This document contains information about Menno Deen, a PhD designer and researcher. It lists his educational background and experience working on games for health, diversity, and design projects. It discusses his research interests in how game design can improve motivation and learning through autonomy-supportive design. It also presents ideas about how structure, rules, freedom, and autonomy can impact happiness.

1. Design [4Happiness]
happiness > fun > engagement
Menno Deen
PhD Design[er] Researcher
Menno.deen@fontys.nl
@DeenMenno

2. BA | Utrecht School of Arts – Design Technology
| vermaakt
MA | Utrecht University – New Media & Digital Culture
| SP3L
| Ranj Serious Games
PhD | Eindhoven University of Technology & Fontys ICT
| Games [4Therapy] Project – Fontys ICT
| Lapp – Play Together!

3. Games [4Health] Jam 2010 | Physical Therapy
Games [4Health] Jam 2011 | Prevention
Games [4Health] Jam 2012 | Public Play
Games [4Health] Jam 2013 | Sink / Swim 
Games [4Health] Jam 2014 | It’s Mental!
Games [4Diversity] Jam 2014 EU | Amsterdam
Games [4Diversity] Jam 2014 USA | San Francisco
Games [4Diversity] Jam 2015 EU | Amsterdam
Games [4Diversity] Jam 2015 AU | Melbourne
Games [4Diversity] Jam 2015 USA | Los Angeles
Games [4Design] Jam 2013 | CHI Paris
GameJam [4Research] 2014 | CHI Toronto 

4. Happiness

5. Happiness & play

6. Let’s PLAY

7. Let’s PLAY
SCORE!!!

8. INSPIRING LOVE IT! WHAT IS YOUR POINT?
Let’s RATE
SCORE!!!

9. Let’s PLAY
RPS

10. INSPIRING LOVE IT! WHAT IS YOUR POINT?
Let’s RATE
RPS

11. PLAY

12. INSPIRING LOVE IT! WHAT IS YOUR POINT?
Let’s RATE
Cosmic Count

13. FUN

14. ENGAGEMENT

15. MOTIVATION

16. MOTIVATIONWhat drives us? What makes us happy?

17. MOTIVATINGareintrinsicallyGAMESMOTIVATINGareintrinsicallyGAMES

25. G.A.M.E.
Games Autonomy Motivation & Education
How autonomy-supportive game design may
improve motivation to learn
Tinyurl.com/DeenThesis

26. PLAY?
MOTIVATION?

31. Mine craft

32. Mine craft

33. Caracassonne

34. Balletje Balletje

35. INSPIRING LOVE IT! WHAT IS YOUR POINT?

36. PLAY!
MOTIVATION?

46. + intrinsic motivation
I do it because the activity
in itself is satisfactory to me
- external regulation
I do it because I have to

47. More happy? Less unhappy?

48. Structure + Rules
increases happiness
Games cannot
make people
happy
Freedom + Autonomy
increases happiness
What do you think?

49. Freedom + Autonomy
increases happiness

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Active and
impulsive
Oppositional
and defiant
Low
frustration
tolerance and
tempered
Antisocial
behavior

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66. INSPIRING LOVE IT! WHAT IS YOUR POINT?

67. Concluding
Happiness
V
Fun
V
Engagement
V
Motivation

68. Motivation
V
Autonomy
V
Design for action
V
Focus on process
V
Search for restructrurable elements
HOW TO CHANGE?!
vs. what are the rules, goals and regulations

69. ;)