Recommendations
Dr Lukasz Androsiuk
It's hard to find a game that, having ambitions of being an educational game, would not lose its ludic/entertainment value. Even more difficulta game that is so readable and attractive for everyonewould consistently and successfully combine both perspectives.
HEX Integration is a board game based on the idea of a "hero's journey" thanks to which everyone will find outhow important cooperation is in the context of building interpersonal relationships, and how much more valuable it can be than competition. HEX Integration is a game that may turn out to be - and I am inclined to believe that it will turn out to be - an attractive experience for students and a cognitively valuable teaching aid that will be gladly used by those interested in searching forinnovative teaching/teaching strategies teachers of both science and humanities. The fact that the intention of the game's designers was to encourage the sharing of the gaming experience of children from Poland and Ukraine, which is supported by the game's bilingualism, also deserves recognition.
As a pedagogue interested in the didactic potential of gamesI sincerely encourage everyone to play together, at any age. HEX Integration is an example of a game that proves how important and culture-creating fun together is.
Dr Lukasz Androsiuk
PhD in humanities, research and teaching employee at the Pomeranian University in Słupsk. Member of the Słupsk Educational Council and the Polish Society for Game Research. Interested in media culture in its philosophical and pedagogical dimension, single-player player, snooker lover, fan(attic) of Lars von Trier's work. Author of the book "Day One Patch. Sketches from the area of computer game culture”, Scientific Publishing House of the Pomeranian University in Słupsk, Słupsk 2021.
Jaroslaw Spychała
Johan Huizinga, a classic of ludology, said that all abstractions can be negated, seriousness can be negated, but fun cannot. And this intuition fits the board game HEX Integrationaimed at integrating Polish and Ukrainian children. The creators of the game, reaching for fun as a mode of integration, reached the foundations of culture, and thus enabled children to have good moments in their new home.The demand for this type of education is growing, but certainly this game can be considered another important building block.
Jaroslaw Spychała
Writer, philosopher, creator of the LEGO-LOGOS method, which teaches philosophy, ethics and creativity and supports the study of other socio-humanities, giving strength to bold and creative thinking. Author of the books "Little Rebels" and"Cave".
Lukasz Wilczynski
Lukasz Wilczynski
Image specialist and business advisor. Founder and president of the communication company Planet Partners and originator and co-organizer of the European Rover Challenge - the largest space and robotics event in Europe. Co-founder of the European Space Foundation. An avid gamer since the days of ZX Spectrum, a lover of stoic philosophy, a huge fan of space themes and AFOL (adult LEGO fan). Currently in the process of preparing a doctoral dissertation in the field of image communication of the global space sector.
Cooperation can be learned all your life, but only those who are truly open to it will understand its meaning. That is why it is so important to teach it from childhood using itthe best scientific tool, i.e. fun. After all, as the American physiotherapist Glenn Doman recalled,“Play is learning, learning is play. The more fun, the more learning.
Dr. Piotr Kubinski
Russia's aggression against Ukraine has changed the world we live in. Among the countless consequences of these events is thatThe Polish education system has faced one of the biggest challenges for years– and perhaps the biggest since the transformation: how to include young people from Ukraine in the education system?The game "Hex Integration" is a specific response to the needs of teachers - and students– who are looking for an answer to this question on a daily basis.
Dr. Piotr Kubinski
Assistant professor at the Faculty of Polish Studies at the University of Warsaw, CEO and Head of Studio at Goat Gamez. Author of the monograph “Video games. Zarys poetics” and many studies on digital media.