Gamification Applied to Missile Defense (GAMeD)

We propose to develop the Gamification Applied to Missile Defense (GAMeD) system to combine the compelling usability of video games with the targeted realism and expert feedback required to meet critical training objectives. GAMeD will be built from the ground up, blending principles from gamification, simulation, and intelligent tutoring systems (ITSs) to create training software that is fun to use, aesthetically appealing, accurately models the domain for the knowledge and skills to be learned, and provides real-time assessment. Gamification techniques develop the level progressions, reward structures, and social interactions needed to foster motivation. ITS techniques identify the critical knowledge and skills to be learned and produce expert-level guidance and feedback.During Phase I we will identify the knowledge and skills to be trained, develop use cases and requirements, create a core game design, build a limited prototype, gather feedback, and develop a plan for Phase II.(Approved for Public Release 15-MDA-8482 (17 November 15))