design process
Designing Learning Games with Players in Mind
Playing games is almost always an enjoyable activity. However, designing educational games with the audience (players) in mind can be incredibly challenging. […]
Year: 2022
Ideas
Andragogy Through a Games-based Learning Lens
What might an Andragogical game (based on Knowles principles) look like, and what existing examples can be drawn upon for inspiration? […]
how to
The Player Experience of Games
Player experience can be as simple as mechanics in gamification; or a complex serious game. That experience dictates how our game, is received by our users. […]
design process
Co-creative Experiences – Serious Games for Spatial Planning
It worked better than expected and was the seed that inspired my new adventures, including a workshop using more games to discuss environmental sustainability. […]
Review
Review – A Book About How We Learn From Failure
One of this book’s greatest strengths, is that it focuses on one aspect of play in learning, and gives space and time to be really thorough in exploring it. […]
design process
Rule Co-creation in Play -1000 Blank White Cards
Rule modification is the central mechanic and the purpose of the game, creating a chaos of action and reaction – impossible to settle on a strategy for success. […]
Ideas
Why Learning Makes Great Games
Well-designed games are great for creating learning, but maybe we should rather be thinking that well-designed learning is a great way to make compelling games. […]
design process
Games of Hidden (and Disclosed) Information
At any time, items of game information are either known or hidden. A premise of many games is that this aspect is not the same for all players at the same time. […]
experiment
A Co-Creation Experience in Editorial Design
A co-creation exercise in which writers and designers work together to create a ‘relay’ of writing. How did this work out? Read on to find out. […]
Live sessions
Live Play Sessions – March 2022
Demo of a gamified learning platform and a card game designed to help players to go beyond Agile tools and processes to an Agile Mindset […]
design process
4 Ways Co-design will Make or Break your Game
Should you work with another game designer to co-design your game or create your game by yourself? It depends. There are pros and cons to each approach. […]
experiment
Spiel Educators’ Day 2020 – Meta Game
Spiel was held as a virtual event in 2020. Here are Sarah Le-Fevre and Terry Pearce playing the Meta Card Game which they designed for Spiel Educators’ Day. If you would like to play / […]
Live sessions
Game Playtest Sessions – February 2022
Ludogogy aims to put play back into your life – really important if you’re in the business of greating games for great learning. […]
Focus
Focus on… winning conditions
As all winning conditions can be described mathematically, actual differences in win states in different games are more about Aesthetics, Narrative and Theme […]
Ludogopedia
Technology Tree
A Technology Tree (AKA Tech or Research Tree) is a feature in strategy games representing a series of upgrades that a player can make, often through research […]