Provocative approaches to serious game design and analysis

Small Provoking Games (SPG) are physical or digital serious games that intend to incite reflection, discussion, or a shift in attitude regarding a particular application domain. They are built upon the principles of reflective game design to ``produce cognitive and affective challenge'' and ``emphasise a player?s sense of purpose and aim to create exo-transformation (change in attitudes and/or practice outside the game) SPGs may be stand-alone or integrated into a more structured context such as a serious game jam, in order to provoke discussion and reflection. SPGs challenge the assumption of, and importance placed on `fun' in serious gaming, focusing more on the `serious experience' toward the goal of effective reflection and attitude-shifting as opposed to direct learning of content.