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Jon Spike discusses how creative constraints in game design can foster innovation and enhance learning experiences.

Jon Spike on Games as Creative Constraint In this episode of Experience Points, Jon Spike explores how creative constraint drives innovation in game design and learning. A former K–12 English teacher now working at University of Wisconsin–Whitewater, Jon shares how classroom experimentation led him to design tabletop educational games through GamestormEDU. He highlights Gamestormers, which uses a five-card structure to scaffold storytelling while preserving player agency, and Doomscroll, wher...

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Host: Dave Eng, EdD

Guest: Jon Spike

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Organizations: University of Wisconsin–Whitewater, GamestormEDU

Products: Gamestormers, Doomscroll

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