Values At Play http://valuesatplay.org Wed, 11 Apr 2012 03:51:21 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 Hello world! http://valuesatplay.org/hello-world http://valuesatplay.org/hello-world#comments Mon, 20 Feb 2012 18:40:40 +0000 bigboss http://valuesatplay.org/?p=1 Welcome to WordPress. This is your first post. Edit or delete it, then start blogging!

]]> http://valuesatplay.org/hello-world/feed 1 Player Personas http://valuesatplay.org/player-personas http://valuesatplay.org/player-personas#comments Thu, 16 Feb 2012 23:55:22 +0000 bigboss http://dev.valuesatplay.org/?p=375 Watch Eric Zimmerman discuss player persona and core design values in games.

You can find this video and others like it on our Interviews with Game Designers page.

]]> http://valuesatplay.org/player-personas/feed 0 Values as Rules http://valuesatplay.org/values-as-rules http://valuesatplay.org/values-as-rules#comments Thu, 16 Feb 2012 23:51:13 +0000 bigboss http://dev.valuesatplay.org/?p=373 Watch Cornelia Brunner discuss values as rules in child development, expressed during gameplay.

You can find this video and others like it on our Interviews with Game Designers page.

]]> http://valuesatplay.org/values-as-rules/feed 0 Leveraging the human element in games http://valuesatplay.org/leveraging-the-human-element-in-games http://valuesatplay.org/leveraging-the-human-element-in-games#comments Thu, 16 Feb 2012 23:48:20 +0000 bigboss http://dev.valuesatplay.org/?p=371 Watch Cindy Poremba discuss leveraging the human element in games.

You can find this video and others like it on our Interviews with Game Designers page.

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You can find this video and others like it on our Interviews with Game Designers page.

]]> http://valuesatplay.org/values-expressed-through-character-depiction/feed 0 Small acts of kindness in game mechanics http://valuesatplay.org/small-acts-of-kindness-in-game-mechanics http://valuesatplay.org/small-acts-of-kindness-in-game-mechanics#comments Thu, 16 Feb 2012 23:27:23 +0000 bigboss http://dev.valuesatplay.org/?p=360 Watch interview Akoha’s Austin Hill discuss small acts of kindness in game mechanics.

You can find this video and others like it on our Interviews with Game Designers page.

]]> http://valuesatplay.org/small-acts-of-kindness-in-game-mechanics/feed 0 Hello world! http://valuesatplay.org/hello-world-2 http://valuesatplay.org/hello-world-2#comments Thu, 16 Feb 2012 19:36:25 +0000 bigboss http://dev.valuesatplay.org/?p=1 Welcome to WordPress. This is your first post. Edit or delete it, then start blogging!

]]> http://valuesatplay.org/hello-world-2/feed 1 The Blog Lives on at Tiltfactor! http://valuesatplay.org/the-blog-lives-on-at-tiltfactor http://valuesatplay.org/the-blog-lives-on-at-tiltfactor#comments Thu, 14 May 2009 12:45:59 +0000 admin http://www.valuesatplay.org/?p=324 The blog posted below is an archive. Values at Play blogging continues at the Tiltfactor Blog, http://www.tiltfactor.org/?page_id=413.

]]> http://valuesatplay.org/the-blog-lives-on-at-tiltfactor/feed 0 variable_d lecture series at Dartmouth College 2009! http://valuesatplay.org/variable_d-lecture-series-at-dartmouth-college-2009 http://valuesatplay.org/variable_d-lecture-series-at-dartmouth-college-2009#comments Mon, 05 Jan 2009 08:05:38 +0000 admin http://www.valuesatplay.org/?p=300 Come one, come all to the variable_d lecture series on Digital Arts and Humanities this Winter and Spring at Dartmouth College, Hanover NH. Jesper Juul, Celia Pearce, Nick Montfort, Tracy Fullerton, Eric Zimmerman, Katherine Isbister, Luis von Ahn, and Doris Rusch will be visiting from January 2009 – June 2009. We are very pleased to bring these fine scholars, artists, and designers to campus.
Wednesday January 14, 4:30 pm ((Dartmouth Campus, Silsby 028))
Jesper Juul, from the MIT Gambit Lab, gives a public lecture at Dartmouth, “The Meaning of Video Games: On Today’s Debates in Video Game Studies”

Tuesday February 3, Tuesday 4:30 pm ((Dartmouth Campus, Silsby 028))
Celia Pearce, Assistant Professor at Georgia Tech, game designer, and game researcher gives a public lecture on games research.

Wednesday February 11, 2008 4:30 pm ((Dartmouth Campus, Silsby 028)
Poet, Computer Scientist, and Blogger Nick Montfort, Assistant Professor at MIT, “A New Dimension for All-Text Interactive Fiction.”

Course Discussions: (in Tiltfactor, 304 North Fairbanks; interested students welcome with RSVP to tiltfactor@gmail.com)
Thursday January 15, 2-4 pm
Jesper Juul leads a discussion on Half-Real and his recent work

Tuesday February 3, 2008 2-4 pm
Celia Pearce, on game art doll play, and dress up.

Thursday February 12, 2008 2-4 pm
Nick Montfort on platforms, interactive fiction, classic games, and narrative

]]> http://valuesatplay.org/variable_d-lecture-series-at-dartmouth-college-2009/feed 0 Grow-A-Game! http://valuesatplay.org/grow-a-game http://valuesatplay.org/grow-a-game#comments Sun, 26 Oct 2008 10:08:38 +0000 admin http://tiltfactor.org/?p=184 Tiltfactor is delighted to be able to share some design methods with the public. Developed as part of Values at Play, the Grow-A-Game cards are widely in use in both K-12 and University classrooms.

Grow a game cards

Using Grow-A-Game, groups of people brainstorm novel game ideas which prioritize human values. While no prior game design experience is necessary, both experienced designers and those new to the field will have fun making games.

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