Course: Design Board Games for Socio-Political Change

Hadi discusses two prominent examples to consider the ethics of games for change.

The four layers is a method of narrative design for interactive storytelling. Watch Charly demonstrate how the method is used.

Charly goes over what makes for effective story telling by describing the path that your narrative should take. What games have you played which told a captivating story?

Try some of the games below and tell us which you choose and what you think. Did you learn something new? Did they make you consider an issue in a …

Having played through a game of Flashpoint: Fire Rescue with our colleague Dr Lynn Love, we discuss our experience and what it taught us. What did you think? Have you …

In this video William looks at the structure of games and how game mechanics can be tied to theme to deliver a unified message. Can you think of any examples …

Having described what play is, William goes on to investigate why we play and how we can use that knowledge in designing games. Thinking about Bartle’s player types; Achievers, Explorer, …

What does it mean to play and why do we do it? William discusses these and other ideas on ‘play’.

Hadi introduces the MDA framework, a lens through which to view game design and game playing.