design process
Learning Games – The Challenge of House Rules
It is in overcoming ‘unnecessary’ obstacles that the ‘fun’ of playing is to be had – pleasure derived from overcoming and prevailing. […]
Articles by Ludogogy
Learning Games – The Challenge of House Rules
experiment
Eight Playful Practices to Model Sid Sackson
There is no need to move beyond the basic gameplaying components you already have if you want to partake in a Sackson-like game design experiment. […]
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? […]
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. […]
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 […]
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 […]
design process
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. […]
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 […]
Review2201
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 […]
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. […]