Once Upon a Dice Roll
It all starts with dice …. The first year Narratology for Games module has, as many long standing and ever-evolving programmes do, had an interesting history of being split, merged, moved around and eventually settled […]
Article Category: design process
Celebrating Windrush Day with The Windrush Game
Following Windrush Day on 22nd June, we have an opportunity to reflect on the contribution and legacy of the Windrush Generation and the importance of migration to the wealth, prosperity and cultural contribution to Britain. […]
Happy Ever After
As we all know, gamification is often used as a way to encourage engagement. So why not use it to encourage another form of engagement? A literal engagement! I was trying to think of a […]
The Treasure of Atlantis – Story as Game Mechanic
I was 12 when I first read about the lost city of Atlantis. The possibility of a whole continent, a whole civilization swallowed by the mighty ocean blew my mind and made me research for […]
Evolution of DSbuilders cards
Corrado De Sanctis published an article about DSBuilders game last month. You can read it here. The game is a work in progress. This article deatils the version that you can see at Corrado’s workshop […]
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 […]
Interactive Netflix Gamification is Here, but Will it Get People Hooked?
This article was originally published on the Octalysis Group website in March, 2019. The original article can be accessed here. Chris hopes to follow up soon with analysis of the new Kimmy Schmidt interactive special. […]
Once Upon a Webinar
Once upon a time, an engineer ‘Nour’ from the future was faced by a huge challenge where the air pollution forced humans to stay home as the air became no more breathable. As an engineer […]
Five Ways to Design Collaborative Games
In a previous article for Ludogogy, I explored why it’s important that not all learning games are competitive, especially when teambuilding is a key aim. But If we don’t have that simple crutch to reach […]
Changing a classic board game to online: A look behind the scenes
As we believe in the power of play, one of our approaches in order to develop teams is to set learning arenas built by our Serious Games. The last month’s “Lord McGroundwork’s Shipyard”, our new […]
The next big thing: paper planes and bits
Formal education kills team work. Alright, I hope that got your attention. Now let me share my experience with designing serious games to teach students at the University of Economics Krakow (UEK) 21st Century skills […]
Musings on Developing Games Featuring Teamwork
For as long as games have been played, having to work with others as part of a team in order to win has been a well-established norm when it comes to games and as someone […]
Enhancing Biophilia for Sustainability Learning
‘Biophilia’ is an excellent album, and app, by Bjork, and does include a number of brilliant interactive games, which help children (and adults) discover the wonder and beauty of both music and nature. I can […]
Natural & organisational ecosystems
A design challenge I have frequently tackled over the past few years has been to create games which relate to the functioning of ecosystems. This is not perhaps surprising as I have been delivering learning […]
Imagining a Better World: Game Design with and for Teens
As long-time youth program developers, several years ago we became curious about game design, inspired in part by Doris Rusch’s work on deep games.[1] In Making Deep Games and her TEDx Talk[2], Rusch describes how […]