Intergenerational Playful Experiences Based on Digital Games for Interactive Spaces

In this article, we first review the work carried out in the field of intergenerational digital games experiences as well as in the identification of the design factors involved. They are valued according to their applicability to put a common point to generate Intergenerational playful experiences based on digital games for interactive spaces. Starting from that point, “The Fantastic Journey”, a game created to be played in an interactive space where tangible interaction on tabletops, physical interaction with real objects as well as body and gesture interaction is supported, is valued as a possible intergenerational digital game experience. Two play sessions and a workshop carried out with grandparents and their grandchildren have allowed us to elaborate the findings in the literature about the potential and the factors around intergenerational play and have served to legitimize The Fantastic Journey as a true intergenerational digital game experience.