Table 3.

Feedback Guidelines for Use in a Serious Game Regarding Vegetable Parenting Practices

Feedback should include	Feedback should exclude
Explanation as to why a game choice is effective or ineffective	Dramatic “worst-case-scenario” effects of ineffective strategies
Effective alternative strategies accompanying constructive feedback	Open-ended or rhetorical questions
Correct grammar	Colloquialisms or idioms
Self-affirming language such as “good job” and “excellent”	Language that blames the player
Words of possibility such as “may” and “could”	Words of inevitability such as “will” and “must”
Concise, clear wording	Vague, unquantifiable terms like “too” and “some”
Universal language that matches advice for all game actions in its category	Specifics that do not match the game choice for which it is prompted