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Collaborateurs!

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I like playing board games, from the silly to the strategic". I'm constantly creating short stories, narratives, and making up characters". I'm always coming up with improvements on games that I play". I want to create new games and game concepts". I can make unique and creative art and illustrations". I like to make stuff and actually see it work.". I'm detail oriented and have an excellent sense of design". I like working in groups and making big projects be successful". Or who you want to be. Our loca...

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FAQ for parents

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You can find some ideas and concepts which caused the creation of this camp here. Also, check the links on the sidebar for some great local and national organizations which are involved in enrichment programs, games in education, and gamefication generally. So is this a full day event, ie I can drop my kid off before work and pick them up afterwards? Nope, we assume participants will come with food for lunch. If not, Maker Works is within easy walking distance to Zingerman's Bakehouse. What sort of games...

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The meandering progression of a board game – The City

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The meandering progression of a board game – The City. September 11, 2012 Print Preview. The meandering progression of a board game – The City. Evolution of The City board. It's interesting to see what you thought would matter (like having a randomly generated board in version 1, furthest on the left), what actually matters, and what you didn't even think about. The board being able to fold kind of took me by surprise - luckily I've got a nice and easy way to do it now! Looking forward to play tests this...

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Confessions of an open source advocate

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Confessions of an open source advocate. August 8, 2012 Print Preview. Confessions of an open source advocate. The not-so-scary ghost of Sharing Your Stuff (ghost picture from The Noun Project). Once you put your project out there you may find no one is interested and all those hours you spent coiling wire for your Ven der Graaf generator went completely unappreciated. Do what you do because YOU want to (not because you think others will find it cool), and set expectations low from the start so all you ca...

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The Meaning[lessness?] of Play

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October 23, 2012 Print Preview. I just got back from the Meaningful Play Conference. At Michigan State University, which is all about games used for good education, learning, medical uses, teaching empathy, or providing complex information in an interactive way. It was well worth attending, and I really appreciate MSU for putting it on. However, after the conference, I have found myself split into two personalities: excited Greg and skeptical Greg, on the following question:. That's important so we can b...

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A new project

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March 26, 2013 Print Preview. Hey folks - I haven't posted in quite a while. it's been a busy few months. I wanted to forward along a new project that I'm working on called Photosynq. It's research, open technology, citizen science, and education all rolled into a little cell-phone based super awesome sensor. We just got the website up and running, so I thought I'd pass it along. Here's the intro post if you want to check it out:. Or if you just like pictures, check out the Prezi too:. That's it for now!

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Volunteer

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We think this is going to be an amazing experience which will produce some creative and unique ways to gamefy all sorts of stuff. If you think so too here's some ways to take part. Print out this announcement. And post it around your school, office, neighborhood. wherever you think smart young collaborateurs-to-be might hang out. We'd also be happy to print several and send them to you. Sign up here to apply as a volunteer. Why don't you simplify your life and get these posts as email updates or RSS?

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Games

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Board games are great because they are in the physical world, and the physical world is full of magical stuff to interact with (including those playing with you! We think that the following concepts could produce some really great games. Use the physical world phenomena like force, electricity, and flow as an integral part of the game strategy. Well, how many volts and amps do you need to run the LED? Which uses lasers as part of the game strategy. Many games are created around the gameplay, with the nar...

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Gear Game

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NOTE: Newest posts on top followed by older ones. The Gear Game may be registered somewhere, but it's a filler until I determine what this should actually be called). I'm sort of stuck on this one, so please read through this and if you have any suggestions or thoughts, want to help publish this concept or an adjusted version of it, shoot me an email. I'm pretty good at prototyping and even should be able to produce a few hundred on a small scale at relatively low cost. Rules, Rules, Rules! Center Gear T...

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Crowd Trivia

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Simple, fun, interactive crowd-based game for events. See pictures and questions generated on Flickr. Learn interesting information about the crowd at an event, have players learn something new, use OCR to convert real world data into digital data, and have fun! Write 7 questions on a whiteboard. The only rules for the questions are:. 1) It cannot repeat an existing question on the board. 2) IF it is factual, it must be true (so if the question is 1 1 =? Answer must be 2). Once a player is finished, add ...