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Game Mechanics for Learning
How do educators use game mechanics for teaching and learning? How can students benefit from game mechanics through games-based learning? […]
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Game Mechanics for Learning
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Are Game Mechanics Assumed or Extrapolated?
What happens when we challenge our assumptions about history, by exploring other cultures? Interesting new game mechanics – that’s what. […]
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Quest systems in Role Playing Games
Quests increase the immersion in the game world and the fun of playing as well as forming the basis of the theme and acting as the core of the gameplay. […]
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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. […]
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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. […]
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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. […]
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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. […]
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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. […]
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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. […]
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The Effects of Win/Loss States on Learning
Most games are designed as zero-sum. Where one side wins and the other inevitably loses. But we all know that life, and learning, is far from zero-sum. […]
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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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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 […]
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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? […]
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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. […]
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Jesse Schell’s Six Questions for Playtesting
The Transform Deck is a deck of 45 cards in five suits. Each card represents a way to take learning content and make it more interactive and engaging. […]