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Students from the Knights of the Kitchen Table will pitch some exciting games that can subsequently be played online. He will talk about game mechanics and show what's involved in designing a game from the initial idea all the way to actually putting a new game on the market. He will explain what psychology, interaction design, data science, and game design have to say about the (board) game culture of today.īart Latten is co-owner of the Dutch board game developing company Black Box Adventures. Max Birk (Industrial Design, TU/e) studies the effects of game-based design strategies on mental processes and design-induced behavior change. With a background in both psychology and computer science, Dr. The Knights of the Kitchen Table will be present to introduce some fun games that you can easily participate in after the lectures.
What hasn’t changed is that games provide us with an opportunity to socialize, compete and relax – preferably all at the same time.ĭuring this evening we dive into the world of modern board gaming with the expert guidance of game researcher Max Birk and game developer Bart Latten. Games have become more strategic, more cooperative, more elaborate and (even) more fun. Monopoly, Risk, Yahtzee, Mens-erger-je-niet (Ludo)… These might be some of the games you grew up with as a child.
