Episode 138 - Designing for the Player's Experience feat. Alex Lu

In this week’s episode of Board Gaming with Education, Dustin is joined by Alex Lu to talk about what the player's experience is all about. We talk about this from both the perspective of the player and the perspective of the designer. We discuss topics such as inclusion and representation in games, what to look out for as a parent or educator on what games to pick up, and what designers should consider when designing for the player's experience. Be sure to subscribe to our YouTube channel to get more content from Board Gaming with Education!

• Episode Topics (timestamps are for podcast episode | video time stamps are available on YouTube)
  • Board Gaming with Education Introduction: Board Games for Learning at BGE - 00:00
  • Who is Alex Lu? - 1:42
  • Framing the Discussion: The Player's Experience - 3:19
  • A Game for Kids and Adults - 8:52
  • Playtesting and Inclusion - 11:37
  • Dustin Challenges Alex to a Game of 5-Second Rule - 20:23

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Thank you to Purple Planet Music for the wonderful contribution of their song "Retro Gamer" for our Interview Segment. This song can be found in full on this music archive. Also, thank you to Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) for his creative commons 4.0 contribution of "Getting it Done" for our Thumbs Up, Thumbs Down Rapid Fire Round.

Always be sure to check out our show notes (website blog post) to read a recap of the episode topics and games mentioned in the episode.

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