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How do you Design Games for Flow State
Flow is a sought after experience in games – engaging and enthralling because players lose sense of time / space and are completely engrossed in the game world. […]
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Accessibility in Games
Accessibility is often talked about. But, what does it mean and what does it entail when designing games for entertainment, learning, or personal development? […]
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Rewriting a CV through games – a case study
Knowing ourselves and then writing about it can feel like a steep mountain to climb and often there is nothing more daunting than writing a CV. […]
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Design Thinking One-card Game Download
Design Thinking is a One-card Game designed by Sarah Le-Fevre. It was designed as part of a one-card challenge, put out to LinkedIn, and responded to by several people who thought a one-card game would […]
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Meander Download
Meander is a One-card Game designed by Sarah Le-Fevre. Its release into the world coincides with the day of the 2023 World Wide Wander, for which Ludogogy was a partner – September 29th 2023. You […]
Ideas
What are Megagames?
A megagame is an interesting combination of different game elements encountered in other places. They involve role-playing, simulation, and social interactions. […]
Ideas
Roll for Change: RPG Mechanics & Wicked Problems
An unconventional yet promising approach to tackle ‘wicked’ systemic issues, like climate change and inequality, is to use tabletop Role-Playing Games (RPGs). […]
Application
Learning by Playing Serious Games
Serious games can be incredible tools for teaching, learning, and education. They help players learn experientially though play by putting concepts into use […]
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Learning with the Fantastic and Fabulous
Come explore the Fantastic and Fabulous in Learning and Facilitation and discover the answer to the most important question of all
“And then what happened” […]
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How to Help Your Child Fall In Love With Learning
Learning done well is more like play than ‘work’. There are many games which can help to instill learning skills, as you and your family enjoy time together. […]
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What Makes a Good Rulebook?
Often designers leave rulebooks till the end of the design process. However writing clear, concise, and actionable rules is more challenging than you may think. […]
design process
How do I Adapt Games for Learning?
Games-based learning is the use of games as a medium for learning. As such, educators often need to adapt existing games as vehicles for teaching and learning. […]
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Game Mechanics in Serious Games
How do the use of game mechanics relate to learner engagement in the context of serious games? Does more game experience necessarily mean greater engagement? […]
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The MDA Framework – Mechanics, Dynamics, Aesthetics
The MDA model breaks down a player’s consumption of the game into three parts, rules, system and fun. These correspond to Mechanics, Dynamics and Aesthetics […]
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The Other – Neurodivergence in Games
The ‘Magic Circle’ of games enables many things. One that is important, from a learning perspective, is the opportunity to step into the shoes of other people. […]