Why many educational games are not fun - And what to learn form that / Florian Friedrich (stillalive studios)
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While people keep wondering why they can play for hours but can't be asked to sit through a 15 minutes math lecture, rarely do they actually seek for an answer to this. Yet, many attempted to make educational games and to gamify learning processes because they all remember: I learned things while playing games at some point (I think), so this should work... right? Well maybe. Let's explore this.
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- 1. WHY MANY EDUCATIONAL GAMES ARE NOT FUN FLORIAN FRIEDRICH … and what to learn from that
- 4. WHAT DID YOUR PLAYERS LEARN?
- 5. (ADDITIONAL) ABOUT ME • Education: Digital Arts • Teaching as a Hobby: Creative Meetup • Startup Community: Sparcs & Konomondo
- 6. FUN & LEARN the old chestnut about what’s fun
- 8. WHAT IS FUN? FUN & LEARN
- 9. WHAT IS FUN? FUN & LEARN
- 10. WHAT IS NOT FUN? FUN & LEARN
- 12. WHAT IS NOT FUN • Linearity • Limitation • Overload • Underload FUN & LEARN
- 13. WHY LEARNING? LET’S JUST HAVE FUN! FUN & LEARN
- 14. WHY LEARNING • Integral part of interaction • „I love to learn!“ FUN & LEARN
- 15. LEARN vs PLAY when fun becomes secondary
- 16. HOW WE THINK • System 1: Fast, Instinctive, Emotional • System 2: Slow, deliberative, logical LEARN vs PLAY Thinking, Fast and Slow
- 17. LEARNIFY IT • Embrace that there is something to know better • Expanding choice = expanding plannability • Can add engagement LEARN vs PLAY
- 18. EXAMPLES
- 19. ONBOARDING • Learning the game • Linearity and limitation trap • One does not simply explain a board game EXAMPLES
- 21. MASTERY & EXPERTISE • Mental modelling • Pride • „I could talk about this all day!“ EXAMPLES
- 23. OPPOSITE APPROACHES proper design work for different goals
- 24. TRIM IT DOWN • Converge • Intent-based design • Game pillars • Loops • Feature creep • Overthinking OPPOSITE APPROACHES
- 25. OPEN IT UP • Diverge • Expanding opportunity • Plannability • Narrow framing • Stuck in System 1 OPPOSITE APPROACHES
- 26. HOW WE THINK (AS DESIGNERS) • System 1: Fast, Instinctive, Emotional • System 2: Slow, deliberative, logical OPPOSITE APPROACHES
- 27. RECAP
- 28. WHY ARE MANY EDUCATIONAL GAMES NOT FUN? RECAP
- 29. WHAT TO LEARN FROM THAT What • Learning isn‘t fun until it is • Playing is fun until it isn‘t Why • We love to think fast • We love to be smart RECAP
- 30. THANK YOU!