GeoQuest

Mobile geography learning game prototype designed with game-based learning and design thinking principles.

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About the project

GeoQuest was developed as a class project for EME 6235 Managing Educational Projects. GeoQuest uses a mobile game format to make geography learning more active, interactive, and connected to real-world problem solving.

GeoQuest

Mobile geography learning game prototype designed with game-based learning and design thinking principles.

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About the project

GeoQuest was developed as a class project for EME 6235 Managing Educational Projects. The project focused on planning, managing, and presenting an educational technology concept from idea to prototype. GeoQuest uses a mobile game format to make geography learning more active, interactive, and connected to real-world problem solving.

GeoQuest was developed as a class project for EME 6235 Managing Educational Projects. GeoQuest uses a mobile game format to make geography learning more active, interactive, and connected to real-world problem solving.

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GeoQuest is a mobile geography learning game designed to support adult learners’ curiosity, spatial reasoning, and lifelong learning. The project uses game-based learning and design thinking to make geography learning more active through map exploration, quizzes, missions, feedback, avatars, and rewards.

The design process included empathy mapping, personas, storyboards, user flows, low-fidelity prototypes, high-fidelity prototypes, cognitive walkthroughs, and usability planning. The final prototype shows how geography learning can move beyond memorization toward an interactive experience where learners explore, solve challenges, and build geographic knowledge through play.

Design Thinking Process

GeoQuest is a mobile geography learning game designed to support adult learners’ curiosity, spatial reasoning, and lifelong learning. The project uses game-based learning and design thinking to make geography learning more active through map exploration, quizzes, missions, feedback, avatars, and rewards.

The design process included empathy mapping, personas, storyboards, user flows, low-fidelity prototypes, high-fidelity prototypes, cognitive walkthroughs, and usability planning. The final prototype shows how geography learning can move beyond memorization toward an interactive experience where learners explore, solve challenges, and build geographic knowledge through play.

Design Thinking Process

GeoQuest is a mobile geography learning game designed to support adult learners’ curiosity, spatial reasoning, and lifelong learning. The project uses game-based learning and design thinking to make geography learning more active through map exploration, quizzes, missions, feedback, avatars, and rewards.

GeoQuest is a mobile geography learning game designed to support adult learners’ curiosity, spatial reasoning, and lifelong learning. The project uses game-based learning and design thinking to make geography learning more active through map exploration, quizzes, missions, feedback, avatars, and rewards.

The design process included empathy mapping, personas, storyboards, user flows, low-fidelity prototypes, high-fidelity prototypes, cognitive walkthroughs, and usability planning. The final prototype shows how geography learning can move beyond memorization toward an interactive experience where learners explore, solve challenges, and build geographic knowledge through play.

Publications

  1. Gao, R., Kao, Y.-C. I., Ma, C., Zheng, Y., Ercan, D., Esmaeiligoujar, S., & Huang, R. (2026). GeoQuest: Prototyping a mobile game for geography learning with game-based and design thinking approaches. In A. Thomas et al. (Eds.), Joint Conference on Serious Games 2025 (LNCS 16243, pp. 149–156). Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-032-10518-9_13

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    Gao, R., Kao, Y.-C. I., Ma, C., Zheng, Y., Ercan, D., Esmaeiligoujar, S., & Huang, R. (2025, December). GeoQuest: Prototyping a mobile game for geography learning with game-based and design thinking approaches [Poster presentation]. Joint Conference on Serious Games, Rotkreuz, Switzerland.






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  1. Gao, R., Kao, Y.-C. I., Ma, C., Zheng, Y., Ercan, D., Esmaeiligoujar, S., & Huang, R. (2026). GeoQuest: Prototyping a mobile game for geography learning with game-based and design thinking approaches. In A. Thomas et al. (Eds.), Joint Conference on Serious Games 2025 (LNCS 16243, pp. 149–156). Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-032-10518-9_13

  2. Poster Presentation
    Gao, R., Kao, Y.-C. I., Ma, C., Zheng, Y., Ercan, D., Esmaeiligoujar, S., & Huang, R. (2025, December). GeoQuest: Prototyping a mobile game for geography learning with game-based and design thinking approaches [Poster presentation]. Joint Conference on Serious Games, Rotkreuz, Switzerland.






