Enhancing digital congkak with rewards

Abstract

Realizing that traditional games are nearly forgotten and going extinct, effort has been made to digitize the original versions. One of them is the traditional Congkak. Although many digital versions of Congkak are available on different platforms, none has incorporated rewards as one of the features. This study focuses on incorporating rewards in digital Congkak. Experiments were conducted involving 40 gamers among the millennials. The enhanced digital Congkak and self-administered questionnaire were used as the tools in the experiment. Findings suggested that rewards have enhanced the game, managed to attract players to play and keep playing, hence making the game stand out from the crowd.