Post on 11-Jul-2020
Richard Vass and Dan Dellenbach (Solutions Strategies)
The Hero’s Journey
Exploring Often Overlooked Elements in
Learning Games
Richard Vass
What is the Research Telling Us?
8 seconds The amount of time you have to grab learners’
attention
Five minutes The amount of time you can hold it
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Good Game Elements
Rules, rules, rules. Good game design has rules
Voluntary activity, with an element of
choice
A sense of engagement, entertainment,
amusement, and fun
Some kind of goal of challenge
Good Game Elements
Tell a compelling story
Create conflict
Don’t underestimate the importance of
aesthetics
Strike a balance between challenging
and difficult
Give players control• Forbes Magazine: Five Tips for Using Games to Train Your Employees, Stephen Baer,
The Game Agency, June 2017
Call to Adventure
Your Ordinary World:
Crossing the Threshold
Crossing the Threshold
Crossing the Threshold
Crossing the Threshold
Crossing the Threshold
Crossing the Threshold
Approach
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Special World – Financial Literacy
Design a casual game to educate, engage and inspire
players about fiscal responsibility
“Your Life” is a simulation game designed to help users
effectively balance wealth, health and happiness and
successfully retire while coping with all life’s biggest
events and daily surprises
The game challenges players to make smart choices
regarding housing, employment, leisure activities,
relationships and more
Every choice affects the game the player's goal is to
ultimately retire with a truly balanced life
O B J E C T I V E
S O L U T I O N
On the Road Back / ResurrectionJUMP
SCENARIOS
RECALL
MAZE
SCRAMBLE
GRID
MATCHTRIVIA
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Takeaway:• The ELBC “Brothers” Challenge• Reputation as a true professional
• Somebody who engages learners• Challenges learners• Not just an ‘order taker’
• WE CAN ALL CHANGE!
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