experiment
Resisting the Purge – LinkedIn as a Game Platform
Can anything be a game? I think the answer is probably ‘Yes’, and I want to try out the idea that ‘real-life’, e.g. work, can be deliberately designed gamefully […]
Co-Creation
Live sessions
1000 Blank White Cards – Ideation Session
Games are a ‘safe space to fail’. We often hear this in Games-based Learning circles. On 19th April, I definitely found myself hoping this was true. […]
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. […]
how to
Co-creation in the Metaverse
Activities implemented in the virtual world of the Metaverse facilitates immersion which blurs the lines between real and virtual worlds. […]
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. […]
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. […]
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. […]
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. […]
how to
Applying Agile Practices to Create an Agile Serious Game
Creating games is also a way to apply the agile approach in different contexts. If you are thinking if agile is just for IT, you are wrong! […]
design process
So Farm So Good – from zero to ‘done’ in 21 days
Building a multi-player training simulation game for Change Management based on an organic farm – from scratch and against many odds […]
design process
Liber Domus – Interview with Eduardo Nunes
In this issue, we are delighted to have the opportunity to talk to Eduardo Nunes about his ‘Open World’ Educational game, Liber Domus. […]
design process
Applying Feedback in Learning Games
Applying feedback is incredibly important for shaping the player experience, connecting learning outcomes, and making sure that the experience stays “fun.” […]
Ideas
Puzlkind – the Healing Potential of Jigsaws
When a film curator wrote me a letter describing how said puzzle helped her through chemotherapy I was thrilled. I began to make mini-puzzles […]
Ideas
Change: a Game of Probabilities and Behaviours
Based on experience, our behaviour will be heavily biased for, or against the recently announced organisational change initiative at our place of work. […]
Ideas
Stories from the Future
[Editor’s note – Speculative Optimism is a Ludogogy project – open to all. The idea is to use techniques of futures thinking, particularly foresight, and creativity to, first, deliver a book of optimistic speculative fiction, […]