IdeAM Running Quiz: A digital learning game to enhance Additive Manufacturing opportunities discovery

This paper provides a description of IdeAM Running Quiz, a learning game aiming at enhancing Additive Manufacturing (AM) op- portunities learning. Firstly, a review of the literature on the Design and Additive Manufacturing methodologies and the educational effective- ness of learning games is presented. Then, the steps involved in the de- sign of IdeAM Running Quiz game are introduced. IdeAM Running Quiz is a digital learning game inspired by arcade games. It is an infinite race where the player will have to choose the right path that will allow him to advance. It features examples of objects that can be made with AM as well as AM opportunities. For this research, we have conducted an ex- periment aiming at evaluating the effectiveness of IdeAM Running Quiz on AM opportunities learning, and satisfaction provided by playing it. This experiment has shown that IdeAM Running Quiz helps player to understand additive manufacturing opportunities. The experiment has also shown that participants like to play IdeAM Running Quiz and would recommend it for someone who wants to discover AM opportunities.