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A Treasure Map for Game Design Research
This document summarizes the growth of game jams and the Global Game Jam event from 2010-2014. It discusses how the Global Game Jam has grown from over 16,000 participants at 319 locations in 63 countries in 2013 to over 20,000 participants at 488 locations in 72 countries in 2014. It also provides context on game design research and how game jams can be used for advocacy, academia, brainstorming creativity, and field studies in a short 48 hour period.
A Treasure Map for Game Design Research
- 1. A Treasure Map forGame Design Research Annakaisa Kultima
- 2. Finnish Game Jamry 2010 3 cities 98 participants 25 games 2011 5 cities 163 participants 39 games 2012 8 cities 280 participants 85 games 2013 12 cities 513 participants 138 games 2014 13 cities, one bus 644 participants 161 games 50+ volunteers
- 3. Global Game Jam 2013 Over16 000 participants 319 locations worldwide 63 countries Over 3 200 games made 2014 over 20 000 participants 488 locations worldwide 72 countries over 4200 games made In 48 h Countries hosting for the first time in 2013: Bolivia, Chile, Egypt, Greece, Hungary, India, Latvia, Macedonia, Morocco, Nigeria, Serbia and Tunisia
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- 10. ”Your Research isshit.”
- 11. ”The uneasy relationship betweenresearch and design.” Bonsiepe 2007
- 12. “Rather than needingto know all that there is to know in a discrete field, design needs to know “just enough” of the multiple perspectives that frame and shape any project.” Marshall &Erlhoff 2008
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- 16. Additive / Simplifying iteration Opportunistic/ Omissive iteration
- 17. Role of anidea in game development
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- 19. Making games foryourself
- 20. Making games foryourself Making games as business
- 21. Making games foryourself Making games as business Making games as art
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- 23. Where is thisindustry going?
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- 27. “Making games iseasy, belonging is hard.”
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- 29. “Before the GlobalGame Jam, Chile had no game industry”
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- 31. Thank you, jamon! (see you at the Assembly Summer 2014!) Annakaisa Kultima @aakoo @aakooplays aakoosgamelab.com annakaisa.kultima@uta.fi