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ADP| Applied Game Design| Micah Hrehovcsik | 19-04-2013

Action Design Principles

(Applied Games and Game Design)

Micah Hrehovcsik

Utrecht School of the ArtsGame: Design- er, Teacher, Theorist, and Consultant

micah.hrehovcsik@kmt.hku.nlagd.hku.nl cdmlt.hku.nl

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Serious games

Advergamingpersuasive games

Games with purposes

Applied games

Games for health

gamification

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Applied GamesI. How would you define an applied game? Does this differ

from serious games? How?

II. Why do you think games can be applied to real-world problems?

III. To which fields/domains can games be applied?

IV. What do you think gamification is? Does it differ from an applied game?

V. What do you think playful design is? Does it differ from an applied game?

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Applied Game Design

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“Games are not fun because they are games, but are fun because they are well-designed.”- Sebastian Deterding

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“One of the most difficult tasks men can perform, however much others may despise it, is the invention of good games.”

-Carl Gustav Jung

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“I would rather entertain and hope that people learned something than educate people and hope they we entertained.” -Walt Disney

“Anyone who makes a distinction between games and learning doesn't know the first thing about either.”

- Marshall McLuhan

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Sawyer & Smith 2008

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VSTEPhttp://www.vstep.nl/

Safety

Grendel Gameswww.grendel-games.com

Health

Mijn naam is Haaswww.mijnnaamishaas.nl

Education

Marketing

Flavourflavour.nl

Persuasion

Submarinewww.submarine.nl

Training

IJsfontein www.ijsfontein.nl

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Applied GamesI. What do you think is the most challenging aspect of

designing an applied game? Or creating the art for an applied game?

II. What kinds of pitfalls do you think designers fall into during the design and development of an applied game?

III. Draw or describe what you think the applied game design process looks like? Is it different from the entertainment game design process?

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“An applied game designer is not a game designer that designs applied games, but a game designer that can apply his/her game design to accomplish his/her intended purpose.”

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Gamifcation…A quest for chocolate covered broccoli, but then cooked properly.

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The Future of Gamification?

“Sight”by Eran May-raz and Daniel Lazo.

Bezaleal academy of arts.

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“Gamification is the use of game thinking and game mechanics to engage audiences and solve problems.”

- Gabe Zichermann

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GAME OVER

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