Children Safety: Education Game for Child’s Sex Education Sisforma vol.3 no.2 November 2016 : 44-50 Children Safety: Education Game for Child’s Sex Education FajarAs’ari Department of Information Systems, Faculty of Computer Science Soegijapranata Catholic University (SCU), Semarang, Indonesia asari.fajar@gmail.com Fx. HendraPrasetya, ST., MT Department of Information Systems, Faculty of Computer Science Soegijapranata Catholic University (SCU), Semarang, Indonesia ridwan@unika.ac.id Dr. RidwanSanjaya Department of Information Systems, Faculty of Computer Science Soegijapranata Catholic University (SCU), Semarang, Indonesia ridwan@unika.ac.id Abstract – Some people still cannot talk freely about sex education.On the other hand, some of them have an assumption that teaching sex education will leads to free sex behavior. Sometimes parents are afraid to talk about sex education with their children, even some parents think that sex education is not important for children. In fact, children need to know about sex education for their own good. To children, sex education is to explain differences between male and female and to know well about themselves. Creating media to deliver sex education is the way to teach children about sex education. Among many media, game is one option to deliver this education. This research will discuss game for child’s sex media education. The reason for using game as media for sex education is that game has capability to deliver message. Through game concept of picture and animation, game delivers sex education to children with the objective to prevent the child from sexual abuse. However, when the children play the game they need to be guided and accompanied by adults to make sure that children understand the meaning of game message through game story. Keywords: game, game education, sex education, sex education game, child’s sex education. I. INTRODUCTION Sex education; some pe ople a re unf amiliar with this term. S ome of t hem feel awkward and t he ot hers feel af raid, especially pa rents who c annot s peak fre ely with t heir c hildren about s exuality. Parents have an assumption that talking about s ex educ ation means talking about s ex t oo, a nd s ex is just for adult[1]. Indeed, sex education also teaches about sexuality but s ex education also teaches another a spect like m oral as pect, social behavior, law, until culture, according t o Ulwan [2]. In addition, Sarwono added that sex education could be a pr eventive w ay t o keep away f rom t he ne gative ef fects of s ex deviation[2].Sex education for children itself is to i ntroduce c hildren about gender a nd how t o take care of it[3]. Child’s sex education can be delivered to c hildren when the children are in playgroup (3 -4 years ol d). This is intended to give expl anation to children about s imilarities and differences between female and male so in the end , children know a bout t hemselves, a s stated by Dr. Rose Mini AP., M.Psi [2]. Sex education can also be delivered through game. A research developed by Applied Research C enter f or H ealth & Lifestyle and intended for t eenagers discusses about prototype of a g ame which materials are about reproduction, prop er bi rth control, and also sexually t ransmitted infection (STI) [4]. Another re search di scusses sex education that 44 Children Safety: Education Game for Child’s Sex Education Sisforma vol.3 no.2 November 2016 : 44-50 can be ada pted into a g ame t o introduce differences between male and female[3]. Children S afety Game is one of t he g ames that adapt sex education material intended for children. This g ame t eaches children t o anticipate s exual abus e . This g ame has five stages to deliver educ ation about chi ld’s s ex abuse anticipation and t hree information support in game story. Survey has been done to thirty pe oples w ho have already kno wn sex education to evaluate materials on the game by playing Children Safety. II. LITERATURE REVIEW 2.1 Education Game Game is an organized and structured rule to create a r oom which can be enj oyed by a dults who play the game too. Video game itself is a player expe riences t hat is described in a game character. O n t he ot her ha nd, v ideo game can give l esson. T hrough de livering some i ssue then player will catch the information from the issue while playing a game[5]. Education game de livers an i nformation to enrich knowledge and support learning process through interactive m edia[6].Game i s a b ridge to know t he f act, correlate i dea, or he lp relating t wo di fferent know ledge[5]. To motivate and create i nterest on learning ar e education game b enefit, according P ivce and Koubeck[6]. 2.2 Children Safety Game Children Safety is a game that is intended to anticipate ch ild sexual abus e and t his g ame is in Indonesian. When c hildren pl ay the g ame they ne ed a companion to expl ain t he information which is hard to be understood by children. Five game s tages begin by introducing f amily m embers, differentiating between male and female, simulation story when a child’s pr ivate organ is touched by another pe rson, t hen s imulation s tory w hen a child meets a stranger, a nd the last s tage is a simulation s tory w hen a chi ld meets someone who has already known by the children. Three information is also a dded to s upport t he information delivered through the game story. Children Safety Game is intended to children grade 1 -3 elementary school with sex education materials t hat ha ve be en adjusted. To a void children misunderstandings when interpreting the s tory or i nformation i n t he game story, children need a companion. 2.2.1 Game Start Fig 2. 1 Start Menu in Children Safety Game On game s tart, player ne eds verification code t o g o t o stage menu. Verification code should only be known by the companion. 2.2.2 Game Stage Fig 2. 2 Stage Menu in Children Safety Game In game s tage menu, t here are five s tages. Stage t wo until f ive ar e l ocked; to ope n i t a player s hould pl ay previous s tage. For example, to open stage t wo a player s hould play and fi nish stage 1 ; to ope n stage t hree a player should play and finish stage two, and so on. 45 Children Safety: Education Game for Child’s Sex Education Sisforma vol.3 no.2 November 2016 : 44-50 Fig 2. 