Digital Interactive Game Interfaces for Elderly: Digital Drumming Games as Case Study

The COVID-19 pandemic has disrupted lifestyle habits, pushed people to overcome spatial limitations, and enjoy the benefits of home interactions through physical or online interactions. Adapting to the life development of the elderly, given their physiological, psychological, and social changes, is a critical challenge in addressing the rapidly aging population. Digital games contain many features; however, many digital games lack age-specific design, creating usability challenges for the elderly. Hence, interfaces catering to their needs are essential to enhancing their adoption and usage. Based on the above-mentioned, the research objectives are as follows: (1) Conduct a literature review and collate a comprehensive set of interface design principles suitable for the elderly. (2) Develop a digital interactive game that enhances home interactions for the elderly. The scope of the study focuses on tablet devices, so it is not applicable to other digital devices. The positive effects of digital game use among the elderly, interface design guidelines and related development theories, as well as the benefits of drumming are examined by a review of the relevant literature. Focus group interviews were used to summarize and encode experts' recommendations, which were combined with literature review to form interface design principles that were used to develop game prototypes.