This document summarizes a gamification meetup event in Thessaloniki, Greece. It includes: - Information about the meetup event including the networking password and hashtags - An overview of the workshop which involves discussing rules/win states, game mechanics, prototyping games, and playtesting - Examples of rules and win states from games like football and monopoly - An exercise for participants to design a rule/win state and another for a game mechanic - Instructions for prototyping a game in 50 minutes and then playtesting each other's games - Contact information for the organizer Vasilis Gkogkidis about future Greek gamification events.

1. Hashtags
#greekgamification
#gamification
WiFi
Network: ApoDec
Password: apodectogether

2. 4th Thessaloniki Gamification Meetup
Game Prototyping Workshop

3. Τι κάνουμε
• Consulting
• Speaking
• Training

4. - Αντιπρόσωπος στην Ελλάδα
- Διοργανωτής

5. Gamification
Gamification: “Η χρήση στοιχείων παιχνιδιών σε καταστάσεις που δεν έχουν
σχέση με παιχνίδια.” Werbach and Hunter (2012, p26)
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6. Workshop Overview
1) Rules – Win State
2) Game Mechanics
3) Prototyping
4) Play testing

7. “Games give us unnecessary obstacles that we
volunteer to tackle” Bernard Suits

8. Rules – Win State

9. Small Case Studies
Rules - Win State

10. Football
• Rule:
You can’t touch the ball with your
hands unless you are the
goalkeeper
• Win State:
Score more goals than your
opponent

11. Monopoly
• Rule:
You can buy a property only when
you are on it’s square
• Win State:
Have the biggest net value

12. Rules – Win State Exercise
Challenge 1: Choose a rule and a win state that works well in a game and present it
to your team.
15 minutes

13. Game Mechanics

14. Small Case Studies
Game Mechanics

15. Points - Leaderboards
Goal:
Introduce
Competition

17. Randomness
Goal:
Balance the odds
among players

18. Goal:
Surprise Players
Randomness

19. Game Mechanic Exercise
• Challenge 2: Choose a game and a game mechanic that works well and present it
to your team.
15 minutes

20. Prototyping
By the end of this exercise
you need to have:
• A title for your
game
• The game’s rules
on a piece of paper
• A prototype other
teams can play
(50 minutes)

21. Play testing
Try each others solution and
give feedback. Try to find:
• What works
• What needs improvement
• How it made you feel
• How would you improve it
(50 minutes)

23. Thank You!
• #greekgamification
• #gamification
• Email: vasilis.gkogkidis@gamificationplus.uk
• Facebook: Vasilis Gkogkidis
• Twitter: @v_Gkogkidis
Greek Gamification Network