From Gamification to Game Design

From

Gamification to

Game Design Pietro Polsinelli

@ppolsinelli

For Better Software 2014 #bsw14

http://www.bettersoftware.it/

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A serious game or applied

game is a game designed for

a primary purpose other than

pure entertainment.

Take this as a sort of definition. Hard to say which are not serious. Note

that in effort, style, problematic this changes little.

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Working in persuasive games is particularly complex /

interesting because you are working in between systems.

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Customer thinks (s)he knows what “game”

means. This is a problem. 4

Distinguish (and then merge) projective

experiences and couching.

From / To Examples

Games for Health

Help people that are evolving

towards a chronic desease by

influencing behavior and

disrupting this evolution.

NDA.

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Thursday, October 9, 2014

Category, competition,

avatar, war, reward, levels

Vs.

Inclusive, mentor, path,

story, transformation

A language change. 10

Games for Change

This is the communication context. Few really cares about global warming, we

have to make people aware of consequences.

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Not so cool for not geeks.

agent based model

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Thursday, October 9, 2014

Dystopic future, like in The Curfew. “Lacking food water oil”, daily life has to change.

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Games for Social

Intervention

Thursday, October 9, 2014

“This project's mission is to

develop and implement a game

infused e-learning tool to

promote early access to services

with neglect and abuse for young

people on the move in Europe.”

Mission.

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Pick a mod, just change the labels ...

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Specific mechanics.

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Thursday, October 9, 2014

Keep me safe

http://dumbwaystodie.com/

we have the social events

involve the kids even in the

game design

Bad start: just change the labels ...

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Urban Design

http://www.citiesinmotion.com/

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SIM City from the point of view of the peole living there.

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Tips

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Game design:

- Low cost

- Quick prototype

- Flexible

- Inclusive

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Sources http://www.anglia.ac.uk/ruskin/en/home/microsites/global_sustainability_institute/our_research/resource_management.Maincontent.0021.file.tmp/Climate%2520Change_Resource%2520Scarcity_Conflict%252019-09.pdf http://www.aboutkidshealth.ca/En/Pages/default.aspx https://mysugr.com/ https://www.flickr.com/photos/littleloud/6725429655/in/photostream/

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My twitter stream is mostly dedicated to game design

http://twitter.com/ppolsinelli

A blog on game design

http://designagame.eu