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Game-based Learning
A look at what serious play, serious games and game-based learning has to offer to higher education and corporate learning currently.
Looking at how role-playing games and experiences can be used as business & management tools, to help develop and practice leadership and teamwork skills.
Looking at how role-playing games and experiences can be used as therapeutic tools, to help develop and practice social skills and communication.
Looking at how role-playing games and experiences can be used as educational tools, to help develop and practice interdisciplinary skills.
The question of narrative & how to use it has been long-standing in the gaming and gamification community. How we create, remember & weave narratives.
Role-play simulations can be very effective gamified tools to incorporate and create fun & applicable environments for participant learning.
Consequences, as well as rewards, are great motivators, we need to remember this and remember to use both as effectively as we can.
Why is it that when we play a game, failure is perfectly fine, even in certain games it’s necessary, it’s part of the process?
Gamification Research
In this piece I relate and recount some things I experienced and learned at Gamification Europe’s 2018 Masterclasses in London.
So, I thought I’d write this short piece today on the term gamification, and whether it is dead, dying, rising, resurrecting or not even there…
Avatars are an alternate or extended identity on the one we assign as our prime identity. Traditionally we would have various “masks” in our daily dealings.
Let’s look at the year ahead to see what you should looking out for in the field of Gamification, and how it can improve your business.
At the end of November 2017, there was a gathering of like-minded individuals in the UK town of Brighton. All to discuss Gamification and what it can do.
Entering the automated world, where robots, artificial intelligence, and androids take over our lives seem to be the favorite topic of the day for many.
The grind is always seen as tedious and repetitive, but what if you changed it so that it became one of your strongest tools in gamification?
A great many people suffer from shyness & social anxiety. Perhaps using gamification to enable change in your life can help you overcome these challenges.
Storytelling
Breaking down the various player’s types, such as the Explorer, if you wish to use these in your game or gamification development.
Breaking down the various player’s types, such as Achiever, if you wish to use these in your game or gamification development.
The next area in our series on 360o video will be looking at how you set the scene for a world where the viewer can look in any direction they want.
360o Video has been around for about 3 years now, maybe even 4 if you’re in the visual industry and had the budget to start early.
As the world becomes more global, we need to expand our concepts of what storytelling is & as virtual reality game experiences increase and enter our lives…
Storytelling in virtual or mixed reality is the next great frontier for human narrative. Perhaps we can learn something from narratives preceding it.
Gameful Design
You’ve likely heard of visualisation from self-help guru’s but it is a strong and proven tool and it can aid you to achieve a certain goal or outcome.
If you are thinking about organising an event for your company or a general topic then it may be worth considering gamifying it for greater engagement.
Games should have a level of difficulty to allow for meaninful choices. In this piece we look at difficulty in games through the lens of the game Sekiro.
As we near the end of 2018, it may be worth doing a reflection on what 2018 was like before we start looking at what 2019 may hold for us.
Frostpunk is the latest game from developer 11bit Studios, where you are the leader of a small colony of survivors in a post-apocalyptic, ice age world.
This week’s game tools; we come to our final set, those that revolve around purpose & the use of narrative to create context for your players.
Belonging and being part of something is one of the strongest motivators that you can use to engage your players in your game or the gamified environment.
In this part of the game tools series, we’ll be looking at value & loss avoidance. Please do check out any of the previous game tools blogs.
Filmmaking
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