I’ve been quiet here for a bit — not because I gave up, but because I’ve been rebuilding. 𝘚𝘩𝘢𝘳𝘱𝘦𝘯𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘷𝘪𝘴𝘪𝘰𝘯, 𝘵𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘣𝘦𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘤𝘦𝘯𝘦𝘴, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘭𝘢𝘺𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢 𝘣𝘦𝘵𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘧𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘥𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯. Starting this month, we’re back at it: 🔁 𝐓𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐧𝐞𝐰 𝐭𝐞𝐦𝐩𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐬 🧠 𝐑𝐮𝐧𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐥𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐫𝐞𝐭𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐤𝐬𝐡𝐨𝐩𝐬 🎯 𝐋𝐚𝐲𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐠𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐤 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐚 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐮𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐲-𝐟𝐢𝐫𝐬𝐭 𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐬𝐞 I’m building this in real time. That means: • 𝘠𝘰𝘶 𝘨𝘦𝘵 𝘢𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘢𝘣𝘭𝘦 𝘪𝘥𝘦𝘢𝘴 𝘣𝘦𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘨𝘰 𝘱𝘶𝘣𝘭𝘪𝘤 • 𝘐 𝘨𝘦𝘵 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘧𝘦𝘦𝘥𝘣𝘢𝘤𝘬 𝘵𝘰 𝘴𝘩𝘢𝘱𝘦 𝘸𝘩𝘢𝘵’𝘴 𝘯𝘦𝘹𝘵 • 𝘛𝘰𝘨𝘦𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳, 𝘸𝘦 𝘣𝘶𝘪𝘭𝘥 𝘴𝘮𝘢𝘳𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘳𝘦𝘵𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘴𝘺𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘮𝘴 (𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘬𝘦𝘦𝘱 𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘱𝘦𝘰𝘱𝘭𝘦 𝘢𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘥 😉) 💬 What's 𝐎𝐍𝐄 thing that's not working for you interms of retention right now? 𝐃𝐫𝐨𝐩 𝐢𝐭 𝐛𝐞𝐥𝐨𝐰 — 𝐢𝐭 𝐦𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐬𝐡𝐚𝐩𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐟𝐢𝐫𝐬𝐭 𝐥𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐬𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐧𝐞𝐱𝐭 𝐰𝐞𝐞𝐤.

The possibilities are endless! Imagine designing entire immersive environments or creating dynamic simulations with just a single image. https://x.com/kimmonismus/status/1863652916516598195

Really love the chat today! One of our topics is about what does games offer apart from the conventional "fun"? Speaking from experience, many stakeholders from academia have described games as frivolous just because they only offer "fun", but I was arguing that games offer more than that! Personally, when I am playing games (for e.g. Starcraft) I am super stressed out but I am engaged cognitively and behaviourally, and without even realising it, unconsciously learning on how to beat this game. I find new strategies to improve myself and kept playing. But despite multiple losses, I kept persevering with one goal in mind: I need to win this game! These were, what I felt, the strength of games: unconscious learning, engagement, perseverance and resilience. But these strengths only came when the game was challenging enough which resulted in "pleasurable frustration". I am sure we have heard the state of flow, whereby if the game is challenging enough based on our skillset. Eventually, when I won the game, the sense of achievement came and followed by, "fun". But the "fun" didn't come first, and neither did it engage nor motivate me to keep playing, but that pleasurable frustration that kept me going. Another example is making a business deal. I am guessing it is pretty stressful when you have to be sharp to ensure you get the best deal, but when you do, do you feel the fun during the process or at the end? What do you think? Should the narrative of games be more than just fun? When you played games, did fun come during the process of playing or later?

I know Kahoot is like frequently used and there was a hyped of it in the gaming literature, but anyone still uses Kahoot? If so, how and when do use Kahoot? If you have alternative to Kahoot, feel free to share :)

Congratulations @Roger Peters for being the first one to reach Level 3. 🔥 You just unlocked the "Full Framework". Also big congrats to @Steve Jeffs , @Mathew Georghiou , @Mitchell Vine , @Alexander Gibson , @Justin Wrzesinski , @Luis Torres , @Dave Faliskie , @Arthur Lau , @Chris Doelle for reaching Level 2. You just unlocked the "Game Mechanics". For everyone still at Level 1, you can get started with the Onboarding to get to Level 2 and unlock the "Game Mechanics".