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Game-based Learning
Gamification Research
Many people believe that anything to with games shows a lack of intelligence. This is UNTRUE, games can actually help you become more intelligent!
Survival games occupy a large section of the gaming world nowadays – How successful are these games at gamifiying the experience of survival in life?
A research piece exploring the various aspects of game-based learning and what each offers if you wish to use it within your own offerings.
Storytelling
Gameful Design
The piece explore the immersive power of semiotic domains and how they engage players that enter them. Looking at the language and groups inherent to them.
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.
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