GAMeNT: A Framework to Formalize the Serious Game Design and Development

Games and video games entertain us and allow us to socialize and learn. Trying to take advantage of the interest in them and their characteristics as tools for education, the development of Serious Games has become popular. This paper presents the GAMeNT Framework which consists of an architecture and a methodology that guide the design and development of Serious Games. This framework was developed from a videogame framework, as a starting point, and it took into account the Serious Game inner elements to create the resultant architecture. The methodology was made after reviewing videogame’s design processes and adapting them to include the Serious Games’ elements.