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ASTD Techknowledge Post-Conference Resources

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Between Sharon’s “Lessons from the Trenches” presentation and our “Powerful Learning Games Presentation” that we co-presented, we had plenty of opportunity to discuss serious games with you. See the event slides below: Lessons from the Trenches of Digital Game Design. Download that here. Quick Tip'

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Serious Game Evaluation Worksheet (Free Download)

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The lessons you learn from playing a lot of different commercial games will translate into good game design decisions for serious games. It includes a quick sample analysis of Knowledge Guru as well as a blank sheet for you to copy and use as you evaluate many different games.

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Commercial Games vs Learning Games: Avoid the “Bling”

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This developer shared several examples of games he had developed. All the sample games featured gorgeous graphics and lots of “action” in the games with things flashing, scores popping, and new game elements introduced as I advanced through levels. And your game developer needs to understand this and believe that less really is better.

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