Escape Game Chatbot: Co-designing Educational Games for Sustainability

Michael Louis Eulenstein; Thorsten Schoormann

doi:10.1007/978-3-032-11043-5_35

Escape Game Chatbot: Co-designing Educational Games for Sustainability

Michael Louis Eulenstein
, Thorsten Schoormann

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Article in proceedings › Research › peer-review

Abstract

The growing use of escape games in education has led to innovative digital tools that support learning and teaching. This paper introduces the Escape Game Chatbot, a ChatGPT-based tool that assists users in co-designing educational escape games through guided narrative planning, puzzle creation, and alignment with learning objectives focused on Sustainable Development Goals. The Escape Game Chatbot aims to lower design barriers for educators and game designers lacking expertise in this context. A formative evaluation with 15 university participants indicates positive impacts on design understanding, creativity support, and the likelihood of the Escape Game Chatbot's reuse.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Games and Learning Alliance
Editors	Sander Bakkes, Francesco Bellotti, Pierpaolo Dondio, Manuel Ninaus, Vanissa Wannick, Antonio Bucchiarone
Number of pages	6
Place of Publication	Cham
Publisher	Springer
Publication date	2026
Pages	363-368
ISBN (Print)	978-3-032-11042-8
ISBN (Electronic)	978-3-032-11043-5
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-032-11043-5_35
Publication status	Published - 2026
Event	14th International Conference on Games and Learning Alliance - Utrecht, Netherlands Duration: 19 Nov 2025 → 21 Nov 2025 Conference number: 14

Conference

Conference	14th International Conference on Games and Learning Alliance
Number	14
Country/Territory	Netherlands
City	Utrecht
Period	19/11/2025 → 21/11/2025

Series	Lecture Notes in Computer Science
Number	16307
ISSN	0302-9743

Keywords

Chatbot
Escape Games
Sustainability

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Eulenstein, ML & Schoormann, T 2026, Escape Game Chatbot: Co-designing Educational Games for Sustainability. in S Bakkes, F Bellotti, P Dondio, M Ninaus, V Wannick & A Bucchiarone (eds), Games and Learning Alliance. Springer, Cham, Lecture Notes in Computer Science, no. 16307, pp. 363-368, 14th International Conference on Games and Learning Alliance, Utrecht, Netherlands, 19/11/2025. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-032-11043-5_35

Escape Game Chatbot: Co-designing Educational Games for Sustainability. / Eulenstein, Michael Louis; Schoormann, Thorsten.
Games and Learning Alliance. ed. / Sander Bakkes; Francesco Bellotti; Pierpaolo Dondio; Manuel Ninaus; Vanissa Wannick; Antonio Bucchiarone. Cham: Springer, 2026. p. 363-368 (Lecture Notes in Computer Science; No. 16307).

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Article in proceedings › Research › peer-review

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