Teaching Method for Software Measurement Process Based on Gamification or Serious Games: A Systematic Review of the Literature

Table 18

Game elements identified in the primary software measurement studies.

Game genre	Primary studies	Percentage
Adventure	P137	3.03%
Board	P44 P63	6.06%
Gamification	P10 P19 P22 P34 P43 P53 P59 P89 P94 P107 P108 P112 P129 P130 P131 P133 P134 P135 P136	57.58%
RPG	P29 P99	6.06%
Simulation	P12 P16 P17 P72 P93 P98 P116 P124 P136	27.27%
Game elements	Primary studies	Percentage
Achievements	P29 P99 P107	9.09%
Avatar	P17 P29 P94	9.09%
Badges	P22 P29 P63 P99 P107 P108 P112 P129 P131 P135 P136	33.33%
Collections	P29	3.03%
Gift	P19	3.03%
Leaderboard	P12 P19 P22 P29 P53 P63 P89 P94 P112 P129 P134 P135 P136	39.39%
Levels	P29 P53 P99 P107 P131	15.15%
Not reported	P10 P34 P43 P93 P98 P116 P124 P130 P137	27.27%
Points	P12 P16 P17 P19 P22 P29 P44 P53 P63 P72 P89 P94 P99 P107 P108 P112 P129 P131 P133 P134 P135 P136	66.67%
Task	P94	3.03%
Team	P29 P59	6.06%
Virtual goods	P107 P112	6.06%
Visual graph	P129	3.03%
Game mechanics	Primary studies	Percentage
Challenges	P22 P29 P53 P129	12.12%
Chance	P12 P17 P44	9.09%
Cooperation and competition	P19 P29 P34 P53 P63 P107 P112 P129 P130 P131 P133 P134 P135 P136	42.42%
Feedback	P12 P53 P17 P22 P29 P53 P59 P72 P99 P129 P134 P135	36.36%
Not reported	P10 P16 P43 P89 P93 P94 P98 P108 P116 P124 P137	33.33%
Resource acquisition	P12 P17	6.06%
Rewards	P19 P22 P29 P89 P133	15.15%
Turns	P44	3.03%
Win state	P89	3.03%
Game dynamics	Primary studies	Percentage
Emotions	P112 P136	6.06%
Narrative	P12 P16 P17 P29 P34 P59 P72 P94 P98 P137	30.30%
Not reported	P10 P43 P89 P93 P108 P116 P124 P131 P133	27.27%
Progression	P12 P16 P17 P22 P29 P53 P63 P107 P129	27.27%
Relationships	P12 P19 P29 P44 P59 P63 P98 P99 P107 P134 P135 P136	36.36%
Restrictions	P12 P130	6.06%