Interaction Design: Games4therapy The Design Process of a Digital Solution

Abstract

Nowadays, technological advances struggle with the emotional social context. Design is no longer an isolated discipline. We are moving towards a new way of designing. Design is about people. We can no longer think about design decisions without having in mind all the related fields that are required to develop a successful solution. We live experiences, we engage with them and we hope they are meaningful to us, and deep inside it always been like this. Understanding the design process is therefore a need to the Interaction Designer. She should be aware of the required tools, how to use them and understand what they can provide her with. Working in a team and experiencing an environment where creative and innovative solutions are conducted is therefore the way to have a more clear understanding of the process. In this dissertation it is proposed to understand the role of the author as an Interaction Designer, who will be working within a multidisciplinary team, whose goal is to develop a tool that can support therapy in early intervention of psychosis as well as the process to answer the proposed research question.