Writing a simple card game with a chasing mechanism for tomorrow about dark patterns in real world retail and website design.

Shall I teach the ethics first THEN play the game, or have the students play the game, THEN tell them how unethical they have been?

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Really looking forward to a creative and quintessentially English experience 🙂

Also to seeing awesome people and playing a tonne of games. Will be a plain punter on Sunday.

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Heading to @aireconuk.bsky.social in Harrogate today to run some of my educational escape rooms for the public and an evening workshop on how to write puzzle-based games.

#gamedesign #escaperoom #gamebasedlearning

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Looking forward to playtesting some educational escape games, running an old favourite, and a workshop on how to make your own at home. All on the Saturday of @aireconuk.bsky.social.

Who’s going to be there?

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Taking my Deck of Worlds into class today to inspire my Interactive Storytelling students.

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Play-testing a MegaGame about decarbonisation with @jrbarrett.bsky.social and team. Last round is always difficult when people realise no consequences for bad actions as the game is about to end.

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Things are definitely getting more playful around @leedstrinity.bsky.social next we’re giving @daisyabbott.bsky.social ‘s research game a go. #yearofteachingplayfully

Making puzzles about tape-worms whilst @immunojo.bsky.social makes a poo-o-meter. All in a days work on our #escapegame about #immunology with @britsocimm.bsky.social.

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Made a Newsflash to ramp up the tension at our #interprofessionalworking mega-game tomorrow. Loved creating the fictional town of Otterdale and filling it with people & their problems. Thanks to my brilliant journalism colleagues @leedstrinity.bsky.social #yearofteachingplayfully #No1forJournalism

I removed Dingbats Bingo from my games to play in class list. Dingbats rely on knowledge of English idioms so are inaccessible to some students. Replacing with an old favourite - Weird Things Humans Search For by @bigpotatogames.bsky.social though I create my own prompts.
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Demoing Telescape for #edugames. “Gone Viral” was a student induction game then a commercial ER venue, an avatar game during Covid, filmed & made interactive for Telescape, & finally inspired a bespoke game for clinicians. Today I’m showing it to the NHS. Minus the zombies.

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Definitely joining in this one as part of my #YearOfTeachingPlayfully. It's fab that so many colleagues are letting their hair down and having some fun in the classroom. #LTHEchat

Always one of my favourite weeks, running The Locked Room table-top escape game for a mixed class of English and Interactive Storytelling students. #YearOfTeachingPlayfully www.linkedin.com/pulse/clue-m...

I begin my #yearofteachingplayfully using an #LBMG #campusgame to introduce a new cohort to LTU. I made a template customisable to any course e.g. using a core programme text rather than an academic skills one for a library puzzle.

Anyone else using #Actionbound?

#GameBasedLearning #GBL #HigherEd