Course Content
Unit 2: Transformative Leisure Role-playing Game Design
These types of games are not necessarily played for an educational or therapeutic purpose, but they can be designed with specific goals in mind and players might find them transformative in a variety of different ways.
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Unit 3: Therapeutic Role-playing Game Design
These types of games are designed for a therapeutic purpose or to help participants develop social skills.
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Unit 7: Ritual, Symbolism, and Culture in Game Design
In this Unit, we will deepen into specific practices for designing rituals, narratives, and symbolism in role-playing games.
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Unit 8: Role-playing Game Design and Conflict
As with our first class, this unit will cover both conflicts surrounding certain facets of game design within gaming communities.
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Unit 9: Representation and Tech Ethics in RPG Design
In this unit, we will primarily focus on the way disabilities are represented in role-playing game design.
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Unit 10: Framing Transformative Game Design
Welcome to our last unit on your reflections and analysis of the transformative game design process.
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Transformative Game Design 1

Reflection Journal 5: Transformative Game Design and You

Answer the following questions:

  1. What has your experience in this class been like?
  2. What were the most interesting aspects of this course for you, if any? Be specific.
  3. What were the most challenging parts of this course for you, if any? Be specific.
  4. How have you grown as a designer during this course, if at all? Be specific.
  5. How have you grown as an academic during this course, if at all? Be specific.
  6. If you plan to proceed with Transformative Game Design 2 and Cultivating Transformational Communities, what are you most hoping to learn?
  7. Any other comments?