[P4K] More thoughts on Games for Change's amazing toolkit
We mentioned in a recent post the launch of the toolkit from Games For Change (G4C) entitled "Let the Games Begin, A Toolkit 4 Making Social Issues Games." We wanted to write a longer review of it, because there is just so much to say about it.
The toolkit itself is laid out in a neat, interactive flash interface that highlights some of the best moments from the past Game for Change conference along with other resources written and compiled for the toolkit. The entire toolkit is also available to download and view offline.
Among the collection of resources, three of the included documents have never before been made available - they are the design documents made by Gamelab in the course of creating our Playing for Keeps (P4K) game Ayiti. There is also an excellent case study document which was created from Barry Joseph's talk at G4C.
The toolkit has accompanying videos including a talk presented by Barry Joseph and footage of Global Kids own Executive Director Carole Artigiani as well, who speaks on the role of supporting P4K as a non-profit ED. Another video features Shelley Pasnik, of CCT, discussing the evaluation of Ayiti: The Cost of Life. The second half of the video that accompanies the "Urge" section also includes a brilliant talk by Karen Siderman, who created this toolkit, doing a case study of ... you guessed it ... Ayiti!
So, in all, the Toolkit contains four talks on Ayiti and five support documents, one completely new. We couldn't be more proud of how our work with Global Kids youth leaders and Gamelab's production has become the gold standard for the community of the type of Games For Change we all wish to see.
The entire toolkit is an invaluable resource and you can view or download the toolkit here.
