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Win States in Games to Keep Players Playing
For some, it is about winning, yet for others, it is the zeal to learn the process and ponder over the experience and mistakes and the takeaways from it. […]
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Die Trying – Learning through Failure in Games
In other words, learners have to feel secure and brave enough to lose. What’s the best way to create flexible, emotional resilience to making mistakes? […]
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I PLAY TO WIN!
When Song Ha-na says “I PLAY TO WIN!” in Overwatch, this Korean character, could be talking about not only Overwatch but all FPS (First-person Shooter) games. […]
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GAME BASED LEARNING – As Easy as ABC (and D)
Most Behavioural skills, leadership competencies, organisational values, and so on, are pure common sense. […]
design process
How victory conditions frame play
What we can learn from games that go beyond racing for points or position There are two ways to win most games (AKA Victory conditions). Either reach a certain goal first (get a number of […]
Ideas
Winning is Overrated (in Educational Games)
Do educational games need winners? You probably know about the benefits of educational games, but may feel strongly about the need for winning outcomes. […]
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Fired Up Fiero
Fiero is highly addictive and highly engaging. Often that feeling comes after we’re completely engrossed in the game. That’s called being a state of “flow.” […]
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 […]
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Review of Games you can Play in your Head
I’ve long been a fan of ‘elegant’ games, by which I mean games that achieve a great deal of gameplay – and therefore fun – without having lots of materials or overly complex rules and […]
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Acquiring Real-Life Economics Skills from Games
What many people mean when they say ‘teach economics’ is ‘teach people the skills to operate well in an economic system’. This, Monopoly is not very good at. […]
Focus
Focus on… In-game Economies
In-game economies – the creation and destruction of value commonly seen in games, or in gamification applications with collectable and exchangeable points. […]
design process
Gamer Grind
What does Gamer Grind mean? How do players experience it? How can designers and educators of games-based learning address the grind in designs? […]
Ideas
A Quintessential Scheme for Engagement
My only analysis is that I was an addict to the scheme. Yes, an addict. I was addicted to the “incentive scheme”. Do you know why? […]
learning topics
Utopoly – Game and Utopian Research Method
acing catastrophes of pandemics, ecosystem collapse and climate change.Utopoly started out as a ‘hack’ of Monopoly but has evolved to become much more. […]
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That’s no spreadsheet… that’s a game engine!
I know I’m not supposed to enjoy spreadsheets the way I do. They’re tools, used for managing your finances. It’s not supposed to be fun. […]