After months of testing, adjusting and translating, the first four educational games of “Edugame: Expansion” are ready for download at playversity.co. But, what is the story behind?
Timeline
The games were first tested in their original form with groups of young people from the local communities of all the partner countries (Bulgaria, Estonia, Germany, Latvia, Portugal and Slovakia). Then, partner organizations gathered valuable feedback and changes suggestions which served the coordinators in Shokkin Group (Estonia) to apply the first round of changes.
In April 2024 the first training activity for educators and youth workers took place in Tallinn, where once again, the games were subject to another round of analysis, this time from the perspective of the educators and people using these tools with youth groups.
After another round of changes, the English version was the first to be finalized and published in the summer of 2024, and then translated into all the languages of the consortium (Bulgarian, Estonian, German, Latvian, Portuguese, Slovak and Russian).
Four educational tools
The games are now available for you, education or youth work practitioner, to download for free in 8 different languages and make your work with youth more engaging and meaningful.
When downloaded, each game contains a thourough game outline with technical characteristics, intro and rule texts, detailed gameplay descriptions, debriefing questions, suggestions for follow-up exercises, a material list and a restart list in the case of the escape games. Additonally, all the printable materials are available for download and are easy to print and prepare, making your experience hassle-free.
In this first output you will find the following games:
đź”´“The truth Seekers” | Media literacy
An immersive escape game about media literacy that can fill in many hours of analysis, discussions and gathering of good practices with your students about the way we receive and filter information around us.
đź”´“Secrets of Class 8A” | Bullying
A stirring escape game that sheds light on the different actors involved in a bullying process. The game explores various reasons that can spiral to situations of misunderstanding, exclusion and, eventually, conflict.
đź”´“Transylvania Corp” | Workplace discrimination
A nail-biting live action game about workplace discrimination that brings players to the backstage of the HR department of a big company, challenging their views and sense of fairness…
đź”´“Pitch Perfect” | Creativity and pitching skills
A dynamic table top game that will drag your students into creating funky, out-of-the-box ideas while working in groups and polishing their pitching skills to be clear, concise and convincing!
About the project
“Edugame: Expansion” is a long-term cooperation project in the field of youth that aims to further develop, translate, share and promote game-based learning solutions as an efficient approach to learning and therefore promote the use of quality game-based learning in formal and non-formal education contexts.
“Edugame: Expansion” is co-funded by the European Union and supported by the Erasmus+ and the European Solidarity Corps Agency for the Erasmus+ program (euroopanoored.eu).