{"id":4535,"date":"2014-12-23T16:00:12","date_gmt":"2014-12-23T23:00:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/minkhollow.ca\/beckerblog\/?p=4535"},"modified":"2014-12-23T10:38:35","modified_gmt":"2014-12-23T17:38:35","slug":"houzz-it-a-fine-example-of-a-south-african-serious-game-done-right","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/minkhollow.ca\/beckerblog\/2014\/12\/23\/houzz-it-a-fine-example-of-a-south-african-serious-game-done-right\/","title":{"rendered":"Houzz-it: A fine example of a South African Serious Game done right"},"content":{"rendered":"<span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\" style=\"display: block;\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\">Approximate Reading Time: <\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> &lt; 1<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minute<\/span><\/span><p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.htxt.co.za\/2014\/08\/28\/houzz-it-a-fine-example-of-a-south-african-serious-game-done-right\/\">Houzz-it: A fine example of a South African Serious Game done right &#8211; htxt.africa<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.htxt.co.za\/2014\/08\/28\/houzz-it-a-fine-example-of-a-south-african-serious-game-done-right\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright\" src=\"http:\/\/www.htxt.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/Houzz-it-e1409243465578-658x368.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"658\" height=\"368\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>A conference on Serious Games would be incomplete without an example of a real-life Serious Game that has been done properly.<\/p>\n<p>From the presentation I\u2019ve just seen by Sea Monster\u2019s Jade Mathieson, Houzz-it is that game: it\u2019s a gamified simulation of what it\u2019s like to buy and sell houses with the aim of becoming a property mogul.<\/p>\n<p>It was commissioned by Property Junction with the specific aim of exposing people to some of the realities of buying and selling houses in such a way that it would encourage more people to get involved. But it also needed to give them a taste of the sort of processes and challenges they will encounter in the real world should they decide to go for it.&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<div class='wp_likes' id='wp_likes_post-4535'><a class='like' href=\"javascript:wp_likes.like(4535);\" title='' ><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/minkhollow.ca\/beckerblog\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-likes\/images\/like.png\" alt='' border='0'\/><\/a><span class='text'>Be the first to like.<\/span><\/p>\n<div class='like' ><a href=\"javascript:wp_likes.like(4535);\">Like<\/a><\/div>\n<div class='unlike' ><a href=\"javascript:wp_likes.unlike(4535);\">Unlike<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\" style=\"display: block;\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\">Approximate Reading Time: <\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> &lt; 1<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minute<\/span><\/span>Houzz-it: A fine example of a South African Serious Game done right &#8211; htxt.africa A conference on Serious Games would be incomplete without an example of a real-life Serious Game that has been done properly. From the presentation I\u2019ve just &hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/minkhollow.ca\/beckerblog\/2014\/12\/23\/houzz-it-a-fine-example-of-a-south-african-serious-game-done-right\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[12,24],"tags":[343,76],"class_list":["post-4535","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-games","category-teaching-learning","tag-game","tag-serious-games"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p4Hsb6-1b9","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":4164,"url":"https:\/\/minkhollow.ca\/beckerblog\/2014\/08\/09\/comparing-gamification-serious-games-and-simulations\/","url_meta":{"origin":4535,"position":0},"title":"Comparing Gamification, Serious Games and Simulations","author":"Katrin Becker","date":"August 9, 2014","format":false,"excerpt":"Comparing Gamification, Serious Games and Simulations. \u00a0 My last post complained about being shut down on several LinkedIn groups because I disagreed with the poster. 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