Eco-Play
Designing nature games with Kiwi Conservation club
Keywords:
nature play, eco-play, environmental advocacy, game design, play practice, small worlds play, imaginative playAbstract
This research explores how eco-play design within tangible nature games can engage children aged 5-12 in conservation and care for our natural environments. This research is part of a six-year project between design students at Massey University in New Zealand, Aotearoa and “Kiwi Conservation Club (KCC)”, the junior division of the national conservation body, “Forest and Bird”. Design students work in teams to develop conservation-themed games that are play tested through a series of “play days” before being developed into functioning tangible games. Design students1 have created forty tangible games as open-source projects that KCC chapters throughout New Zealand, Aotearoa, can download, make and play at their meet-ups.
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2025-07-09
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@Conference{digra2674, title ="Eco-Play: Designing nature games with Kiwi Conservation club", year = "2025", author = "Marriott, Tanya", publisher = "DiGRA", address = "Tampere", howpublished = "\url{https://dl.digra.org/index.php/dl/article/view/2674}", booktitle = "Abstract Proceedings of DiGRA 2025: Games at the Crossroads"}
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