I ask my studnets, “How can I make an instructional game that will teach you networking concepts as inviting and addicting to play as W.O.W.?”\u00a0 The response I received was, “Well, I don’t know, maybe\u00a0 you could come up with something like a Super Mario game,” replied one student.\u00a0 When I probed, he indicated that you could create a 2D game with differing levels.\u00a0 I asked him if it would be as engaging as W.O.W.\u00a0 He smiled and said, “No.”<\/p>\n
With that encounter, and other similar ones; I have decided to explore W.O.W. this summer to see first hand what makes it so engaging that people lose all sense of time.\u00a0<\/p>\n
I already know some of the things that I will need to incorporate into my “serious games;” here are some of my findings (which go right along with all of the literature I have been reading through my Games and Simulations class):<\/p>\n
1.\u00a0 Leveled play — needs to be missions\/assignments that are challenging enough to obtain a sense of accomplishment once they are completed, yet not too difficult as to disinterest.<\/p>\n
2.\u00a0 Collaboration – methods for sharing resources and talents to meet the intermediate or final goal.<\/p>\n
3.\u00a0 Society Structure – have different roles that allow players to interact with each other based upon that role<\/p>\n
4.\u00a0 Appealing graphics and modes of interaction — I am hoping Second Life will provide this.<\/p>\n
Second Life appeals to me as a medium to use because of #2-#4 above.\u00a0 It does not have a “Leveled-play,” but I am hoping that it can somehow be scripted.\u00a0 What I really like about Second Life is the ability to create — if a learner finds an activity “lame,” they could simply create a better activity.\u00a0 That would make for some very powerful learning!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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