3 Stage 1 Children Safety Game Arranging f amily t ree from g ame Chi ldren Safety cha racter, Patra and Atsi. This puz zle game is intended t o t each chi ldren t o know who Patra and Atsi f amily m embers are. S o when playing anot her s tage, a player know s who Patra and Atsi f amily m embers are, a nd who are not family members. Fig 2.4(a) Stage 2 Children Safety Game (1) Fig 2. 4(b) Stage 2 Children Safety Game (2) Stage 2 is when Patra and Atsi are going to school and meeting many people on their way. Then they categorize people they meet by male or f emale. In this s tage, the player or chi ldren are asked for di fferentiate a g ender b y appearance; be side app earance text on dialog box c an b e a hi nt t o know whether this N PC male or female. Fig 2. 5 Stage 3 Children Safety Game Stage three, s imulation s tory w hen another person touches P atra’s pr ivate organ and this person asks Patra to keep this as a secret. Then Patra f eels uncomfortable and a fraid, a nd a button w ith options whether to tell about what happened or not appears. This game stage is to teach player es pecially chi ldren to tell their secret to their p arents, especially a secret t hat makes them worried. Fig 2. 6 Stage 4 Game Children Safety 46 Children Safety: Education Game for Child’s Sex Education Sisforma vol.3 no.2 November 2016 : 44-506 On the stage 4, Atsi is playing outside with her fri ends. A tsi m eets two people, A unt Amaand is a stranger. When she meets Aunt Ama, she gives Atsi a cake and her mother i s around there. Then a button comes up with an option “ terima” as ac cept or “ tolak” as r eject. If the children choose “ tolak” t here i s an explanation, w hen the parents are around t he children and someone gives something such as, candy, cake, etc. the children c an take i t. However, i f the parents a re not a round t hem, children should not take it, even if the one who gives it i s s omeone w hom t he children have already known. Atsi al so m eets a stranger w ho gives her candy a nd a sks Atsi t o g o out . Chi ldren w ill choose the button to accept or reject everything that a stranger asks. If the children c hoose the button t o a ccept, an e xplanation w ill s how up that children should r eject t he a llurement. In the story line, the stranger will force Atsi to go out t hen o n the s creen a button “ tolong” t o shout he lp will app ear then a button “l ari” t o look for help will also appear. Fig 2. 7 Stage 5 Game Children Safety Stage 5 has the same pattern as stage 4, the differences are on t he potential offe nders who are the people w hom children have already known. In this s tage, setting of s tory is i n t he park w here Patra is playing. The offe nder is someone w ho is called unc le by P atra. In the story, the uncle gives Patra a ball then a button to choose “a ccept” or “r eject” appears. Then uncle and Patra talks together, and Patra gets a hug which makes P atra f eels uncomfortable. After that buttons of button “tolong” and “lari” will appear on the screen as in stage 4. 2.2.3 Menu Info Fig 2. 8 Menu Info Game Children Safety Info Menu is cr eated to s upport the information that is delivered through the game story. Fig 2. 9 Info 1 Children Safety Game The first info is about child’s private organs that t he ot her s hould not be al lowed to touch. They a re mouth, chest, and areas around pants or s kirt. A round the pants or s kirt are crotch and butt described by picture[7][8]. 47 Children Safety: Education Game for Child’s Sex Education Sisforma vol.3 no.2 November 2016 : 44-50 Fig 2. 10 Info 2 Children Safety Game The second i nfo explains the pl aces w here sexual abuse could happen, such as around the house, s chool, a nd publ ic pl aces. It also explains that nobody cannot f orce children to do something t hat m akes chi ldren feel uncomfortable, ev en if that someone is a person whom the children love or know[7][8]. Fig 2.11(a) Info 3 Children Safety Game (1) Fig 2. 11(b) Info 3 Children Safety Game (2) The third i nfo is about the ev ents when someone can touch child’s pr ivate organ. For example, when a doctor examines children and the parents accompany t hem. Also, this i nfo explains safe t ouch for children like handshake, stroked the head, coupled, embrace or hug. III. RESEARCH METHODOLOGY Distributing questionnaire form into 30 respondents to s urvey Children Safety game has already be done. B efore the respondent fills the form, they have to play the game first. Respondents are those who have already known sex education or child’s sex education. IV. RESULTS AND DISCUSSION The r esult of t he questionnaires distributed into 30 respondent is described in bar charts. Fig 4. 1 Difficulty to play Children Safety. Fig 4. 2 Children Safety as a sex medium education. Fig 4.3 Children Safety is a satisfactorily sex education material. 48 Children Safety: Education Game for Child’s Sex Education Sisforma vol.3 no.2 November 2016 : 44-50 Fig 4.4 Children Safety is appropriate for children grade 1-3 in elementary school. From t he s urvey, the re spondents’ opi nion on Children Safety game as an education game can be summarized as follows: - The game i s eas y t o be played by adult, someone w ho will accompany chi ldren to help or teach children how to play the game. - Children Safety game can be a m edia to teach child’s sex education. - Sex education m aterials on the game a re relevant to teach child’s sex education. - The g ame can be s ex media educ ation for children grade 1-3 in elementary school. Some re spondents stated that t he materials of c hild’s s ex e ducation have a de ficiency in the way the game shows human genital organs The game just shows where the genital organ is implicitly b y s howing the pa rt of t he bod y where t he or gan is l ocated. T his ha ppened because not al l pa rents are ready t o s how the genital organ explicitly ev en through sketch picture to their children. V. CONCLUSION Game can deliver information and become a medium of education as in an education game. Sexual educ ation is on e of the education that could be a dapted into education game. One of the education games with the topic of sex education is Children Safety game. Overall, Children Safety game can be a tool to help deliver sex education for children. Sex education materials are also relevant for sex education especially chi ld’s s ex education. To adjust the game w ith public r eadiness, summarizing the material about s ex education has done. 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