02433nas a2200385   4500000000100000000000100001008004100002260000800043653001900051653001300070653001600083653002900099653002200128653003600150653002000186653001500206653002200221653001600243653001700259653002200276653003200298653002000330100002700350700003000377700001700407700002900424700002800453700002700481700002100508700002300529245015100552490000600703520132400709022001402033       2022                            d  cmay10aMDA (Mechanics10aDynamics10aAesthetics)10aconstructive interaction10acultural heritage10acultural heritage professionals10adesign thinking10aevaluation10afield playtesting10afield study10afield visits10alocal communities10amobile location-based games10aUser experience1 aPanayiotis Koutsabasis1 aKonstantinos Partheniadis1 aAnna Gardeli1 aPanagiotis Vogiatzidakis1 aVasiliki Nikolakopoulou1 aPavlos Chatzigrigoriou1 aSpyros Vosinakis1 aDespina Filippidou00aCo-Designing the User Experience of Location-Based Games for a Network of Museums: Involving Cultural Heritage Professionals and Local Communities0 v63 aThe design of location-based games (LBGs) for cultural heritage should ensure the active participation and contribution of local communities and heritage professionals to achieve contextual relevance, importance, and content validity. This paper presents an approach and methods of the participatory and co-design of LBGs that promote awareness and learning about the intangible cultural heritage of craftsmanship and artisanal technology throughout a long-term project from sensitization to implementation. Following the design thinking process, we outline the participatory methods (and reflect on results and lessons learnt) of involving cultural heritage professionals, local communities, and visitors (users) of museums and cultural settlements, mainly: field visits, design workshops, field playtesting, and field studies. We discuss issues of participatory design that we experienced throughout the project such as participant centrality and representativeness, producing tangible output from meetings, co-creation of content via playtesting, and implications from the pandemic. This work contributes a case of participatory and co-design of LBGs for cultural heritage that is characterized by longevity and engagement throughout the design process for three LBGs of a museum network in different cultural sites.  a2414-4088