In the last few decades, scholars have come to accept that developing problem-solving abilities and their associated language skills is a serious matter that requires careful and theory-driven design. Advances in digitalisation, game-based learning (Yang & Cheng, 2022), and serious games (Garris, Ahlers & Driskell, 2002; Acquah & Katz, 2020) have facilitated enormous design decisions that contribute to overall skill development.