Design and implementation of an Endless Runner as an Exergame

Abstract: The world's population has grown sedentary during the past one to two decades, with increased time spent sitting and laying down both during work hours and free time spent at home. For people that find normal exercise boring, exergames can be an attractive alternative. Using their body to play the game the player can have fun while exercising or even just to get some blood flowing. In this research project we implemented a game of a successful genre but we changed input from a controller to the body of the player. We set out to find out how to design a game as an exergame, how exhausted players get when playing and whether the players find it uncomfortable or not to play the game. Our testing showed that the implemented game might not have been as responsive as we would have hoped. When it comes to the exhaustion perceived by the play-testers they reported that they considered the game exercise, but also that most of them did not find it too intense during the playtest.