Digital Learning Game Design: Lessons from the Trenches

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Digital Learning Game Design
Lessons from the Trenches

Presented
by

Sharon
Boller
&
Kristen
Hewe2

...

What do we even MEAN by game?
An
ac4vity
that
has
an
explicit
goal
or
challenge,
rules
that ...

Goals
for
Today
Learning
Game

Design
Process

6
Lessons:
Best

Prac4ces;
PiMalls

to
A...

Learning Game Design Process
Play
games;

evaluate
what
you

are
playing

Get
familiar
w/

...

Let’s Play Games (and Evaluate)!

Use
Handout
Page
5
to

do
your
evalua4on
of

these
games
...

Think About Learning FIRST
Game Topic
Who’s the target audience? (incl. characteristics)
The INSTRUCTIONAL goal is:
The LE...

Then Consider the Game
Game Goal
Core Dynamic(s)?
Game Mechanics (aka “rules”)
Game Elements
• Theme
• Story
• Cooperation...

Dump ADDIE; go agile instead (iterative)
Playtest.
Playtest.
Did
I
say
playtest?

Learning
Game

Design

Process

6
Lessons:
Best

Prac4ces;
PiMalls

to
Avoid

Tools ...

3 Guiding Principles
1. 

Play and evaluate lots of digital games
before you starting designing your first one.

2. 

Pay ...

6 Lessons
1. 

You
need
game
content–
even
at
the
ﬁrst

prototype.

2. 

Aesthe6cs
and ...

6 Lessons
5. 

Keep
rule
and
game
complexity
propor6onal
to

the
amount
of
4me
people
...

1

Game
content

is
needed
–

even
in
the

ﬁrst
prototype.

–  h#p://
theknowle...

Aesthe6cs
and
theme

2

aﬀect
desire
to
play.

www.bo#omlineperformance.com

From
Ho-‐Hum

To
Pre2y
Fun

h#p://www.theknowledgeguru.com/gamedesign/

To
Pre2y
Fun

To
Pre2y
Fun

3

Don’t
dismiss

fantasy.

It
engages
people
a
lot.

They
can
learn

even
if...

Players
need
help
ﬁguring
out

4

how
to
play
so
build
help
in
via
levels,

r...

5

Make
complexity

propor4onal
to

expected
playing
4me.

Cogni6ve

overload
is
rea...

Scoring Algorithm FTM

Learning
Game

Design

Process

6
Lessons:
Best

Prac4ces;
PiMalls

to
Avoid

Tools ...

Tools & Templates
•  Primer
on
Play
(p.
1)

–  Terms
and
deﬁni4ons

–  Core
Dynamics
–
...

Learning
Game

Design

Process

www.bo#omlineperformance.com

6
Lessons:
Best

Prac4ces;
...

Thank You
• 
• 
• 
• 

sharon@bo#omlineperformance.com

www.bo#omlineperformance.com/lolblog

Twi2er:
@sharon...

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