Game Design for Academic Integrity: Goblin Threat

This report discusses the importance of academic integrity and how to avoid plagiarism through the game Goblin Threat. It provides instructions for playing the game and highlights the skills required for game design. The report also includes questions to test the reader's knowledge on academic misconduct.

GAME DESIGN

TABLE OF CONTENTS
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................3
MAIN BODY...................................................................................................................................3
CONCLUSION................................................................................................................................3
REFERENCES................................................................................................................................4

INTRODUCTION
Academic integrity is being defined as the putting the values within practice for being
honest within the academic work which is being undertaken by the student. It is essential for the
student that they must avoid plagiarism in order to have good working capability without any
copying or cheating. Hence, it is very important for the student to know the importance of
avoiding plagiarism in order to attain more marks and get successful. It is very important the
student avoids any type of misconduct in order to have good academic life. Hence, in the present
report the use of game design will be undertaken in order to avoid plagiarism and academic
misconduct in any form. In the present report a game will be designed which will assist the
student in developing the knowledge relating to the academic misconduct and avoiding
plagiarism.
TASK 1
Game design name
Goblin Threat
Game overview
This is a game wherein a situation is presented wherein some goblins are present. Hence,
it is necessary for the student or the participant to click over the goblins and then question will
appear (Plagiarism game, 2021). Then after the question arises then person need to answer the
questions.
Steps for playing
 In the present game, the candidates will be asked to first enter their name and then the
game will start.
 Further the game will not be played in teams and instead of this it will be played
individually.
 First the candidate will have to click on the goblin and as they click it a question will
arise. These question will be either in form of multiple choice question, true or false,
match the option with the required category and others.
 When each goblin is being clicked the question arises and this needs to be answered.
 In case the candidate will provide wrong answers then they will be eliminated.
 Total there will be 10 candidates which are student.

 For every correct answer the person will be awarded 10 points and for every wrong
answer they will be eliminated.
 There will be total of nine questions and this will be divided in three level having three
questions each.
 In the end, the candidate who have answered maximum of the correct answers will be the
winner.
TASK 2
Instructions of game
 Goblin threat is a game which is kind of treasure hunt wherein the candidate has to find
goblins provided in the picture.
 There after finding the goblin the candidate will click on the goblin and question will
appear.
 Now the candidate need to answer the question which has appeared by clicking the
goblin.
 These questions can be either MCQ, true or false, match the following and others.
 For every right answer person will be awarded with 10 points.
 In case the candidate provides wrong answer then they will be eliminated from the game.
 Hence, for the candidate to win, the criteria are to answer all the correct answers in single
time as there is not any second chance.
 There will be total of 10 candidates and they will not be playing in teams and will play
rather individually.
 Along with this there will be total of 9 questions which is divided in 3 levels having 3
question each.
Importance of academic integrity
With the analysis of Reza Khan and et.al., (2021) The academic integrity is being defined
as the commitment and the demonstration of honest and moral behaviour within the academic
setting. For the success of the student it is very essential that they must have proper academic
integrity in order to secure good position. The academic integrity is very important for the
student to be managed and maintained. This is particularly because of the reason that academic
integrity is the basis of fundamental of learning and researching at the university. In addition to
this academic integrity is important as it allows the student to respond to the academic

