DreamScape: Fostering Financial Cognition through a Serious Game
Financial literacy is critical for economic empowerment, yet access to effective financial education remains uneven.Serious games provide an interactive and accessible approach to financial education, fostering decision-making and cognitive development through immersive gameplay.In this demonstration, we present DreamScape, a narrative-driven serious game designed to teach financial literacy through interactive storytelling and puzzle-based mini-games.By leveraging narrative immersion and problem-solving mechanics, this online demo illustrates how interactive systems and creative design can foster economic empowerment, contributing to a more financially literate and equitable society.
Authors
- Constança Freitas (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0004-2239-7931)
- Paulo Bala (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1743-0261)
- Ana Santos (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0004-4229-4825)
- Mara Dionísio (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0684-7512)
- Pedro Campos (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7706-5038)
Institutions
- Active Technologies (Italy) (IT)
- Instituto de Tecnologias Interativas
- Universidade da Madeira (PT)
Publication Details
- Published
- 2025-06-22
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1145/3698061.3734413
- Primary Topic
- Educational Games and Gamification
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00
Funders
- Agência Regional para o Desenvolvimento da Investigação, Tecnologia e Inovação
- Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia