CAN GAMING

MAKE A BETTER WORLD?

PAIR DISCUSSION
1. Are you a gamer? Do you know any gamers around you?
2. How many hours do you/ they spend on gaming? What is your
opinion on people who can spend hours on gaming?
3. What is your favorite game? You may mention any game you like to
play. Why do you like play that game?
Is gaming any good for us?
Why so?
Let us watch again
https://www.ted.com/talks/jane_mcgonigal_gaming_can_make_a_better_world
 Current level
Save the world
Make future Satisfied
Anxious I’m not good at life
Possible Mission
Herodotus
Epic win Overwhelmed

Ancient dice
 1. Who is Jane McGonigal? What is she talking about in her speech?
GROUP DISCUSSION 2. What are exactly gamers getting so good at? Jane mentioned on her speech four things
that make the gamers virtuosos at. Mention them and explain with examples!
3. How does gaming make a better world according to McGonigal? Do you think that her
ideas can be applied in Indonesia? Explain your statement.

4. Why do gamers spend more time in virtual worlds than the real world? What do you think
about people who spend more time in their virtual worlds?
5. What really makes games addictive to young people? What aspects of the games hook
the gamers? Explain and give examples.
6. Why and how do many students find it hard to stop playing games? What do you think
they should do to reduce the time for gaming? Explain.

7. If you were a game designer, what kind of game you would design for Indonesian youth?
8. What will you say to ensure the people, especially parents and teachers, that the game
you design can make a better Indonesia?
9. Give your opinion on this statement: I believe that many of us become the best version of
ourselves. What is the best version of yourself?
 Computer Game Designers

1.Find a problem that you want to address in Indonesian setting.

2.Solve the problem by creating a game that will need to show:
The target market that you try to reach with your game;
The characters in the game;
How to play and the activities that the gamers should do;
The strategies that gamers can build and the possibilities for epic
win to happen in the game;
3.How your target market will react to your game? Should you include any
precautions?
4.Post your PPT on our FB Group and present your game in front of the class
next week.