CareerSim: Gamification Design Leveraging LLMs For Career Development Reflection

Abstract

Graduates often struggle with challenges in their careers stemming from a lack of self-construction and decisive decision-making. The HCI community increasingly focuses on gamification as a means to foster reflection, with the emerging developments in LLM providing new opportunities for personalized gamified experiences. However, existing solutions fall short in terms of personalization and real-world data references. In response, our research introduces CareerSim, a role-playing game that leverages LLM’s generation and reasoning capabilities. By integrating these with real-world based databases and game mechanics, we delve into gamification’s role in reflective self-construction and decision-making. We aim to inspire designers to effectively incorporate LLMs in gamification design.