ABOUT EVENT

Workshop Description

One way to define a game is “voluntary engagement with unnecessary obstacles” (Jane McGonigal). From hard-core games that take dozens of hours to complete to casual games played in brief intervals – games, both tabletop and digital, have become a ubiquitous pastime for people of all age groups and fuel a billion-dollars industry. And also… they are fun! In this workshop we will talk about what makes games what they are and engage in activities that will help us understand existing games and ideate new ones. In the workshop we will also introduce different roles in the design team and suggest additional resources for interested participants.

Prerequisites

• Have SAGE3 installed on your computer and know how to use it.

The software can be downloaded from here: https://sage3.sagecommons.org/

Learning objectives

By the end of this workshop attendees will be able to:

• Understand the fundamental elements of game design
• Understand the process of game development
• Analyze games based in these elements
• Experience brainstorming for game design ideas
• Storytelling in game design

Tools Used for this workshop

• SAGE3 (for brainstorming activities)