Application
Lightning Multi-Game Design Jams
A pile of random materials and two hours. “Go! Make a game!” For some, this is oxygen to the designer’s brain. For others, this type of design jam doesn’t work. […]
Prototyping
design process
Core Game Mechanisms and the Paper Prototype
When we design a board game, the core mechanisms, and paper prototypes are the key to continuously providing feedback and improving the game, and making it fun. […]
design process
Create Games Faster and Smarter with Generative AI
In game design, AI can be used for a range of purposes, at every stage from concept to implementation. This looks at the first stages – Concept to Prototyping. […]
design process
The Bots Are Coming – Let’s Have Some Fun!
Midjourney and ChatGPT are powerful AI tools that have the potential to revolutionise both the game and learning design process. Let’s see what they can do. […]
experiment
The Game of You – Quests
In (the game of) real life you play your ‘Employee’ character, but also ‘Parent’ or ‘Ska Drummer’ characters, each with different ‘stats’, skills, and allies. […]
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
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. […]
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
Adding Playtesting to your Game Design Process
Playtesting is the moment of truth, the moment that you or other players try your prototype and you record the feedback and reactions. […]
design process
Prototyping and Playtesting – Games 2 Unite’s Ubuntu Game
Our target audience is teenagers of different ethnicities and cultures who together play our game to learn about their differences through conversations […]
design process
“Hack & jaM”: The birth of a Role Playing Game
I had the idea to hack Arduino boards, the sensors and actuators to make my own instruments. The concept of the role-playing game “Hack and jaM” was born. […]
design process
Taking time to get it right – even if it’s three years
There is no doubt that 2020 was a challenging year for many, and for young people in particular. It impacted their learning, both academic and emotional. […]
design process
Putting the play of making into your Playtesting
One piece of advice you often come across is to use the highest quality materials you can afford, to make your prototype as realistic as possible. […]