misconduct in proper and effective manner. The reason behind this fact is that if the student will
be having proper knowledge relating to the academic integrity then they will not be conducting
any misconduct as they have prior knowledge as what can be the repercussion of the misconduct.
On the other hand, Stoesz and Los (2019) argued that, academic integrity is also
beneficial for the students as this will ensure honesty of the student. This is particularly because
of the reason that when the student will ensure academic integrity then this will result in honest
working of the student. This ensures that the working of the student is in regards with the
requirement and this provides for an honest opinion of student that they have not plagiarised the
content and has not undertaken any academic misconduct.
Skills for designing the game
For the successful designing of the game it is essential that some skills are possessed by
the person designing the game. This is pertaining to the fact that when the game is designed then
it requires many different skills to be inherited. These skills are as follows-
Innovation and creativity- this is the major skill which need to be possessed by the person
designing the game (Hysaj and Suleymanova, 2021). This is particularly because of the reason
that when the person will not be having good innovation skills then this will not provide for good
ideas for the effective game design. Hence, it is very essential for the person to possess the
creativity and innovation skills as it will provide for new and innovative ideas.
Researching skills- this is very important for the person to possess the research skills. The
reason underlying this fact is that when the person will be having good researching skills then
they will be in position to manage and research new and latest ideas (Dawson, 2020). Hence, the
use of good researching skills is very beneficial for the game designer.
Presentation skill- this is another skill which need to be present among the individual who
are planning to design the game. This is particularly because of the reason that when the
presentation of the game will be good then this will attract the interest of people playing the
game. The reason behind this is that when the presentation of the game will be good then this
will attract attention of the player and hence, knowledge of student relating to academic integrity
will improve (Stoesz and Los, 2019).
Proper planning- this is another skill which is essential for the person designing the game is
very important. The major reason pertaining to the fact that when the planning will not be good
of the person then this will be impacting the working efficiency of the person. When the

planning skill will be good then this will result in proper development of the game and then this
will assist in proper development of the game and successful completion of the game and
increasing knowledge relating to academic misconduct.
CONCLUSION
With the above report it was evaluated that the academic integrity is very important for
the success of the student and their career. The major reason pertaining to the fact is that when
the academic integrity will be managed then there will not be any misconduct. Further the report
evaluated that academic integrity is essential to be managed. This is particularly essential
because of the reason that when the academic integrity is maintained then this provides for a
better working and scoring of grade to the student. In the end it was evaluated that there is need
of different types of the skills for preparing for the game. The skills highlighted within the report
are like planning skill, researching, presentation and other skills.
Questions
Q1. From the following which are the kind of misconduct?
 Engagement in some group project
 Discussion and conducting the work
 Copying others work
Q2. Out of following, which is considered in category of academic integrity?
 Following university curriculum
 Maintenance of the attendance
 Knowledge and awareness relating to plagiarism
Q3. Is bribing and cheating also considered as misconduct?
 Yes
 No
Q4. From the following, which is considered as example of violation of academic misconduct?
 Rephrasing
 Plagiarism
 None of the above
Q5. Is group work considered as academic misconduct?
 No
 Yes

Q6. Can plagiarism be done intentionally?
 Yes
 No
Q7. Tara researches and makes notes in her own words. Later at time of typing the essay she not
provided the credit to the authors exact words. So is Tara plagiarising her research?
 True
 False
Q8. How academic integrity can be practiced?
 Communicating with tutors
 Searching over internet
 Reading syllabus
Q9. A person can copy from encyclopaedia without citing the source because this information is
considered as common knowledge?
 True- everything in an encyclopaedia is common knowledge
 False- it depends on the information

REFERENCES
Books and Journals
Dodd, M. and Peleg, R., “AI IS NOT A GAME”–STUDENT ENGAGEMENT WITH
ACADEMIC INTEGRITY THROUGH AN ADVENTURE STYLE GAME. In European
Conference on Academic Integrity and Plagiarism 2021 (p. 23).
Reza Khan, Z., and et.al., 2021. Initiating count down-gamification of academic integrity.
Stoesz, B.M. and Los, R., 2019. Evaluation of a tutorial designed to promote academic integrity.
Canadian Perspectives on Academic Integrity, 2(1), pp.3-26.
Hysaj, A. and Suleymanova, S., 2021, July. Safeguarding Academic Integrity in Crisis Induced
Environment: A Case Study of Emirati Engineering and IT Students in a Private University
in the UAE. In International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction (pp. 236-245).
Springer, Cham.
Stoesz, B.M. and Los, R., 2019. Evaluation of a tutorial designed to promote academic integrity.
Canadian Perspectives on Academic Integrity, 2(1), pp.3-26.
Dawson, P., 2020. Defending assessment security in a digital world: preventing e-cheating and
supporting academic integrity in higher education. Routledge.
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