Game Design
For Impact
DAY 1 & 2 | Game Design for Impact
From THE PSYCHOLOGY OF GAME DESIGN to prototyping.
A Masterclass for anyone who is designing for classrooms, communities, workplaces, or grassroots action. Explore the powerful pedagogy of serious games as tools for learning, awareness building, reflection, systems thinking, and behavior change, in pursuit to navigate this complex world.
Come Curious. Bring your Idea. Leave with your own Game.
DAY 1 & 2 | Game Design for Impact
From THE PSYCHOLOGY OF GAME DESIGN to prototyping.
As we navigate a complex world marked by climate emergency, learning gaps, emotional fatigue, and urgent calls for justice, risked by the shrinking attention spans, we need tools that do more than deliver information. We need tools that invite participation, spark reflection, and nurture collective change.
Game design for impact invites you to explore the powerful pedagogy of serious games as tools for learning, awareness building, reflection, systems thinking, and behavior change, in pursuit to navigate this complex world.
Games offer a unique blend of structure and spontaneity, play and purpose. They create safe, shared spaces where people can hold difficult conversations, shift mindsets, build empathy, or explore new futures together. Not just for fun or entertainment, games can be transformative tools—for learning, for building empathy, and for catalyzing social change.
Across the two days, participants will:
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Explore the psychology behind serious games.
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Play and decipher diverse game mechanics.
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Examine real-world examples driving social and behavioural impact.
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Learn the foundations of serious game design—purpose, dynamics, and mechanics.
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Gain hands-on practice using the Serious Game Design Canvas, including rapid prototyping of game concepts.
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Walk away with tools and principles that will enable you to design your own games.
Limited seats - 25 |
About the Facilitator
Senthil Kumar G
Senthil is a serious game-based educator, alternative stories documentarian, Healthy food maker, and an art of hosting (AoH) practitioner. As the Founder of MADIEE Games, he designs and facilitates immersive, game-based learning experiences that unlock critical thinking, empathy, and deep reflection. Over the past decade, he has worked with leaders across the development sector, corporate spaces, and educational ecosystems, using games to foster collaboration, purpose, and systems thinking.
He has created over 10 games focused on communication, collaborative mindsets, critical thinking, and social-emotional learning. Whether he is designing games or hosting reflective offsites for senior leaders, Senthil crafts experiences that are engaging, thoughtful, and deeply human.
In his recent stint as a alternative stories documentarian, Senthil has been exploring powerful stories on unschooling and Alivelihoods — capturing voices that challenge conventional ideas of education, success, and purpose. Through his games, interviews and facilitation, he invites people to question, connect, and co-create meaningful change.
Venue
Bengaluru
23rd - 24th Jan 2027
Quest Alliance
Quest Learning Observatory
222, Good Earth Malhar Ave, Anchepalya, Bengaluru, Kambipura, Karnataka 560074
Venue
Pune
28th -29th Jan 2027
