global conflicts: palestine can a conflict be played?

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Global Conflicts: Palestine Can a conflict be played?

Serious Games Interactive

20. September 2006, Malmö

CEO Simon [email protected]


What is a serious game?

What is Global Conflicts: Palestine?

What do other people think?

Agenda


Definition serious games

In principal, any game

Games with an agenda

Educating, enlightening..

Not only entertainingEdutainmentAdvertainmentBusiness gamesMilitary gamesPolitical gamesSatirical games

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Problems with edutainmentLittle intrinsic motivation: Extrinsic motivation through rewards, rather than intrinsic motivation.

No integrated learning experience: Lacks integration of the learning experience with playing experience - learning subordinated play experience.

Drill-and-practice learning principles: Rely on drill-and-practice rather than understanding – training above learning.

No teacher presence: No demands on teachers or parents.

Simple gameplay: Built on a simple gameplay from classic titles.

Small budgets: Produced on limited budgets with limited technology.



Edutainment lacks balance

Most of what goes under the name "edutainment" reminds me of George Bernard Shaw's response to a famous beauty who speculated on the marvelous child they could have together: "With your brains and my looks ..." He retorted, "But what if the child had my looks and your brains?"

(Papert, 1998: 88)



Vision

Create the world’s best computer games with

an agenda beyond entertainment

What is Global Conflicts: Palestine


Looking across boundaries

Education

Discovery channel

Serious books

ComputerGames

Our blue ocean



Solution: Our blue ocean...

Enriching game experiences for everyone…

• Seriousness • Simplicity• Involvement

Our value innovation(our serious games)



Global Conflict : Feel and understand the tense atmosphere

and problems in Palestine

You as freelance journalist will draft a way

out of the conflict

The gameWhat is Global Conflicts: Palestine


The ocean is blue and the tail is long..

Private market: People that are intellectual curious & not afraid to try new things.

Educational market: 13-19 years social studies in Western world

Target groupsWhat is Global Conflicts: Palestine


“I learned more history in one day

than the last 6 months”

Student, 16 years

Play trailerWhat is Global Conflicts: Palestine


Freelance journalist

Get the best article

Find informants

Gain their trust

Get their story

Dig out best quotes

Put together article

Highest journalist level

GameplayWhat is Global Conflicts: Palestine

You

Goal

Means

Winning


What problems did we try to solve

Perpective: Provide different perspectives on a topic Involvement: Provide involvement in a topic Engagement: Make the player feel they make a difference Realism & atmosphere: Develop realistic atmosphere Curriculum ties: Fit it in with some curriculum



PR

+25 news articles about the game in Denmark,

Sweden, UK, Israel and US. In two major tv-channel main news program and two

major radio shows Among first 5 hits on Google out of 1 mio. hits on

serious games in total +15 talks this year in Denmark, Norway, Sweden, UK,

US, Netherlands, Greece and Italy.



Don’t take our word for it...What do other people think?

“Global Conflicts: Palestine is a fun and different way to receive learning” (Female student, 18 years)

“You had a greater desire to learn about the topic from Global Conflicts: Palestine” (Male student, 16 years)

"Our clear understanding that the approach behind Global Conflicts: Palestine live up to all demands for seriousness" (DK United Nations Association)

"Games are widely used as educational tools, not just for pilots, soldiers and surgeons, but also in schools and businesses” (The Economist)


90% students find it the be an interesting course

88% Students find it to be an interesting educational material

59 % of students find they learned more

90% of students wants to try a similar course again

Students want more...

Sample: 51 Danish High school low-middle class students after a one-week course



Closing

Engaging & intellectual stimulating game are possible A lot of people are looking for new games Like any other media computer games have a critical potential A strong market for serious games is still years away Distribution and financing remains a challenge

global conflicts: palestine can a conflict be played?

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