Are video games effective tools?
Channel: Australian Evaluation Society
Date: 2022-12-01

Design and Evaluation Learning Sprint session 4

How can video games be used to solve real-world problems and how do we know they are effective? In this presentation, Nico will discuss the basics of serious game design and how they can be used to solve targeted problems across education, healthcare, and social change. As digital experiences, video games are easy to distribute, reproducible, and have a huge capacity for capturing rich data that can form part of the evaluation process. 


Nico King is a Co-Founder and Director of Chaos Theory Games, a prominent and multi-award-winning Australian game development studio. In his role, Nico has delivered forward-thinking AR, VR, and Mobile games for organizations such as the World Food Programme, the Australian Department for Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT), and Samsung.
A leader in the transformational games industry, he is an advocate for environmental conservation and a firm believer in the educational and psychological benefits of games.