This article explores how game jams, a rapid collaborative game production format, can
work to support the revitalisation of Indigenous self-narratives in the context of Sámi culture …

Video games can be dynamic sovereign spaces for Indigenous representation and
expression when the self-determination of Indigenous people is supported. Where games …

Pro-social themes like empathy and wellbeing are gaining popularity within games to
contrast the medium's stigmatised explorations of themes like violence, often to catalyse …

Throughout history, Indigenous peoples have played and made games. In Sámi culture,
playing is one of the many elements of education, as well as a platform for transmitting their …

In this paper we develop the concept of design bleed, a standpoint approach to game
design. We adopt the terminology of bleed from the Nordic community around live-action …

This article addresses the problem of newcomer children's social adjustment through the
use of educational games and co-design activities. While the adjustment process has been …

Learning through gameplay is being increasingly adopted by educators, who integrate
games into academic curricula to address complex subjects.“Existential” game design is …

In this paper, we are reflecting on the experiences and the design of a game jam event that
focused on creating games for kids, as well as involving children as co-creators. Pikku …

The interactivity present in games makes them useful vehicles for the exploration of various
concepts outside of “finding the fun”. Empathy games–games that are developed to educate …

While designing social and political futures through an'eco'lens is becoming more popular
with movements like solarpunk in the media, there are fewer studies of their use and …