Mario and Me by What What on Flickr

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Mario and Me by What What on Flickr
Sudman and Mario by cafenut on Flickr
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• Multiplayer sequential competition
• Competing with others creates opportunities for
  collaborative problem solving and informal
  learning
• Scaffolded goals and skill progression
• Well-paced progression of difficulty
• Time pressure
• Short and long-term goals with multiple rewards
• True mastery is clearly possible (good for rote
  learning tasks)
• Music is immersive, catchy, and influential
• Lo-fi beat compliments graphics and gameplay
• Memorable tune loops in your head
• Self-promotes synthesis a musical meme that has
  been reproduced and integrated across genres

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• Faster, better, stronger
• More enjoyable to watch / more stimulating to
  play
• Risk-taking is necessary to succeed
• Promotes experimentation and exploration
• Multiple paths to success
• Uses same scaffolding strategy as Mario
• Allows for some free-play while still maintaining
  the same types of goals as Mario
• Multiple difficulty settings engaging for older
  players
• Intuitive play
• Easy (and fun) to learn controls and rules
  through experimentation, as well as trial and
  error

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Contact Information

• Jason Gorman
• Senior Instructional Designer
• 617.521.2734
• jason.gorman_at_simmons.edu