Informing on Climate-Friendly Novel Mobility Measures: Development of the Serious Game “MiniLautern” and Analysis of Player Feedback

Climate change affects many aspects of our lives. To reduce greenhouse gas emissions and increase quality of life, novel solutions need to be implemented. The digital transformation can support this direction. In this paper, we share experiences from the transformation of an urban district and show how digital solutions can support climate-friendly behavior. Our focus is on a Serious Game we developed, called “MiniLautern”, where players implement novel mobility solutions and have to address the concerns and needs of predefined stakeholders in order to maximize their score regarding stakeholders' happiness and positive environmental impact. We analyzed player feedback in order to understand better whether such a Serious Game is suitable for communicating the positive effects of novel mobility measures and researchers' efforts to address stakeholder concerns. Until now, the game MiniLautern has been completed by around 160 players, who have provided a total of 72 star ratings and answered about 20 questionnaires. So far, the reception of the game has been predominantly positive. Players like the core concept of matching novel mobility measures to stakeholder concerns, but would like to have expanded game mechanics, a larger solution space, and deeper interaction with the game.