Abstract: Counsellors use Motivational interviewing (MI) to boost intrinsic motivation for healthier lifestyles by supporting 1) the identification of personal values and 2) the linking of these values to personal reasons for change. Research is needed to increase the reach of such interventions through the use of online tools. Thus, we explored the use of defamiliarization and poetic gameplay in a serious game in order to promote players’ contemplation about their personal reasons for health. Our evaluation indicates that the players demonstrated evidence of processes of change such as self-reevaluation, environmental reevaluation, improving decisional clarity. We observed that these methods could promote dialogic reflection on personal reasons for change but was less effective in scaffolding transformative reflection.  

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