Global Game Jam in Latin-America, a Collaborative Videogame Learning Experience

Angel Torres-Toukoumidis, Juan Pablo Salgado Guerrero, Sheila Peñalva and Paola Carrera
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Angel Torres-Toukoumidis: Social Science Knowledge and Human Behavior, Universidad Politecnica Salesiana, Cuenca 010105, Ecuador
Juan Pablo Salgado Guerrero: Social Science Knowledge and Human Behavior, Universidad Politecnica Salesiana, Cuenca 010105, Ecuador
Sheila Peñalva: Faculty of Education, Universidad de Huelva, 21004 Huelva, Spain
Paola Carrera: Economics Faculty, Università degli Studi di Ferrara, I-44121 Ferrara, Italy

Social Sciences, 2020, vol. 9, issue 3, 1-11

Abstract: Videogame production events, particularly the Global Game Jam (GGJ), is an activity par excellence aimed at the development of the world’s largest games, enhancing the form of personal expression, critical thinking, and appropriation of new media through collaborative work. The general objective is to explore the development process within the context of the GGJ, calculating the correlation between level of education and source of inspiration, the correlation between level of education and purpose of the game to be designed in the Global Game Jam and the correlation between level of education and skills. The main source of inspiration is defined by game genre, game mechanics, or other video game, in addition the purpose of the game is mainly due to learning a technical skill, enjoy doing it, and generate satisfaction in the players. Finally, the skills that prevail are 2D Design, Programming, and 3D Design. People with a high level of knowledge have the same passion as those who have just started in the multidisciplinary field of the development of video games motivated by creating an original game that has a good script and provides them a life experience.

Keywords: videogame production; Global Game Jam; quantitative study; learning; educational level (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: A B N P Y80 Z00 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2020
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