Ice Paddles, CO2 Invaders, and Exploding Planets
summary
Analysis of 391 Scratch games from 8th graders uses Triadic Game Design and a simple -/=/+ coding to show how reality, meaning and play are balanced; popular templates dominate so students turn ice‑albedo into Albedo Pong (Pong mechanics drive melting), turn CO2 into shooting targets like CO2 Invaders, and make a reverse‑psychology Pet Earth that rewards harmful actions. Experts rate the top 20, find many games imbalanced, recommend remixing familiar mechanics and tighter integration of climate models with mechanics.
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- 0:00Introduction
- 0:34Project Overview
- 1:05Objectives
- 3:41Results
- 4:10Educational Strategies
- 5:17Educational Reflections
- 6:00Outro
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