In the context of Environmental Education, games help understand a particular theme and allow the observation of the approach from a player's perspective. This study presents an analysis of the use of feedback in RPGs (Role-Playing Games) and the importance of carefully analyzing the concepts being used. Furthermore, we observe the difficulty of individuals in understanding their roles in the RPG in the water resources context. The main contribution of this work is an empirical and qualitative study of the motivation of individuals. As a result, we present the individual's speech through a semistructured interview based on the Collective Subject Discourse (CSD) technique.

In the context of Environmental Education, games can help in understanding a particular theme and allow the observation of the approach from the perspective of a player. In this way, each person can develop strategies that she/he considers relevant in the game. We analyze players' strategies in an RPG (Role-Playing Game) in the water resources domain. This study analyzes the importance of water for survival and the problems of role representation, i.e., the lack of connection between reality and the game. In addition, we also analyze the importance of using the game to understand the pollution problem and the complexity of water management. As a result, we present speeches through a semi-structured interview based on the Collective Subject Discourse (CSD) technique.

This paper's main contribution is analyzing players' strategies and investigating the impact of gaming actions on players' lives. The games help understand a particular theme and allow the observation of the approach from a player's perspective. The sustainable management of water resources can be achieved when only the amount of water available locally is extracted from the available water resources. These resources are being recharged, naturally or artificially. Furthermore, we observe individuals related to the problem of water management and poor water management. As a result, we present the speeches through a semi-structured interview based on the Collective Subject Discourse (CSD) technique. The CSD consists of analyzing verbal material collected from the speeches (such as interviews or questionnaires), the ideas or central anchors, and the fundamental key expressions of these speeches. We compose the statements in the first person singular by the key expressions. Key Expressions (KE) are the most significant passages, and the Central Ideas (CI) synthesize the discursive content manifested in the KE. The case study presented in this work refers to the participatory negotiation of conflicts in the Lagoa Mirim and São Gonçalo Canal hydrographic basin, located in southern Brazil.

This paper presents an analysis of the strategies used by the players of a Role-Playing Game (RPG) in the context of water resources. Our research is a theoretical framework that informs the practice and states the implications for educational practice with a focus on action. RPGs are widely used in several areas because individuals have strategies that come close to reality. In the context of water resources, RPG helps in the process of understanding the problem and how each player thinks, analyzes, observes a situation from his perspective, and thus elaborates strategies that s/he deems relevant to her/his role and the game as a whole. The RPG developed in this research refers to the participatory management of water resources, based on data from the state of Rio Grande do Sul/Brazil, and focusing on the pilot application of the work in the Lagoa Mirim and São Gonçalo Watershed Management Committee, which involves the cities of Rio Grande and Pelotas, in southern Brazil. The main contribution of this work is an empirical study on the RPG players' motivation and how they elaborated on their strategies. In this research, we measure the habits of RPG players trough a semi-structured interview that was applied to a group of these players to assess the habits and strategies of individuals during the RPG.