating system used by the student. The new version aims to address these incompatibilities since it will be hosted on a Web server and can be accessed from any browser. For its development, in particular, current technologies and aims to provide students with an efficient and interactive way of learning. The results obtained by users showed high satisfaction, demonstrating the game’s effectiveness as a complementary learning tool. Although there were suggestions for most of these recommendations refer to aspects that are easy to implement, without compromising the overall functioning of the game.