This document discusses the potential for games to motivate positive real-world change and coordination. It describes a game called World Without Oil that engaged over 7,000 forecasters from around the world to envision solutions for a future without oil. Players posted over 2,000 posts in the first 24 hours, and over 10,500 students from more than 120 countries enrolled in the first 15 days, including more than 2,000 from Africa. The game helped shift players' mindsets about the problems and potential solutions in Africa. It showed that games can motivate and coordinate real change by connecting individuals to important challenges.

24. 1994 : We start playing Warcraft Are we on the threshold of our own epic game ?

26. Game developer nominated for Nobel Peace Prize by 2020

27. “ Games are the most elevated form of investigation.”

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35. “ I’m interested in the possibility that learning to be good at a game makes you good at life, makes you good at changing the world , and gives you skills that are going to allow you to reinvent your environment. ”

36. “ There’s real value in being pushed toward global awareness and looking long-term . That’s one of the things that I find very useful about big games…. these are the timelines we need to be looking at — the 10-, 50-, 100- year horizons . Because most of the really bad stuff that’s happening right now is the result of very short-term thinking.”

41. “ My friends, my family – they’ve all noticed the difference. This game has honestly changed my life .” Melissa, WWO player

43. What we learned We can motivate and coordinate real change

46. 7000 forecasters from 90 countries, on 6 continents, In 13 languages

48. Accounting Advertising Aerospace & Airlines Agriculture Architecture Armed Forces Art & Design Automotive Babysitting Banking Bartending Beverages Biomedical Science Biotech & Bioengineering Broadcasting Building & Construction Call Centers Carpentry Car Services Caregiving Chemical Engineering Church & Ministry Citizen Journalism Civil Engineering Cleaners Clothing Cognitive Science Collections

49. Comic Book Industry Communications& Media Community Development Computer Software/Hardware Consulting Consumer Electronics Cosmetics/Cosmeceuticals Cycling Service & Distribution Defense E-Commerce Ecosystem Management Education Energy Entertainment Environmental Mngmnt Event Industry Fashion Finance Food Forensic Psychology Forestry Gaming Gardening Genetics Geo-Information Geology & Geotechnology Government Health Care

50. Home Remodeling Hotels Housing Human Rights Human Resources Human Services Immigration Industrial Automation Insurance International Relations Internet Journalism Labor activism Landscape Architecture Law Enforcement Law & Legal Services Libraries & Library Science Lumber Management Manufacturing Marine Research Marketing Materials Science Media Medical Mental Health Merchandising Mining Mobile Telephony Monastery Museums

51. Nano-biotechnology Nonprofit Nursing Oil Industry Package Delivery Parenthood Philanthropy Photography Plumbing Psychology Public Policy Publishing Real Estate Recruitment Restaurant Retail Robotics Sales Social Services Specialty Coffee Steel Industry Storytelling Sstainability Telecommunications Tourism Transporation& Logistics Urban Planning Water Management Writing

52. > 1000 stories about the future > 500 discussion forum topics > 500 collaborative superstructures

53. “ This is by far my favorite vision of the future , because it’s the first one I can actually imagine myself doing something important in.” – Andrew F.

54. What we learned We can connect individuals to epic challenges

57. In the first 24 hours of the network… Players posted more than 2000 blog posts, videos and photos .

58. In the first 15 days of the network… We’ve enrolled more than 10,500 students from more than 120 countries , including more than 2000 students from sub-Saharan Africa .

59. “ We never saw this mindset in our students before: instead of Africa having all the world’s problems, it could have all the world’s solutions .” - Thirumeni Thiru , EVOKE outreach team, South Africa

60. What we’re learning We can change who plays

63. Prototype a game – and use free online platforms Ning for social networking Twitter for updates Wordpress for blogs Wikia for wikis Facebook for promotion

64. Get help making a game Colleges and universities Libraries and Museums Institute for the Future Games for Change network Serious Games network Local IGDA (international game developers association) chapters

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68. Challenge #1 Find a position of forecasting strength.

69. What are 3 things you’d wager $100 you know or care more about than anyone else in this room ? a subject matter or skill a location a community Challenge #1

70. Challenge #2 Test the diversity of our forecasting network.

71. Challenge #3 Immerse yourself in the future scenario. In a world without oil, how would YOU help?

72. Challenge #4 Form forecasting teams.

73. Challenge #4 Your team needs at least one: Laptop Wiki hero Data captain Town crier

74. The grand challenge: Fill the wiki, from A to Z, with 260 design solutions for a world without oil.