2021
Kultima, Annakaisa; Park, Solip; Kankainen, Ville; Aurava, Riikka; Piispanen, Laura; Kauppinen, Tomi
Expert-Driven (Online) Game Jams for (Game) Design Education Proceedings Article
In: Proceedings of the 6th International Conference on Game Jams, Hackathons and Game Creation Events, ICGJ 2021 , pp. 64-68, ACM, 2021, ISBN: 978-1-4503-8417-9.
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title = {Expert-Driven (Online) Game Jams for (Game) Design Education},
author = {Annakaisa Kultima and Solip Park and Ville Kankainen and Riikka Aurava and Laura Piispanen and Tomi Kauppinen},
doi = {10.1145/3472688.3472697},
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year = {2021},
date = {2021-08-02},
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abstract = {In this paper, we explore a teaching experiment utilizing expert-driven online game jams in the context of game design education. Four online game jams were run as a part of an open lecture series on game development between March 2020 and April 2021. The lectures featured visiting experts exploring the jam themes and giving feedback on the submitted games. For the purpose of evaluating the format, we collected the experiences of the jammers and the experts in addition to observing the events. In this short paper, we concentrate only on the experiences of the experts.},
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In this paper, we explore a teaching experiment utilizing expert-driven online game jams in the context of game design education. Four online game jams were run as a part of an open lecture series on game development between March 2020 and April 2021. The lectures featured visiting experts exploring the jam themes and giving feedback on the submitted games. For the purpose of evaluating the format, we collected the experiences of the jammers and the experts in addition to observing the events. In this short paper, we concentrate only on the experiences of the experts.