Game Design for Teachers

1. Game Design for Teachers Origins 2008 Ian Schreiber

3. Why We’re Here

4. Why We’re Here Just reached Level 60 in World of Warcraft.

5. Why We’re Here Just reached Level 60 in World of Warcraft. Creating new characters for their D&D campaign.

6. Why We’re Here Just reached Level 60 in World of Warcraft. Thinking of building a new Magic deck. Creating new characters for their D&D campaign.

7. What makes games FUN?

8. What makes games FUN? more than school

9. But first, some incentive…

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12. Theory of Game Design "In theory, there is no difference between theory and practice. But, in practice, there is." Jan L. A. van de Snepscheut

13. Mihály Csíkszentmihályi Anxiety F L O W Boredom

14. Raph Koster

15. Soft Skills

16. Pacing Start Here F L O W

17. Pacing F L O W As the player gets better…

18. Pacing F L O W The game gets harder!

19. Robin Hunicke, Marc LeBlanc, Robert Zubek

20. Some Kinds of Fun • Exploration

21. Some Kinds of Fun • Exploration • Social Experience

22. Some Kinds of Fun • Exploration • Social Experience • Collection

23. Some Kinds of Fun • Exploration • Social Experience • Collection • Physical Sensation

24. Some Kinds of Fun • Exploration • Social Experience • Collection • Physical Sensation • Puzzle Solving

25. Some Kinds of Fun • Exploration • Social Experience • Collection • Physical Sensation • Puzzle Solving • Advancement

26. Some Kinds of Fun • Exploration • Social Experience • Collection • Physical Sensation • Puzzle Solving • Advancement • Competition

27. Some Kinds of Fun • Exploration • Social Experience • Collection • Physical Sensation • Puzzle Solving • Advancement • Competition Settlers of Catan Final Fantasy XII Soccer

28. Some Kinds of Fun • Exploration • Social Experience • Collection • Physical Sensation • Puzzle Solving • Advancement • Competition Settlers of Catan Final Fantasy XII Soccer

29. Applying Game Design to the Classroom “A good game is a series of interesting choices.” Sid Meier

30. Three Ways to Use Games:

31. Three Ways to Use Games: • Play games in class!

32. Three Ways to Use Games: • Play games in class! • Discuss games the class is familiar with. =

33. Three Ways to Use Games: • Play games in class! • Discuss games the class is familiar with. • Modify your teaching to be more “game-like”. = 

34. This is not the only game that exists in the world.(And there aren’t even many interesting decisions!)

35. Multiple Difficulty Levels F L O W Easy Difficult Normal

36. Design for the players…

37. Design for the players… …not for yourself.

38. Design for the players… …not for yourself. …and not for the content, either.

39. Edutainment +

40. Examples of PvE(Player versus Environment) World of Warcraft Scotland Yard Dungeons & Dragons

41. Review of Goals

42. Review of Goals • Interesting decisions

43. Review of Goals • Interesting decisions • Scaled difficulty

44. Review of Goals • Interesting decisions • Scaled difficulty • Student-centric course design

45. Review of Goals • Interesting decisions • Scaled difficulty • Student-centric course design • Many kinds of fun

46. Review of Goals: Kinds of Fun • Exploration

47. Review of Goals: Kinds of Fun • Exploration • Social Experience

48. Review of Goals: Kinds of Fun • Exploration • Social Experience • Collection

49. Review of Goals: Kinds of Fun • Exploration • Social Experience • Collection • Physical Sensation

50. Review of Goals: Kinds of Fun • Exploration • Social Experience • Collection • Physical Sensation • Puzzle Solving