Covid-19 Awareness Game for Deaf Children

Serious games are gaining increasing interest as they have been found successful in learning. The use of serious games has been vastly accelerated in light of the current crisis of Covid-19 pandemic. In order to reduce the spread of the virus, Covid-19 information and preventive measures should be accessible for all. However, serious games implemented for delivering covid-19 awareness are mainly dedicated for person with normal development. A lack of interest to implement games for people with special needs is noted. For that, this paper presents a new serious game for deaf children aiming to raise their awareness about the precautions needed during the outbreak in funny way. The game is based on delivering covid-19 preventive measures based on sign language assistance. While playing, the player has to collect prevention objects and avoid collision with viruses to keep healthy and win the game.