Game for Social Impact
GaSI Bootcamp

A virtual training on design thinking, game development and analysis for senior secondary/High school and undergraduate students from Nigeria
Every Saturday from 1pm - 3pm Nigeria time
​April 30 - May 28 2021
From April-May 2022, approximately 40 Nigerian youths were trained to create social impact games to address the issues of discrimination, education, bullying, jobs, families, relationships, etc, and analyze valuable data that can be used to understand players' perspectives of these issues. The participants, who are either in their senior secondary school, undergraduates, or awaiting admissions to higher institutions worked very hard within their teams to create these social impact games in 4 weeks. Feel free to playtest few or all of these games and fill the associated survey forms so we can jointly advance our understanding of human behavior

Playtest GaSI 2022 Games
​#ChangeTheBias

It's play time!

From April-May 2022, approximately 40 Nigerian undergraduates and senior secondary school students were trained by a team of experts from Wentworth Institute of Technology, Northeastern University, New York University, and Geek Girls Collaborative, inc., in a virtual workshop to create social impact games for understanding the people's perception of discrimination,  education, bullying, jobs, families, relationships, etc, and analyze valuable data from these games. This evolved in the implementation of 7 social impact games by these talented Nigerian youths using Study Crafter. We need your assistance to playtest a few or all of these games and complete the accompanying questionnaires so that we can mutually advance our understanding of human behavior. The games are listed below with their associated links. Feel free to also share the information within your network. ​

Play Study Crafter Games #ChangeTheBias

April 30 - May 28, 2022​

The Game for Social Impact (GaSI) Bootcamp is free game development and analysis training event organized by the Geek Girls Collaborative, on the design and analysis of digital games for social impact.

GaSI 2022 (Virtual) is organized in collaboration with researchers from Nigeria and United States to empower senior secondary/high school and undergraduate students on the fundamentals of design thinking, game design, and analysis using StudyCrafter, a free engine for creating, playing, sharing, and analyzing gamified projects.

In recognition of Women's History Month, and International Women's Day (IWD) 2022, the theme for GaSI 2022 is #BreakTheBias. 

Every Saturday, for 4 weeks, participants will learn design thinking, game design, and data analysis by working collaboratively in teams to create social impact games on a topic of interest  to address the challenges of women's empowerment and equity in Africa.
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All participants will receive free mobile data (up to 10gb internet plan) if they successfully complete the program

Program highlights:
- Learn the fundamentals of design thinking, game design, and analysis
- Learn how to create social impact games using Study Crafter
- Join a team and learn collaboration skills
- Pick a topic of interest
- Gamify your idea by creating a social impact game
- Publish your game for playtesting and data collection
- Conduct experiments by analyzing your game data
- work under  the guidance of a GGC Mentor through the program

Participation is free but space is limited. Only shortlisted candidates will be invited to participate

Application deadline: April 21, 2022 at 11:59pm, Nigeria time

For inquiries, please email yetunde@acm.org

Facilitators

Geek Girls Collaborative Team

Yetunde Folajimi

 Wentworth Institute of Technology, USA

Mustapha Obasa

International School Ibadan, Nigeria

Salem Othman

Wentworth Institute of Tech, USA​​

Emmanuel E. Edet

i-TEE, Nigeria

Sakinat Folorunso

Olabisi Onabanjo University, Nigeria

Sarah Denis

Wentworth Institute of Tech., USA

Zainab Abdulkareem

University of Strathclyde, UK

Joyce Omoregbee

Lekki British School, Nigeria

Sami Alshalwi

Omar ALmukhtar Univ., Libya

Israel Olasunkanmi

University of Ibadan, Nigeria

Ilyas Abdullahi

​NISLT, Ibadan, Nigeria

Chris Hudson

Wentworth Institute of Tech, USA​

Tinuola Popoola

Federal Medical Center  / Automation Bay, Nigeria

StudyCrafter Research Team

Casper Harteveld

Northeastern University, USA

Yetunde Folajimi

Wentworth Institute of Technology, USA

Mash Nasri

Northeastern University, USA

Fey Sonbudak

Northeastern University, USA

Anna ​Amato 

 New York university, USA

Camilla Matuk

New York University, USA

Jingyu ​Sui

New York University, USA

​Giovanni Troiano 

Northeastern University, USA

Dejarelle Gaines 

 New York university, USA

Salem Othman

Wentworth Institute of Technology, USA

Emmanuel Amaechi

 New York university, USA

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From April-May 2022, approximately 40 Nigerian undergraduates and senior secondary school students were trained by a team of experts from Wentworth Institute of Technology, Northeastern University, New York University, and Geek Girls Collaborative, inc., in a virtual workshop to create social impact games for understanding the people's perception of discrimination,  education, bullying, jobs, families, relationships, etc, and analyze valuable data from these games. This evolved in the implementation of 7 social impact games by these talented Nigerian youths using Study Crafter. We need your assistance to playtest a few or all of these games and complete the accompanying questionnaires so that we can mutually advance our understanding of human behavior. The games are listed below with their associated survey links. You can also find a direct link to the game collection on the program page: https://www.computergeeky.org/gasi.html#play 
Also feel free to also share the information within your network. 

A game about social perception of trust and sexual abuse (https://studycrafter.com/project/oliveroni123/gasi)
Survey form: ​https://forms.gle/tWNiJJG3uyLUri1f7

A game about social perception of bullying in schools (https://studycrafter.com/project/amybae/mia-project/)
Survey form:  https://forms.gle/1nwjhrLhPcDYxhvG6

A game about women and entrepreneurship (https://studycrafter.com/project/studycrafter5/entrepreneur1/)
Survey form: https://forms.gle/yPsSdZ25e3483RL37

A game about gender bias in students' performance at school  (https://studycrafter.com/project/phrankie/phrankie-gasi-project/)
Survey form:  https://forms.gle/SPfq3r8QQxbZC8TR9

A game about women and their career choices (https://studycrafter.com/project/studycrafter9/philip-project/)
Survey form: https://forms.gle/PFytPoySHkE2eEbYA

A game about child-bearing in families: https://studycrafter.com/project/studycrafter9/feranmi-project/
Survey form: https://forms.gle/fiQ4igLW6aTubrNY7

A game about women and their workplace settings https://studycrafter.com/project/adesewa-a/new-project-1-remix-2/
Survey form: ​https://forms.gle/3Dzoo9a9Zoxwb8sg7

A game about bias in the gender of a newborn baby https://studycrafter.com/project/dexnexusz/golden-child/
Survey form: https://forms.gle/SaoRjpGf1yGjB1CW9