reflective games

This note last modified March 26, 2023

Some games are designed to get their players to reflect, either on themselves, or the world around them. How can we design games to do this?

For discussion on games and reflection generally, see here

philosophical games
- A lot more info in my note on reflective games
Who am I - professionally
- My interests primarily lie in educational games, with a specific focus on games that ask their players to reflect on themselves and the world around them — touching on concepts in critical thinking and philosophy. Summed up: why read about the trolley problem, when you can instead play through it yourself? These interests arose from a course I taught in undergraduate where I used games like The Stanley Parable, The Talos Principle, and The Witness to teach philosophy.
Reflective Elements In Mass-Market Games-Gandhi
- There have been recent pushes to study games which enable social and emotional learning. Reflective games are well suited to this task. As examples, see Spent and Papers Please.
Conceptual Games-Gualeni
- How do conceptual games differ from reflective games?