  1. Gao, R., Kao, Y.-C. I., Ma, C., Zheng, Y., Ercan, D., Esmaeiligoujar, S., & Huang, R. (2026). GeoQuest: Prototyping a mobile game for geography learning with game-based and design thinking approaches. In A. Thomas et al. (Eds.), Joint Conference on Serious Games 2025 (LNCS 16243, pp. 149–156). Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-032-10518-9_13

  2. Poster Presentation
    Gao, R., Kao, Y.-C. I., Ma, C., Zheng, Y., Ercan, D., Esmaeiligoujar, S., & Huang, R. (2025, December). GeoQuest: Prototyping a mobile game for geography learning with game-based and design thinking approaches [Poster presentation]. Joint Conference on Serious Games, Rotkreuz, Switzerland.






  1. Gao, R., Kao, Y.-C. I., Ma, C., Zheng, Y., Ercan, D., Esmaeiligoujar, S., & Huang, R. (2026). GeoQuest: Prototyping a mobile game for geography learning with game-based and design thinking approaches. In A. Thomas et al. (Eds.), Joint Conference on Serious Games 2025 (LNCS 16243, pp. 149–156). Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-032-10518-9_13

  2. Poster Presentation
    Gao, R., Kao, Y.-C. I., Ma, C., Zheng, Y., Ercan, D., Esmaeiligoujar, S., & Huang, R. (2025, December). GeoQuest: Prototyping a mobile game for geography learning with game-based and design thinking approaches [Poster presentation]. Joint Conference on Serious Games, Rotkreuz, Switzerland.





  1. Gao, R., Kao, Y.-C. I., Ma, C., Zheng, Y., Ercan, D., Esmaeiligoujar, S., & Huang, R. (2026). GeoQuest: Prototyping a mobile game for geography learning with game-based and design thinking approaches. In A. Thomas et al. (Eds.), Joint Conference on Serious Games 2025 (LNCS 16243, pp. 149–156). Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-032-10518-9_13

  2. Poster Presentation
    Gao, R., Kao, Y.-C. I., Ma, C., Zheng, Y., Ercan, D., Esmaeiligoujar, S., & Huang, R. (2025, December). GeoQuest: Prototyping a mobile game for geography learning with game-based and design thinking approaches [Poster presentation]. Joint Conference on Serious Games, Rotkreuz, Switzerland.





  1. Gao, R., Kao, Y.-C. I., Ma, C., Zheng, Y., Ercan, D., Esmaeiligoujar, S., & Huang, R. (2026). GeoQuest: Prototyping a mobile game for geography learning with game-based and design thinking approaches. In A. Thomas et al. (Eds.), Joint Conference on Serious Games 2025 (LNCS 16243, pp. 149–156). Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-032-10518-9_13

  2. Poster Presentation
    Gao, R., Kao, Y.-C. I., Ma, C., Zheng, Y., Ercan, D., Esmaeiligoujar, S., & Huang, R. (2025, December). GeoQuest: Prototyping a mobile game for geography learning with game-based and design thinking approaches [Poster presentation]. Joint Conference on Serious Games, Rotkreuz, Switzerland.

Publications

Publications

  1. Gao, R., Kao, Y.-C. I., Ma, C., Zheng, Y., Ercan, D., Esmaeiligoujar, S., & Huang, R. (2026). GeoQuest: Prototyping a mobile game for geography learning with game-based and design thinking approaches. In A. Thomas et al. (Eds.), Joint Conference on Serious Games 2025 (LNCS 16243, pp. 149–156). Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-032-10518-9_13

  2. Poster Presentation
    Gao, R., Kao, Y.-C. I., Ma, C., Zheng, Y., Ercan, D., Esmaeiligoujar, S., & Huang, R. (2025, December). GeoQuest: Prototyping a mobile game for geography learning with game-based and design thinking approaches [Poster presentation]. Joint Conference on Serious Games, Rotkreuz, Switzerland.





  1. Gao, R., Kao, Y.-C. I., Ma, C., Zheng, Y., Ercan, D., Esmaeiligoujar, S., & Huang, R. (2026). GeoQuest: Prototyping a mobile game for geography learning with game-based and design thinking approaches. In A. Thomas et al. (Eds.), Joint Conference on Serious Games 2025 (LNCS 16243, pp. 149–156). Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-032-10518-9_13

  2. Poster Presentation
    Gao, R., Kao, Y.-C. I., Ma, C., Zheng, Y., Ercan, D., Esmaeiligoujar, S., & Huang, R. (2025, December). GeoQuest: Prototyping a mobile game for geography learning with game-based and design thinking approaches [Poster presentation]. Joint Conference on Serious Games, Rotkreuz, Switzerland..





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