Game Design Workshop Cybersave Yourself
Get to know the power of serious gaming and design your own cybersecurity awareness game step by step. In a group, you will develop a concept into a playable prototype, so that by the end of the day you will know what is involved in developing an awareness game.
- SURF Utrecht, Moreelsepark 48
Why this workshop?
Serious gaming is the use of games with an educational, training or awareness-raising purpose. You can use it to transfer knowledge, develop skills or change behaviour, for example in the field of cybersecurity awareness. Many institutions already use serious gaming for their privacy or cybersecurity awareness activities, or are planning to do so. Therefore, SURF is organising this one-off workshop so that institutions can get acquainted with developing awareness activities in game form.
What will you do?
You will be introduced to the basic principles of serious gaming and learn which elements belong to good game design. Then, using inspiration cards, you will brainstorm a game concept. You do this in a team. You develop that concept into a prototype. For example, a board game or card game, in which you show in outline how it works.
For whom?
For employees of institutions who want to know more about game design. Security, privacy and awareness officers who are considering using a serious game as an awareness activity. Even if you are not planning to develop a game yourself, but want to know more about how this process works and what to look out for when commissioning or sourcing a game.
A background in security or privacy is not necessary. The workshop is in Dutch.
The programme
| 9.00 | Welcome and registration |
| 9.30 | Welcome |
| 9.35 | What is Serious Game Design, what is good game design |
| 11.00 | Brainstorming on Serious Game concepts, including lunch |
| 13.00 | Presenting game concepts to each other |
| 13.30 | Start developing prototypes using game materials (e.g. cards and dice) |
| 15.00 | Playing prototypes: other teams and scoring the games with game design template |
| 16.00 | Concluding the workshop |
| 16.30 | Closing |
Register
Sign up by 17 January at the latest. If there are fewer than 10 participants, the workshop will not take place.
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- SURF Utrecht, Moreelsepark 48