Comments on: Becoming Storytellers and Game Makers in the RPG Maker VX Community http://www.trevorowens.org/2010/02/becoming-storytellers-and-game-makers/ | games | online learning | digital history | Tue, 22 Jun 2010 15:20:48 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: Trevor Owens — The Interest Driven Curriculum and Online Affinity Communities http://www.trevorowens.org/2010/02/becoming-storytellers-and-game-makers/comment-page-1/#comment-238 Trevor Owens — The Interest Driven Curriculum and Online Affinity Communities Sun, 02 May 2010 15:25:13 +0000 http://www.trevorowens.org/?p=581#comment-238 [...] more I explore informal affinity communities, like the Civ modder community, or the RPG Maker Community, the more intriguing I find them. While the communities are themselves [...] [...] more I explore informal affinity communities, like the Civ modder community, or the RPG Maker Community, the more intriguing I find them. While the communities are themselves [...]

]]> By: Trevor http://www.trevorowens.org/2010/02/becoming-storytellers-and-game-makers/comment-page-1/#comment-219 Trevor Tue, 02 Mar 2010 21:25:34 +0000 http://www.trevorowens.org/?p=581#comment-219 @Will: So far what I have seen in the community has confirmed what my initial impressions were when I first explored the community a few years back. I am finding that it is a place where young people (primary between the ages of 16 and 24) are learning and teaching eachother about design processes. I hope to be able to document how the community interactions are making these folks into more sophisticated thinkers about design. With that background I have three broad questions I intend to explore. Because this is fundamentally qualitative research they are each rather open ended questions. 1. Who participates in the process and what roles do they take on? 2. What attitudes, habits, approaches and kinds of thinking does the community value? 3. What impact does participating in the community have on members? @Will: So far what I have seen in the community has confirmed what my initial impressions were when I first explored the community a few years back. I am finding that it is a place where young people (primary between the ages of 16 and 24) are learning and teaching eachother about design processes. I hope to be able to document how the community interactions are making these folks into more sophisticated thinkers about design.

With that background I have three broad questions I intend to explore. Because this is fundamentally qualitative research they are each rather open ended questions.

1. Who participates in the process and what roles do they take on?
2. What attitudes, habits, approaches and kinds of thinking does the community value?
3. What impact does participating in the community have on members?

]]> By: Will Riley http://www.trevorowens.org/2010/02/becoming-storytellers-and-game-makers/comment-page-1/#comment-218 Will Riley Tue, 02 Mar 2010 21:13:16 +0000 http://www.trevorowens.org/?p=581#comment-218 What kinds of novel or interesting behavior do you expect to find in this online community? What questions are you hoping to answer with this research? What kinds of novel or interesting behavior do you expect to find in this online community? What questions are you hoping to answer with this research?

]]> By: Sage Ross http://www.trevorowens.org/2010/02/becoming-storytellers-and-game-makers/comment-page-1/#comment-212 Sage Ross Tue, 09 Feb 2010 19:46:53 +0000 http://www.trevorowens.org/?p=581#comment-212 Looks like a worthy project. Good luck! Looks like a worthy project. Good luck!

]]> By: Jason Scherer http://www.trevorowens.org/2010/02/becoming-storytellers-and-game-makers/comment-page-1/#comment-209 Jason Scherer Sat, 06 Feb 2010 16:10:18 +0000 http://www.trevorowens.org/?p=581#comment-209 Great read, cannot wait to read some more. Great read, cannot wait to read some more.

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