Playable Concepts

Welcome to the Playable Concepts project!

Embeddable mini-games  for teaching and meaning-making

What if instead of pictures, tables, and charts, research or articles would use small embedded interactive games? 

What would such games be like, and what are the ways in which games can communicate? 

We call these “Playable Concepts”

The Playable Concepts project is run by Aalto University, Department of Media, funded by Aalto Online Learning. 

In this project, we create and examine the educational utility of small games that explain particular (educational) concepts. We also organize workshops for anyone to learn how to create their own “Playable Concepts” (go to About to find out more). 

Our goals are:

• To study, research and explore what simple, embedded, partial games mean
• Host workshops on game making – especially for teachers and researchers
• Create a library of small games that can be modified and iterated on to create and share more simple, embeddable games

Team:

• Postdoctoral Researcher Annakaisa Kultima, annakaisa.kultima [at] aalto.fi
• Research Assistant Christina Lassheikki christina.lassheikki [at] aalto.fi
• Research Assistant Solip Park solip.park [at] aalto.fi

Visit our website to download our art asset packs, and learn how to make these example games at:

 https://playableconcepts.aalto.fi/