Gamedenken BETA

GamedenkenMax Laane | 26-3-2014 | [email protected]

What are we going to do?18:45 Play!

19:15 Introduction

19:45 Gamestorm

20:15 Pitches

20:30 Paper Prototyping

21:15 Drinks and Playtime

GamedenkenMax Laane | 26-3-2014 | [email protected]

What is Gamedenken?Gamification+

Gamification?Put simply:

Using game design elements in non-game contexts.

Piano Stairs

Xbox One Rep

Gamification?Ambiguous explanations.

‘Just add points’ thinking

Marketing? Behavioural Science? Psychology? Making way for play in the workplace?

Ask Sebastian and Ian later

Serious Games?Games that have a different goal than entertainment, e.g. simulations ofwork processes, math games.

Burgemeester game

Red Cat Mathgame

Gamification RevisitedSebastian Deterding

“Gamification is a terrible word to use!”

Ian Bogost

“Gamification is bullshit!”http://www.slideshare.net/dings/95-theses-on-the-power-and-efficacy-of-gamification#

Gameful Design?McGonigal: “Gameful as in Playful”

Intrinsic rather than (Gamification) extrinsic motivation

Gamification?Put simply:

Using game design elements in non-game contexts.

Our instrument: Gamestorm

Game Jam with non-game related situations.

Reality is Broken, how are we going to fix it?

Gamestorm + Paper Prototyping

Thinking as a designer1. Autonomy

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Thinking as a designer1. Autonomy

2. Safe

3.

Thinking as a designer1. Autonomy

2. Safe

3. Feedback

Thinking as a designer1. Autonomy

2. Safe

3. Feedback

4. Fun

Thinking as a designer1. Autonomy

2. Safe

3. Feedback

4. Fun

and

5. Flow

Flow

Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi

What do you think?Which game mechanics work?

What do we want?Feedback on Gamedenken

and eventually…

Gamedenk CommunityPeople who actively:

- Implement playful interactions in everyday life

- Think critically about the use of Gamification

- Seek the boundaries of gamefulness

- Invent instruments to make gameful designs of everything

Our instrument: Gamestorm

Game Jam with non-game related situations.

Reality is Broken, how are we going to fix it?

Gamestorm + Paper Prototyping

Gamestorm2 rounds in 30 minutes!

1st round10 minutes of reading and making a game

20 minutes of working out the concept

EXAMPLES

EXAMPLES

Choose Your Mission!OR create your own and pitch it!

GO!Your 30 minutes start NOW!

Paper PrototypingFirst Design

Quick & Dirty

For Testing

Present and Play1. Present your game/gamified situation and

play each other’s games.

2. Give feedback to each other and ask questions!

Last roundsWhich prototype was awesome, and why?

“Next time Gadget!”Themes

ZZP/Healthcare/MKB/New Tech/Rage Quit/Consoles/Gamification is Bad/Gamification is Good/Best Practices/Worst Failures/What do you do?/Game Mechanics/Psychology/ Marketing/Instruments/Ludification/…?

“Next time Gadget!”Thoughts?

Did you like this Meetup?

Do you want more?

How often do you want this?

What do you want with Gamedenken?

Thank You and Drinks!Any questions?

Suggestions?

Shoot me! or mail me

at [email protected]