Smart Icebreaker: A Workflow for Serious Game That Promotes Intimacy among Group Members

The purpose of this research is to design the workflow of a serious game that promotes intimacy among the members of a group from the moment of group formation. We plan to design our game based on an interdisciplinary approach that applies users´ psychological, communicative and serious game design perspectives. Our research began by analyzing previously published serious games and sampling the factors that prevent or boost intimacy among group members through a pilot test that was conducted based on methods from psychology and communication studies. With the result, we were able to suggest a workflow for Smart Icebreaker, a serious game that alleviates awkwardness and promotes intimacy when people come together as a group for the first time.