Hello everybody, and welcome to Whose Game Is It Anyway?: the webinar where the games are made up, and the learning points do matter.

Choosing the right game for learning shouldn’t feel like guesswork, and yet, for many L&D teams, it does. Games can drive real performance outcomes, but with so many mechanics, formats, and settings to choose from, it’s hard to know which one truly supports your learning objective. That’s the challenge we’re tackling head-on in this session, not by telling you the theory, but by demonstrating the decision-making process live, on the spot, in true improv fashion.

Join Lydia Symchych, Game Designer at ELB Learning as she puts her job title on the line to take your learning objectives and outline how she’d turn them into a game using ELB Learning’s The Training Arcade®, LIVE and totally unscripted!

From this exercise in game-design improvisation, you will:

• Experience how a professional game designer matches learning objectives to the right game mechanics
• Consider your learners’ needs and how to support them with modes, settings, and design choices
• Have the chance to see your subject matter adapted into a game concept for the low, low cost of Lydia’s potential embarrassment

Audience participation is the premise!

If you're able to share, please come with subject matter and learning objectives you’d like to see made into a game.
 

Lydia Symchych (she/her) is a video game designer who has worked in the positive impact gaming space since 2020. An alumna of Code Coven’s game development boot camp, she loves learning and hates homework. Her design portfolio includes museum exhibits, therapy games, educational games, and now training games. She began working with ELB Learning in May 2024 with the Training Arcade® and the custom games team.