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Fun & Frustration Learning & Games Drew Davidson
Fun & Frustration Games aren’t just Fun Fun has a Half-Life Pleasantly Frustrating
Flow & Failure Challenge & Reward
On Game Design Interest Curves Procedural Interactivity Gamepocalypse
Interest Curves
Procedural
Interactivity
Gamepocalypse Gamification Funware MSG Secret Sauce Make it Seem Game-like Gameful Spirit of Games
On Learning	 Failure Doubt Curiosity Articulations Ecologies
Failure	 Fail Faster Experiment, Explore Rapid Prototyping Iterate toward Solutions Try Again. Fail Again.Fail Better.
Doubt	 Question Answers Challenge Assumptions Work to Understand To be Uncertain isto be Uncomfortable,but to be Certain isto be Ridiculous.
Curiosity	 Ask Questions & Engage Lifelong Learning & How Stuff Works Problem Solving & Cheating? Story Telling & Model Making
Articulations	 Systemic Connections Associations Relationships Transference Interdisciplinary
Ecologies	 Learning Overlapping Evolving Interrelating Connecting
Learning & Games	 Creation Distribution Assessment Anyone who tries to makea distinction between education and entertainment doesn’t know the first thing about either.
Creation	 Collaborative Multi-Media User Generated Remix IP Design
Distribution	 More Channels Aggregation Collation & Curation On Demand Digital Tagging & Rating Search
Assessment	 Community Real-Time Data Visualization Constructive Systemic Qualitative Literacy
WorkingExamples.org Process and Progress Visualize Connections Design Decisions
Fun & Frustration = Learning & Games Either/Or – Both/And Flow & Explore Challenge & Reward Agency & Literacy Playing is Learning
On Games & Learning Beyond Fun Serious Games and Media Well Played Video Games, Value and Meaning  http://etc.cmu.edu/etcpress/
Thanks! Questions? drdrew@cmu.edu

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Fun and Frustration = Learning and Games

Editor's Notes

  1. RaphKosterJim Gee
  2. MihalyCsikszentmihalyiEnergized FocusFull InvolvementSuccess the Process of the Experience
  3. how game design can helpcovered in more detail in following slidesActive Interactivity, Narrative Agency
  4. some ways to consider how they can workJesse SchellLevel of InterestPlotted over Course of Experience
  5. Ian Bogost, Michael MateasComputationalProcessesConfigurative SystemInterlocking Units of Meaning
  6. Involvement, Immersion, InvestmentTime of ExperienceLevel of EngagementPercent Complete
  7. Jesse SchellMedia TermWill WrightJane McGonigal
  8. Samuel Beckett
  9. Chinese Proverb
  10. Marshall McLuhan