This course is about making videogames for mobile devices to better understand local place. You may think this takes programming skills and lots of money. But thanks to some easy-to-use tools, including ARIS which I help design, normal people can do this too. If game design sounds interesting but out-of-reach, this might be the class for you. Go check out ARIS now:http://arisgames.org/demo
There’s more at http://arisgames.org. You don’t need wait for this class to start making games.
Another reason to sign up is to know more about this city and connect to it in a new way. This course is about finding what’s hidden in ABQ and making it visible. Games may sound like a funny way to know a place, but there are natural advantages. To make a game about a place or issue, you need to know that thing deeply and from a variety of perspectives, and you need to know how to make it interesting to someone else. Here are a couple videos that may give you a better idea why games?
Not everything is a game, but games give us a good language for creating interesting experiences. In this course, we will learn about and practice game design. We’ll go outside the classroom and into the community. And the next time you are looking for a way to recruit participation in any endeavor, you’ll look back to those experiences and find something useful.
There’s more at http://arisgames.org. You don’t need wait for this class to start making games.
Another reason to sign up is to know more about this city and connect to it in a new way. This course is about finding what’s hidden in ABQ and making it visible. Games may sound like a funny way to know a place, but there are natural advantages. To make a game about a place or issue, you need to know that thing deeply and from a variety of perspectives, and you need to know how to make it interesting to someone else. Here are a couple videos that may give you a better idea why games?
- Jane McGonigal Games can make a better world
- Kurt Squire How Video Games Can Encourage Civic Engagement
Not everything is a game, but games give us a good language for creating interesting experiences. In this course, we will learn about and practice game design. We’ll go outside the classroom and into the community. And the next time you are looking for a way to recruit participation in any endeavor, you’ll look back to those experiences and find something useful.