The Game of Inventing: Ludic Heuristics, Ontological Play, and Pleasurable Research

Authors

  • Jacob Steven Euteneuer Oklahoma State University

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.4101/jvwr.v11i3.7324

Keywords:

composition, rhetoric, game development, ontology of play

Abstract

Everyone plays games, but very few of us have experience in creating games. Children are taught simple folk-games like Tag and The Floor is Lava but rarely graduate on into creating their own unique experiences through invented games. This proposal positions games as a culturally relevant medium that often suffers from players inability to understand the motivations and purpose behind a game

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Published

2018-12-28

Issue

Vol. 11 No. 3 (2018): Pedagogy - Taking Stock and Looking Forward (Part 1)

Section

Peer Reviewed Research Papers

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