Level Up; Compassionate Game Design with Aslıhan Tece Bayrak

This month's Level Up will be broken up into two sections; a talk by Aslıhan Tece Bayrak and a playtesting session. This event will be hosted at MDS with the playtest on Level 1 in the lounge/kitchen area and the talk in the Kupe Room.

Compassionate Game Design
This talk introduces an approach called compassionate game design and presents strategies for developing games that are more compassionate to their players. The compassionate game design philosophy suggests that diverse levels of abilities in skills need to be a starting point for a more universal accessibility approach and that considering the expectations and the limitations of the player early in the game design process would invite games to more naturally extend compassion to their players. The audience will leave this talk with some key takeaways on how to cut through the complexity of game design process for this intent.

About: Aslıhan Tece Bayrak
Tece (tc) is the Programme Coordinator of Software Engineering degrees (Game Programming and Artificial Intelligence) and a Senior Lecturer at the Games Department of Media Design School in Auckland. She has a PhD in computer science and an infinite curiosity for the intersection between technology and human condition. She is a tinkerer, a fan of science fiction and Forgotten Realms, and she was probably a druid in a previous life.

Progress Bar
Bring down your WIP, demos, or your released titles to show off and receive some feedback. Beyond playing games (or getting feedback on your own) Progress Bar is a great platform for networking, knowledge sharing, celebrating, and socializing!

NOTE: You are required to bring in your own hardware (laptops, controllers, headphones, etc). If you have specific hardware or space requirements please get in touch to make sure we can accommodate those.

Schedule

• 6:00PM; We'll open up the Playtesting space for early arrivals or anyone who needs to setup their playtest
• 6:30PM; Compassionate Game Design with Aslıhan Tece Bayrak
• 7:30PM; Progress Bar Starts
• 8:30PM; Start Packing Up
• 9:00PM; Finished

Links/Contact

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