Paper Information
| Title | Worked Examples and Playpower.org: Proposed Methods for Video Game Design Research |
| Presenter(s) | Derek Lomas and Kishan Patel |
| Session | Design research methods for serious games |
| Time | Thursday, October 21, 1:30p-2:30p |
| Location | Green Room |
| Format | Paper Presentation |
| Description | Playpower.org is an open-source community that makes learning games for 8-bit TV-connected computers, which are commonly sold in developing countries for approximately $10. First described at the 2008 Meaningful Play conference, Playpower.org has subsequently received support from the MacArthur Foundation to build a development environment for the $10 computer and host a series of international workshops.
Over the past year, we have conducted learning game design workshops in India, Brazil and New York City, in order to introduce the platform and its potential to regional development communities. This paper reports on 3 game designs that emerged from one such workshop, held in Hyderabad, India in December 2009. |
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