Exploring the Development of a Game‐Based Education: History Learning for Elementary School Students

History education represents a multifaceted concept, encompassing a visionary idea, a transformative educational reform movement, and a dynamic process aimed at fostering equitable learning experiences for all students. Despite its essential role in shaping historical awareness, national development, and identity, history education is often perceived as boring and less desirable in many parts of the world. To address this, teachers should develop teaching materials focused on themes like the archipelago and independence, drawing from books and other resources. This paper is aimed at creating a mobile game application to enhance educational resources for children, employing the seven stages of game development according to Pickell. The research findings indicate that the mobile game application is effective and significantly increases students’ history learning because it is fun. Therefore, it is recommended that elementary schools adopt this mobile game application to improve history learning.