Using a Pleasure Framework to Critique Tangible Learning Games

Pleasure is a key component of any game design. This paper presents a pleasure framework based on sixteen dimensions of pleasure including creation, discovery, sensation, danger and sympathy. The utility of the pleasure framework is shown by applying it to a tangible game-based learning system designed to teach university students about WiMAX signal propagation. The analysis reveals that while eleven pleasures were considered in the design of this game, the game could be improved along each dimension. Further, five pleasure dimensions were not explicitly considered at all and included important variables like fantasy, discovery and subversion.