1. 1. Gaming Square Pegs into Dinosaur-shaped Holes: Adventures in Game Design at the American Museum of Natural History Barry @MMMooshme Mooshme.org #SPMuseum
2. 2. The GLS Museum of Natural History #SPMuseum
3. 3. Welcome to the Grand Opening of the Serious Play Museum of Natural History #SPMuseum Play.Amnh.org/GLS
4. 4. American Museum of Natural History #SPMuseum photobyJeffreyMilstein
5. 5. American Museum of Natural History #SPMuseum
6. 6. American Museum of Natural History #SPMuseum
7. 7. American Museum of Natural History #SPMuseum
8. 8. American Museum of Natural History #SPMuseum
9. 9. American Museum of Natural History #SPMuseum
10. 10. American Museum of Natural History #SPMuseum
11. 11. History of Innovations in Public Engagement & Education Lantern Slides Dioramas Audio Tours Laser Show #SPMuseum
12. 12. Games For the Public CD-ROM Space Cruiser Accomplice Mead Arcade #SPMuseum
13. 13. Games For Education Cretaceous Seas What Happened to the Neanderthals? #SPMuseum
14. 14. Games For Public, Through Education Programs Card Pterosaurs Killer Snails Flora #SPMuseum
15. 15. Games For Public, Through Education Programs Mobile MicroRangers Playing With Dinos #SPMuseum
16. 16. Games For Public, Through Education Programs laptop Minecraft at the Museum #SPMuseum
17. 17. Games For Public, Through Education Programs role-playing Crime Scene Neanderthal #SPMuseum
18. 18. Minecraft at the Museum #SPMuseum
19. 19. Pterosaurs: The Card Game #SPMuseum
20. 20. MicroRangers #SPMuseum
21. 21. MicroRangers #SPMuseum
22. 22. Educational Objectives of the Game: People who play the game will be able to: Gain a familiarity with a diversity of microorganisms Describe that microorganisms are part of a complex ecosystem across scales Describe how humans are part of that complex ecosystem Appreciate the overall importance of a healthy ecosystem Identify the microscale within the museums macroscale MicroRangers #SPMuseum
23. 23. MicroRangers #SPMuseum
24. 24. MicroRangers #SPMuseum
25. 25. MicroRangers #SPMuseum
26. 26. MicroRangers #SPMuseum
27. 27. MicroRangers #SPMuseum
28. 28. MicroRangers #SPMuseum
29. 29. Coral Bioluminescence Seal Beaver Bison Raccoon Spruce-Fir Forest Forest Floor Chestnut Tree Home Base
30. 30. Coral BioluminescenceSeal Identify: Solve: collect (zooxanthellae) calibrate (temp & pH) investigate (photobacteria) clean-up pollution develop vaccine protein structure MicroRangers #SPMuseum
31. 31. Playing with Dinos #SPMuseum
32. 32. Playing with Dinos #SPMuseum
33. 33. Playing with Dinos Tiny Games Easy to learn and play (minimal instructions) Short duration (5-10 minutes) Need limited props (or none) Accessible via personal mobile device Can be played anywhere, with anyone #SPMuseum
34. 34. Playing with Dinos Tiny Games Easy to learn and play (minimal instructions) Short duration (5-10 minutes) Need limited props (or none) Accessible via personal mobile device Playable onsite at the museum Focused on museum content Appropriate for all ages Can be played without staff facilitation #SPMuseum
35. 35. Playing with Dinos Youth Workshop #SPMuseum
36. 36. Playing with Dinos #SPMuseum
37. 37. Playing with Dinos #SPMuseum
38. 38. Playing with Dinos Why Tiny Games? Easy to create (relatively) Flexible use Low barrier to entry Adapts to audience needs #SPMuseum
39. 39. Playing with Dinos Why Tiny Games? Easy to create (relatively) Flexible use Low barrier to entry Adapts to audience needs Content! #SPMuseum
40. 40. Gaming Square Pegs into Dinosaur-shaped Holes: Adventures in Game Design at the American Museum of Natural History Barry @MMMooshme Mooshme.org #SPMuseum
41. 41. Barry Joseph @MMMooshme Mooshme.org ObjectOriented.info #SPMuseum