Designing a Serious Game (Above Water) for Stigma Reduction Surrounding Mental Health: Semistructured Interview Study With Expert Participants

Rina R Wehbe   ^{1, 2, 3} , BSc, MSc, PhD ;   Colin Whaley   ^{3, 4, 5} , BSc, MSc ;   Yasaman Eskandari   ^{2, 3, 5, 6} , BSc ;   Ally Suarez   ^{2, 3, 7, 8} ;   Lennart E Nacke   ^{3, 8} , PhD ;   Jessica Hammer   ⁹ , PhD ;   Edward Lank   ^{2, 10 †} , PhD

¹ Human Computer Interaction for Social Good (HCI4GOOD), Faculty of Computer Science, Dalhousie University, Halifax, NS, Canada

² Methods Group, Human Computer Interaction Lab, Cheriton School of Computer Science, Faculty of Mathematics, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, ON, Canada

³ The Games Institute, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, ON, Canada

⁴ Michael G DeGroote School of Medicine, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada

⁵ School of Pharmacy, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, ON, Canada

⁶ Faculty of Science, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, ON, Canada

⁷ Faculty of Applied Health Sciences, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, ON, Canada

⁸ Human Computer Interaction (HCI) Games Group, Stratford School of Interaction Design and Business, Faculty of Arts, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, ON, Canada

⁹ OH! Lab, Human Computer Interaction Institute, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA, United States

¹⁰ Équipe LOKI, Inria Lille-Nord Europe, University of Lille, Lille, Villeneuve d'Ascq, France

†deceased