Exploring Children's Requirements for Game-Based Learning Environments

Table 1

Issues discovered in the projects.

Category	Issue	Source
UI/Navigation	Using familiar UI conventions without risking game-likeness	UI drawings
	Controls clearly visible at all times	UI drawings
		Existing sites
	Game status and standings clearly visible at all times	UI drawings
UI/Appearance	Content-rich layouts, little empty space	Existing sites
	Realistic appearance, for example, photographs	Existing sites
Content/Theme	Themes related to real life	Existing sites
	Great variety in themes	Existing sites
		Idea maps
Content/Functionality	Much freedom of choice in functionality to allow exploration	UI drawings
		Idea maps
		Existing sites
	Possibility to create something	Idea maps
	A main character (a game character or a guiding “mascot”)	Existing sites