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Meta Game Download to Create your own Games
is is the meta game (a game for designing games) which generates ‘briefs’ by presenting four random cards, or by allowing you to choose cards from a list. […]
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Meta Game Download to Create your own Games
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Climate Change and Games – Panel Session
October 2020, Sarah from Ludogogy facilitated a panel discussion on how games and gamification could be used to address the problems of the Climate Crisis. […]
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Focus on… Game Design Aesthetics
Games Design models which focus on the relationship between game designer and player, and the game features and behaviours which emerge from that relationship. […]
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Review – Yu-kai Chou’s Behavioural Design Masterclass
If you are serious about offering Octalysis-based gamification design to clients, or a project of your own to gamify, this course will amply repay your effort […]
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2048 – Making Failure Motivating
This article is part of a series I wrote some time ago when I was in the process of designing a business sustainability boardgame and was documenting the design process. A couple of days ago […]
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Including only what is needed – Lessons from Castle Dice
This article is part of a series I wrote some time ago when I was in the process of designing a business sustainability boardgame and was documenting the design process. At the moment, my absolute […]
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The Future of Racism – a skeleton of a game
The events of this year have provided us with plenty of examples of both the best and worst of human behaviour. The way that communities rallied round to help the most vulnerable when the virus […]
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Focus on… Empathy in Game Design
To consider ‘Diversity’ we must think about ourselves; how we are the same as others, and how we differ – to find solutions to the division of difference. […]
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Review – Dyslexic Motivation in Pictures
The Book of Dyslexic Motivation in Pictures, by Will Wheeler, is a which has lots to teach us about becoming a successful professional (dyslexic or otherwise). […]
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Review – Coursera’s Futures Thinking Specialisation – Part 2
This course built on the previous four modules, and got down to playing games, the purpose of which was to check the usefulness of your projected futures […]
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The Lens of the Story Machine
Some time ago, I was busy designing a game which was going to support learning objectives around entrepreneurship, financial decision-making and strategic and operation decisions. As many of us do, when designing, I turned to […]
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Focus on… Narrative Structures
Three commonly used narrative structives, including the story of Joseph Campbells life, told using the narrative structure he discovered, The Hero’s Journey […]
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Touchstone Template Download
Download of the Touchstone Template referenced in the article Focus on… Narrative Structures containing diagram and questions to create your own story. […]
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Wagon Wheel Template Download
Download of the Wagon Wheel Template referenced in July’s issue of the Magazine. A word document containing diagram and questions to create your own story. […]
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Hero’s Journey Template Download
Download of the Hero’s Journey Template from the article Focus on… Narrative Structures containing diagram and questions to create your own Hero’s Journey. […]