Listen or Download the whole episode here!
Click here to listen on your preferred channel!
Episode Name:
How Game Mechanics Can Transform How We Learn
Episode Description:
Leveling up in real life takes more than just discipline, passion and trying to level up others, it takes smart design.
In this episode, we explore how game design principles can help us, devs and creators, develop practical life skills, reframe personal challenges, and even learn more effectively from that process. To today, we’re going unpack how instructional design and narrative systems, can turn real-world friction into real momentum.
Q?Box Round Answers
What’s the most common mistake you see devs or studios make with their games?
Indie Studios – treat your volunteer & hobby projects like a real job
Biggest gaming pet peeve?
Games that require grind, random loot drops, and Pay2Win (Destiny) OR for gamification, reward schemes that have nothing to do with the user’s goals
What game are you playing now?
Bokura by Tokoronyori (Japanese Designer) – highly recommend
TIPS and ADVICE
We covered quite a bit today. Could you list 3 suggestions or tips you would recommend to indie devs based on our discussion?
- Treat volunteer/hobby/unpaid game developing like it’s your full time job
- Decide on your objectives/outcomes at the beginning. Whenever you get stuck, go back to them
RESOURCES and LINKS
How to get in touch with Micah Greenleaf
Website:
http://adultyou.com/
http://micahgreenleaf.com/
E-mails:
connect@adultyou.com
micahgreenleaf@gmail.com
OTHER SOURCES:
Gamify by Brian Burke
Thinking in Systems, Donella H Meadows
The Compound Effect