The Design Of Digital Education Game Based On Incentive Theory

The current educational philosophy emphasizes on "student-oriented", focusing stimulatestudents’ motivation to learn, rather than only the simple imparting of theoretical knowledge.The emergence of educational games has opened up new ways to incentive students’ motivation,and increase students’ interest. Educational games provide learners with contextualized learningenvironment, learners are able to experience motivation motivated by the game of learning togain knowledge and develop skills. So, under the guidance of the incentive theory, exploringthe incentive mechanisms of educational games, constructing incentive model, designing anddeveloping a digital education game to incentive learners’ motivation has important theoreticalsignificance and application value.According to the purpose and content of the study, based on the literature analysis, caseanalysis and game software design method, it is the mainly aspects of the work.(1) The basic theoretical research of digital education game based on incentive theory. Onthe basis of relevant literature, the paper analyzes the connotation of incentive and incentivetheory research, summarizes the theoretical basis of the design of educational games. Thenbased on the research of incentive theory, the paper seeks an effective way of combining theoryand game design by combination of game design theory and analysis of the elements of thegame design, to provide theoretical support for the design and development of educationalgames.(2) The instructional design of digital education game based on incentive theory. Based onthe analysis of incentive theory, drawing on the incentive mechanisms in online games, thepaper writes design program and constructs design framework for educational game usinginstructional design theory.(3) The system design of digital education game based on incentive theory. The paperadopts object-oriented software design methods, analyzes system requirements, designs entirely,then designs in detail, and constructs a system design model of education game based onincentive theory.(4) The case development of digital education game based on incentive theory.Combination of instructional design framework and software design model, the paper chooses the instruction contents of primary science, develops a game case on the development platformof RPG Maker XP and Dreamweaver8.The paper achieves some results after a series of work by collecting a large number ofdomestic and foreign literature and drawing on the research.(1) The paper constructs an instructional design framework of digital game based onincentive theory. Combining incentive theory and game design theory, the paper designs theincentive elements in the educational game, constructs the incentive mechanisms model anddraws the instructional design framework for educational games which can incentive learners’motivation.(2) The paper constructs a software design model of digital educational game based onincentive theory. By adopting Object-oriented software design methods, analyzing systemrequirements of game design, the paper constructs a system design model and designs in detailfor supporting game development.(3) The paper develops a digital educational game system based on incentive theory. Thepaper chooses the instruction contents of primary science, develops the case on thedevelopment platform of RPG Maker XP and Dreamweaver8.Due to the limit of time and capacity, incentive theory is not combined with theeducational game perfectly. Besides, there are some problems and shortages in the educationalgame system. So, it needs to be completed in the future.