Value of Game Design

"I never did a day's work in my life. It was all fun." – Thomas Edison

From an early age, kids instinctively play and invent games. Motivation and engagement are often a rare resource in education, but they are at a surplus in our curriculum.

"Creativity is intelligence having fun." – Albert Einstein

As students design, playtest and iterate on their game rules and components, they think about their game as a system. A change to one part of the game can have unexpected impacts on other parts of the game. Such system level thinking is critical not just for the sciences and engineering, but any complex task from writing to philosophy to evaluating the social systems we live in.

“Tell me and I forget, teach me and I may remember, involve me and I learn.” – Benjamin Franklin

Students build skills in art, graphic design, writing, verbal communication, and marketing as they make a game from scratch and tailor it for a target audience. In addition, taking a concept into a reality is an energizing experience, one that will empower students to take initiative in future projects.