Defining Geogames
How can Geogames be defined? See the article published in the Environment and Planning B: Urban Analytics and City Science journal titled “Geogames: An expanded definition, application areas, geogame types, and a proposed research agenda” https://doi.org/10.1177/23998083251382383
Geogames can change the way we care for Gaia | for Gaia with Love!
Geogames are games that concentrate on the well-being and regeneration of Gaia. They are designed with a purpose in mind that is more than just fun and entertainment. They provide opportunities for learning. Geogames can be analogue, digital or hybrid mixing principles of analogue and digital.
They offer the advantage to address important issues in a playful way. Making the process of participation enjoyable in form of a game is an innovative way to incite residents and other interested citizens to take an active role in co-creating the future of our planet.
Geogames offer the following advantages and can:
- engage, animate and attract residents with their playful and fun concepts
- help understand real-world problems
- teach and educate
- be designed to attract residents in spatial thinking, reflecting, commenting and co-creating
- enable to collect data on a bigger scale with many players involved
- revolutionize the design of civic engagement processes
- be offered online, anytime, anyplace and are easily accessible for everybody with an internet access
- be intuitive, easy to be played by all age groups and can be developed in different languages
playful and creative – inclusive – informative
Geogames Lab 