A Serious Game Prototype Aimed at Rescuing the Ixcatecan Language Using the Design Thinking Methodology.

Santa María Ixcatlán is a community located in the Cañada Oaxacan Region, currently there are only four speakers of the Ixcatecan language, for this reason it is important to rescue this indigenous language. Following the phases of the Design Thinking methodology, a contextual study was carried out with interviews and empathy maps to detect the needs of the users, all the possible solutions were analyzed and the best one was chosen, then a serious game prototype was designed for the learning of the Ixcateco, this includes vocabulary of animals, colors and fruits, finally, the design was evaluated through usability tests with five users, the results obtained were 100% efficacy, 100% efficiency and 8.45 satisfaction rating.