Creating a Theoretically Grounded, Gamified Health App: Lessons From Developing the Cigbreak Smoking Cessation Mobile Phone Game

Elizabeth A Edwards   ^{1, 2} , MBBS (Hons), MRes, MRCGP, MRCP (UK), DFSRH ;   Hope Caton   ³ , MSc ;   Jim Lumsden   ^{4, 5} , MEng, MSc ;   Carol Rivas   ^{1, 6} , BSc, MSc, PhD ;   Liz Steed   ^{1, 2} , BSc, MSc, PhD ;   Yutthana Pirunsarn   ³ , BEng, MSc ;   Sandra Jumbe   ^{1, 2} , BSc, MSc, PhD ;   Chris Newby   ^{1, 2} , BSc, MSc, PhD ;   Aditi Shenvi   ⁷ , MSc ;   Samaresh Mazumdar   ^{1, 2} , MBBS, MRCP (UK) ;   Jim Q Smith   ⁸ , BSc, PhD ;   Darrel Greenhill   ³ , BSc, PhD ;   Chris J Griffiths   ^{1, 2} , BA, MBBS, DPhil, FRCP (UK), FRCGP (UK) ;   Robert T Walton   ^{1, 2} , BSc, MBBS, MD, FRCP (UK), FRCGP (UK)

¹ Centre for Primary Care and Public Health, Blizard Institute, Bart’s and The London School of Medicine and Dentistry, Queen Mary University of London, London, GB

² Asthma UK Centre for Applied Research, Bart’s and The London School of Medicine and Dentistry, Queen Mary University of London, London, GB

³ Faculty of Science, Engineering Computing, Kingston University, London, GB

⁴ School of Psychological Science, University of Bristol, Bristol, GB

⁵ MRC Integrative Epidemiology Unit, University of Bristol, Bristol, GB

⁶ Social Science Research Unit, University College London, London, GB

⁷ Centre for Complexity Science, University of Warwick, Coventry, GB

⁸ Department of Statistics, University of Warwick, Coventry, GB