How to Design Games for Impact, Education and Action, Dan White CEO Filament Games Ep51

Today's guest is Dan White. He is the CEO and Founder of the award-winning impact-games development company, Filament Games. Dan is an artist and entrepreneur and probably the world’s most prolific games-for-impact developer. We talk about the nuance of how to create a game that engages, educates, and transforms people and we explore what happens when we put art, action, and impact together into an educational game format. Dan and his team at Filament have created nine games specifically about the environment: Otter Planet: https://www.habitheque.com/an-otter-planet  Aquation: https://ssec.si.edu/aquation  Climate Champions: https://www.filamentgames.com/project/climate-champions-2/  Citizen Science: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RxmdvsSuR-g  Land Grab (game jam): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QpVcVODuXeU&ab_channel=FilamentGames  EcoKingdoms: https://game-cdn.legendsoflearning.com/content-deploy/4452/EcoKingdoms-Interactions_427/index.html  Resilient Planet: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qUWoNACJ-7Q  Eco Defenders: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yfhHhisTrxE  Energy City: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xIe-HzUodcU  https://www.filamentgames.com/ https://www.linkedin.com/in/danwhite3/ https://www.instagram.com/filamentgames/ https://www.linkedin.com/company/filament-games/ * * *  How to Save the World is a podcast about the psychology of what gets people to do eco-behaviors and take climate action: Environmental engineer, designer, and author, Katie Patrick, hunts down the latest behavioral science literature from top universities such as Harvard, MIT, and Stanford to unearth the evidence-based teachings you can use to rapidly get more people to adopt your environmental campaign, program, or product. Sign up for Katie's free behavior and gamification design course at http://katiepatrick.com Join my Gamify the Planet masterclass training in climate action design for $25/month http://katiepatrick.com/gamifytheplanet Get a copy of the book, How to Save the World on Amazon https://amzn.to/2Z4jivL  This podcast is supported by our friends at Earth Hacks who run environmental hackathons, Conservation X Labs who promote community-driven open tech development for conservation, and Climate Designers - a network of designers who use their creative skills for climate action. Follow on  Twitter @katiepatrick Instagram @katiepatrickhello LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/katie-patrick/