We’re once again organizing the Week of the Game at Utrecht University, this time held between Monday 15 and Friday 19 April. Hosted by the Center of Games Research, the Week will see a series of researchers and research projects presenting their work through workshops, presentations and mini-conferences.
The full programme can be found HERE. Have a look!
I will be involved in organizing a workshop in Monday the 15th called Game design as pedagogy together with colleagues Jasper van Vught and Stefan Werning. In this workshop, we will discuss the value of co-creation of games as a teaching method. Rather than learning from or through a game product, this approach focuses on creating multiple iterations (prototypes) of a game, making the game design process the site for knowledge transfer. In this workshop, we will explain the background of the approach and its various benefits. Then we will actively work on a low-key game design assignment. If you want to join, you can register via j.f.vanvught@uu.nl.
We will also be launching the new and improved. UU game research website during this week.