2nd Edition
Educational Game Design Fundamentals A Journey to Creating Intrinsically Motivating Learning Experiences
Acknowledgements
Author
Preface
Introduction: The Journey Begins
Chapter 1 Designing Learning Experiences
Chapter 2 The Magical Powers of the Game Designer
Chapter 3 Pedagogy and Games
Chapter 4 The Game Core
Chapter 5 Where to Start?
Chapter 6 Let’s Make a Game!
Chapter 7 A Closer Look at Game Mechanics
Chapter 8 Games as Reflection Tools
Chapter 9 Knowing Your Audience
Chapter 10 Story: A First Look
Chapter 11 Game Interfaces
Chapter 12 Game Aesthetics
Chapter 13 Testing and Feedback
Chapter 14 Documenting and Communicating
Chapter 15 The Final Chapter
Bibliography
Biography
George Kalmpourtzis is a digital transformation director, learning & development expert and user researcher, who helps organisations adapt to an ever-changing world. He has been founder and director of several European UX and instructional design agencies and has been consulting for several institutions and organisations of the S&P500 and the CAC40. His work spans large-scale change-management, training, and educational initiatives, as well as the design of games for computers, consoles, and virtual and augmented reality.
Praise for the first edition:
"The book is essential for game and learning designers alike as it blends learning principles, strategies and models with game elements, mechanics and dynamics in intuitive ways for achieving a balance between learning and fun while the player is striving to discover a meaningful purpose through playing." – Petros Lameras, Senior Lecturer and Researcher in Serious Games at Coventry University, UK.
"In his breathtaking book Educational Game Design Fundamentals, George Kalmpourtzis not simply presents a comprehensive how-to guide to designing and building world-class educational experiences, but rather weaves together a culmination of lessons and insights- both from years working within the industry to talking to some of the best and brightest minds pushing the frontiers on how humans continue to evolve and learn. This is a must read for anybody interested in taking part in one of the most exciting ventures of human ingenuity and evolution to date; one that stands to fundamentally change the nature of what it means to be a human being alive at the dawn of the 3rd millennium." – Ryan Gerber, User Experience Designer, Vive Virtual Reality.
