welcome, i am ellis and this my playground

this is my personal library on the topic of play what I’ve learnt so far and still am mischievously exploring… – ellis

applying play in Turkey – part 2

At the Bilkent University in Ankara I was invited to share the experience of Applying play and creating games with an impact with students and teachers for two days. First morning we…

Serious about play

Ellis has been talking often and in many places world wide about play, games and the impact play can have and how to design motivation, check out some of those events here…

What I learned this time in India

After five weeks teaching design in India my take aways in short: Looking back at what I expected before coming to Gandhinagar, was to be teaching 2 courses in game design to…

games as a tool

There are at least four different ways to go about applying games to make an impact. First, use existing games as an eye-opener for people to break through conventions and connect with…

Restrictions or invitation?

When I was travelling to India, we got the change to visit a park with several burial temples, it was beautiful. What I noticed where the signs and restrictions indicated at the…

Speaking can be like playing

I was invited to talk (again) on the IGDC the Indian Game Developers Conference in Hyderabad. I spoke about "Designing for Impact: How to research to kill assumptions and avoid failure" -…

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