6 Must-Read Learning Game Design Books
Designing a game is no easy task, but do you know what’s even more difficult? Designing a game that helps people actually learn something. The BLP team […]
When Learning Games Go Small: The Four Principles of Design
The education game market continues to grow rapidly, and mobile games are the dominant force within this market. Newzoo provides the insights for the […]
You Built a Great Learning Game… Why Aren’t You Getting Results?
You built a wonderful learning game. So why aren’t you reaping results from it? Before we dive in and diagnose why your learners didn’t learn, […]
Instructional Design vs. Learning Game Design: What’s the Difference?
Your manager decides to include games and gamification as part of this year’s training strategy. As the instructional designer, she expects you to create the learning game. […]
Bloom’s Taxonomy and Learning Games
You have a clear business problem, a related instructional goal, and a desire to incorporate learning games to help you achieve your instructional goal. But […]
Commercial Games vs Learning Games: Avoid the “Bling”
I recently had a conversation with a game developer who was interested in becoming a subcontractor for us. While we do almost all of our […]
Once Is Not Enough: How to Playtest Custom Learning Games
I believe playtesting is a crucial, and often overlooked, part of learning game design. It takes multiple iterations to determine the right combination of game […]
5 Keys to Success With the Knowledge Guru Game Platform
Want to make your first Knowledge Guru game roll-out a success? While the platform itself is easy to use, a bit of planning and preparation goes […]
Designing a Learning Game? Play these 3 Games First
At Bottom-Line Performance (owners of the Knowledge Guru platform), we have a “learning game design peer group” that meets a few times per year. I […]
