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Introduction to Game Design for Kids

Game design provides a unique opportunity for kids to become active creators, using their imagination to design and build interactive experiences. Buckle up, as we have a lot to cover.... Why Introduce Game Design to Kids? Before we dive into the nitty-gritty of game design, let's take a moment to understand why it's such an important and valuable skill for kids to explore.

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How To Derive The Most From Your Gamified Projects

Simultaneously, game theory's insights into strategic decision-making, competition, and cooperation provide a roadmap for crafting compelling gamified experiences. Game theory provides a framework for analyzing how different actors choose strategies to maximize their gains while considering the choices of others.

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Towards A Transpacific Future: A History Of Board Games In Taiwan

Looking at the current market of board games designed by people in Taiwan makes one question the meaning of "Taiwan." If this name refers to a national boundary and subsequently the cultural creations that represent peoples, experiences, and histories within that boundary, board games have presented a conflicting image of Taiwan, in which appropriated figures of Western empire occupy and dominate most parts while the more organic and original scenes of Taiwan tend to be poorly depicted.

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Happy to be puzzled

For many, a crossword puzzle is a solitary pleasure, one that blots out the world for a time, in some cases easing a harried commute. Decades after her father introduced her to the weekly ritual of The New York Times Sunday puzzle, crosswords remain a regular challenge and a bit of a mental refuge for Urdang-Brown, who has administered the Harvard English Department's graduate program for 26 years.

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Make the hiring process less tense through gamification

Gamification: Make hiring fun Gamification-once associated with children and teens-is the talk of the town with regards to defining a workplace culture, fun activities in professional settings, and now, hiring processes. Now, where to infuse gamification into the hiring process? As the name suggests, gamification incorporates game mechanics and elements into environments.

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Why Driving the Work World’s ‘Great Transformation’ Could Actually Be Fun and Games

The study included client-facing employees in 24 offices, and over the course of the two years it was shown that gamified training increased fees collected by participating offices by more than 25%. Additionally, the number of clients for these participants rose by up to 16%, and opportunities from new clients rose by as much as 22% - showcasing how much fun and games can augment a workplace's success.

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Retaking Nineveh

In future posts, I will try to stress educational aspects of games I review, especially those that I used or plan to use in classes. My view of luck in games is that if it is justified thematically and/or players have some control over the probabilities, simulationist games should have this element.

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Gamifying Strategy: The important role of the non-playing character

We wanted our leaders to be playful with their learning and leave the three-day event with an intimate personal knowledge of the strategy. 'Purpose Points' were the game's rewards for demonstrating specific leadership behaviors, which we believe will be vital in delivering our new learning mindset strategy renewal process, which translated to money for eight local charities we worked with that week.

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Mobile Technologies and Mobile Learning

Mobile technology has emerged as a promising educational approach that integrates mobile devices within the classroom environment. This chapter carefully considers the advantages and the disadvantages of mobile technology and mobile learning in K-12 education and suggests future recommendations for educators to leverage mobile technology effectively in class to maximize the benefits and minimize potential drawbacks.

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The role of gamification in employee engagement

Gamification is the application of game design elements and mechanics to non-game contexts to engage and motivate individuals in achieving specific objectives. Gamification can be used in Human Resource Management for higher productivity and better employee engagement. Recruitment: Gamification can transform traditional skills assessments process into an engaging experience.

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Finance Mechanic

Most recognizable are the games that utilize real-life currencies to be managed, but the idea of finance as a game mechanic has a long reach, extending across the board to even affect games like Settlers of Catan, which loosely uses resources as currency that should be financially managed. Let's look into how including finance as a game mechanic can help us improve the games we design and create.

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