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Transformative Game Design 2

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About Course

Welcome to Transformative Game Design 2! This course explores foundational concepts and practices to consider when implementing analog role-playing games for transformative impacts.

Course Content

Course Information

Unit 1: Transformative Game Design: Implementation Basics
This course explores foundational concepts and practices to consider when implementing analog role-playing games for transformative impacts.

Unit 2: Implementing Transformative Leisure Role-playing Games
In this unit, we will discuss considerations when implementing leisure role-playing games for transformative purposes.

Unit 3: Implementing Therapeutic Role-playing Games
In this unit, we will discuss considerations when implementing leisure role-playing games for therapeutic purposes.

Unit 4: Implementing Educational Role-playing Games
In this unit, we will discuss considerations when implementing role-playing games for educational purposes.

Unit 5: Research and Implementation Specifics
In this unit, we will discuss specifics of different approaches to role-playing game research, as well as implementing role-playing games for educational purposes.

Unit 6: Player Immersion, Motivation and Relationship Dynamics
In this unit, we will explore theories of immersion, motivation, and player relationship to character from the role-playing game discourse.

Unit 7: Player Skills and Interpersonal Relationship Dynamics
In this unit, we will discuss the labor involved in play, not only in implementation, but specifically on the part of players.

Unit 8: Play Experiences and Documentation
In this unit, we will examine accounts of player experience and documentation.

Unit 9: Conflict and Implementation
In this unit, we will discuss various topics related to conflict and role-playing game implementation

Unit 10: Implementing Transformative Game Design
In this unit, you will reflect upon the course as a whole, as well as your implementation design.