Games

Welcome to my rudimentary website of educational games.

A few years ago when gamification was all the rage, I realized that school is a game. We award points, level-ups, and win conditions. Unfortunately we were leaving out all of the best parts of gaming, mainly the fun. While mastery is fun for some, it is not the only way to have fun in a game. According to some websites there are at least fourteen types of fun. I even did some research about fun in schools. Next I realized that a lesson plan is nothing more than a game design, so I started designing games. If you have stumbled upon this and had some fun, you can contact me at morden01@swbell.net to leave feedback. Thanks.

• Deep Morgan

An exploration of St. Louis at the turn of the 20th century and the shooting that led to the crime ballad "Stagger Lee."
Created with Twine


• Invention

The world is facing an apocalypse and you have to assemble a team of inventors from throughout history using your time machine.
Created with Twine


• Where Children Sleep

Using images from Where Children Sleep by James Mollison, players attempt to match children with their sleeping arrangements."
Created with Twine


• Write For Your Life (beta)

A story based algorithm to help students write and introduction
Created with Twine


• The Grind (living doc)

An attempt to take my presentation about gamification and put it in game form.
Created with Twine


• Epic Quest

This is an early attempt at a choose-your-own adventure game. The idea is that you have to go on a quest to create a quest. It follows Joseph Campbell's hero's journey research while making many pop culture references.
Created with Quest Text Adventures


• Free Speech

This is a companion piece to a text in our curriculum "The Two Clashing Meanings of 'Free Speech'" It is a basic quiz to help students understand the difference between isegoria and parrhesia.
Created with Twine


• Off to the Races

A simple template to help students create a constructed response
Created with Twine


• Devil's Advocate

A test of your ability to understand logical fallacies based on examples from The Crucible.
Created with Twine


• Poem Response

(Beta)This was done as a request by a teacher for a specifice assignment.
Created with Twine


• Radical

Learn about a few logical fallacies using a real world scenario.
Created with Twine