Teaching Software Testing and Debugging with the Serious Game Sojourner under Sabotage

• URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2504.19291v1
• Date: Sun, 27 Apr 2025 16:10:08 GMT
• Title: Teaching Software Testing and Debugging with the Serious Game Sojourner under Sabotage
• Authors: Philipp Straubinger, Tim Greller, Gordon Fraser,
• Abstract summary: Browser-based serious game enhances learning through interactive, narrative-driven challenges.<n>Sojourner under Sabotage provides hands-on experience with the real-world testing framework JUnit.
• Score: 9.856068089918555
• License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/
• Abstract: Software testing and debugging are often seen as tedious, making them challenging to teach effectively. We present Sojourner under Sabotage, a browser-based serious game that enhances learning through interactive, narrative-driven challenges. Players act as spaceship crew members, using unit tests and debugging techniques to fix sabotaged components. Sojourner under Sabotage provides hands-on experience with the real-world testing framework JUnit, improving student engagement, test coverage, and debugging skills.

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