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Learn how Game Design and Gamification methods are used to change human behavior. The Game Beyond

( 85 Reviews )

Created by: Gabriel McIntyre

Produced in 2018

What you will learn

Learn step by step Gamification methods for your business.
This course will teach you the basics of Game Design. It is the equivalent to your first semester of Game Design at college level.
The theory and skills taught in this course can be applied to Marketing, HR, Business Development, Education, Wellness and Sustainability sectors.
You will design a Game to change your world for the better.
You will learn the tricks of Game Designers, and become a better game player.

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Overall Score : 88 / 100

Course Description

The Game Beyond is a crash course in Game Design. You will be taken through the 5 core steps that are needed to design compelling games.

This course is perfect for anyone who wants to gain a basic understanding of Game Design to use in other markets or fields. If you are looking for more information on 'Gamification', this course will give you the core tools to really shine.

This course is based upon 15 years of higher education and Game Design experience. You will receive the equivalent of the first semester at a Game Design Master's program.

What will you learn? The 5 core steps to designing games.

How to define goals.
Learn what feedback loops are and how do they affect the brain and habits.
Learn what are the 3 rule sets needed to define your game.
Understand how to change your game design using Narrative structures.
Learn the different types of game players, and what they are attracted to in your game.

In this course we will examine a number of award winning games and advertising case studies from around the world. You will learn the key processes and mechanics that are used in these cases.

This course will introduce the affects and processes that games have on the Human Brain.

You will examine historical events through the context of a Game Designer and understand how games have shaped the world we live in today.

The only materials you need can be found in board games, card games or role playing games you have lying around. Start playing now and press "take this course".
Who this course is for:
If you want to become an Expert in Gamification, take this course.
If you are skeptical about 'Gamification" you should take this course. This course is perfect for: teachers and educational professionals, health and wellness professionals, advertising and marketing professionals, entrepreneurs and C-Level managers.
Do you enjoy playing games? Sports, card games, board games, video games? This course will teach you how to be a better player.

Time: 1.5h

Instructor Details

Gabriel McIntyre

4.4 Rating
85 Reviews

Gabriel McIntyre has been teaching Game Design Innovation and New Media at some of the most prestigious Art Colleges in Europe for almost a decade. After receiving his Master's in Game Design, he has worked on video games for clients such as Sony, Davilex, T-Mobile and Microsoft. The campaigns he worked on have won a number of digital and advertising awards. He is known in Europe for being a Viral Video and New Media Dude.

Gabriel has given keynotes at conferences all around the world in innovation, marketing, digital trends and gamification. DLD (Munich), SIME (Vienna), Picnic (Amsterdam), Le Web (Paris), DMEXCO (Berlin), Webcom (Montreal), La Red Innova (Madrid), and The Monaco Media Forum (Monaco) are a few of the events which he has spoken. He has been interviewed about new media trends for articles in Forbes Magazine, The Wall Street Journal, BBC and The Telegraaf.

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By Lexa Bodeguera on 7/13/2020

It is a passionate host. Solid info, nicely structured. Perfect!

By Victor Manuel Meja Castro on 5/26/2020

Fcil de comprender, herramienta til en la resolucin de problemas y el diseo de juegos; Me hubiera gustado poder contar con ms material, pero como curso introductorio es muy bueno.

By Sarai on 5/23/2020

Excelente contenido, podran mostrarlo con subttulos en espaol.

By Gary on 4/6/2020

Really enjoyed and learnt a lot in this course!

By Julio Ruiz on 3/16/2020

This guys is a Fuc!"#$ genius!!! nothing else. Greatings

By Joshua Note on 2/15/2020

This course content is literally all over the place. It's so random and incoherent you can't really learn anything from it. I have never left a bad review before but I'm just really shocked by how this both disappointed and confused me. Also taking loads of pictures of 'the dude' and posting them in literally every bit of course content isn't cool it's just strange.
The guy is charismatic and a great communicator, I admire him for that, but the content of what he's communicating is just here, there and everywhere.
Don't do this course.

By Cesar Rodriguez on 2/1/2020

Very good!, thank you.

By Lucia Quiros on 1/15/2020

Interesting and engaging examples; very interesting aspects to consider when thinking of gamificaation but little practice

By Tomasz Piwoski on 11/2/2019

Perfect insights and summary for a neophite in game design.

By Yonatan Dahan on 6/12/2019

its interesting

By Andrew Santoso on 5/15/2019

Nice content with good explanation and example, but I think it would be great if more exercise added

By Anees Nasry on 3/25/2019

In General, it's a good course, new concepts, and terminologies were introduced, but in the first 2 sections I felt that lessons are not complete or there is some kind of bad editing, but as a final result it is a good course, Keep Going :)