Amble Studio

15/10/2024

Thank you NRM RA for coming to us with a juicy game seed that we watered and helped bloom. It was great fun! 🌻

This is the kind of games work we love - meeting a need, bringing people together, and working toward positive impact. 🌏

You all know how to find us if you want a game for your next event. 😉

Photos courtesy of NRM Regions Australia.

15/10/2024

A huge week out for our team, well done everyone! 🥳

Thank you to everyone who came to panels, played with us, and asked interesting questions.

We love making new connections and seeing where we might play together next... 👀

08/10/2024

Go team Amble (and Ben)! A great start for us during Melbourne International Games Week 🤩

03/10/2024

Hi Friends !

This International Games Week, narrm ngarrgu Library will be transforming into a world of creative play with games, industry keynotes, panels on experimental play design and participatory workshops.

And tomorrow, the City of Melbourne is hosting games of TAG for 16 players from 2pm - 5pm !

For those of you who aren't familiar with TAG, The Adaptation Game (TAG) is our award winning table-top board game that simulates how you and your community adapt to climate change and build resilience.

If you're interested, please register to play as spots are limited : https://lnkd.in/gzX9JkCK

Friday 4 September | 2pm – 5pm | narrm ngarrgu (141 Therry Street, Melbourne)

Hope to see you at naarm ngarrgu !

Warmest,
Hailey

26/09/2024

Shout out to Hailey Austin for her excellent facilitation in front of a live crowd, Benjamin Theodore Pederick for filming and direction, and Leam for tech support at our first live event at SXSW!

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09/09/2024

Mark your calendars folks, we're less than a month out from Games for Change: Asia Pacific!

Will we see you on October 4?

Tickets on sale now!Full price $90Concession $60 BUY TICKETS AT THE ACMI WEBSITE THE GAMES FOR CHANGE ASIA-PACIFIC FESTIVAL 2024PROUDLY SUPPORTED BY ACMI...

26/08/2024

Amble's own Hailey Cooperrider is appearing at the Games for Change Festival! 🎲

We're very excited to be part of this panel on games and social change with some wonderful folks (including our TAG partner Ben Pederick 💓)

Can't wait to hear what this collection of folks have to say... 🤔

Learn more and grab your ticket here:

Tickets on sale now!Full price $90Concession $60 BUY TICKETS AT THE ACMI WEBSITE THE GAMES FOR CHANGE ASIA-PACIFIC FESTIVAL 2024PROUDLY SUPPORTED BY ACMI...

12/08/2024

Sharing the good vibes with this one. So rewarding to see a team - both ours and Yarra Ranges' - work hard to get something together, and to see it run so well!

05/08/2024

Our next webinar is next week! We've had such engrossing chats with all the local council and community organiser folks who have attended these webinars.

Come along and join us?

Welcome! You are invited to join a meeting: The Adaptation Game Webinar. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the meeting.

22/07/2024

So great to see more awareness of the impact of creative work!

In the early days of Amble, we had to a lot of work explaining 'serious games' and 'for purpose games' before we could even get to the actual juicy conversation of co-design with clients.

Now that's work we don't have to do, more and more people just get it. Games and creativity can have powerful impacts!

Creative industries have a key role to play in creating positive social change. Here are six key insights to help them achieve their goals.

18/07/2024

Great talk from Kiri Bear at Social Design Sydney meetup, detailing the social and environmental impact of TAG. She also touches on the business side, and the business of making change while maintaining livelihood. 🌏

And there's great Q&A at the end! 💡

Selling Community Adaptation : Turning a social change, community engagement initiative into a productWhat happens when you cross a team of nerdy role-playin...

01/07/2024

We've been busy bees this year!

Big shout out to the whole Amble troupe (Hailey, Bec, Jason, Kiri, Logan) and our other TAG half Benjamin Theodore Pederick.
Many thanks to all the local councils who have played with us, the community facilitators and change makers, to all the players.

To everyone who has taught us more about resilience, we have all taught each other.

Here's to resilience and caring communities!

Happy New Financial Year 🎉🎉

Let's pause and take stock. In this past financial year, The Adaptation Game has been played:
- in 7 different council areas 🗺️
- by 150+ people 👨🏿‍👩🏽‍🧒🏻‍👧🏽
- by teenagers to 70+ year olds 👧🏾👴🏼
- to raise conversations about bushfire, flood, seas level rise, heatwaves, and storms 🤔
- in community halls, libraries, council buildings, and one pub 🏠

And we're just getting started! 🌱

We can't wait to play TAG with more and more folks, to share knowledge and build resilience for climate events, as far and wide as we can.

Thank you all for joining us, let's keep going 🌏

03/06/2024

Reminder; the first Amble Showcase is NEXT WEEK!

If you haven't booked your spot to join us for a lovely Wednesday lunch hang out, what are you waiting for?

Register here ➡️ https://us06web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZEudOyqrTgiH9Ren8cn6Bt3UNxOvBvT1qHZ #/registration

Ask any questions in the comments ⬇️

22/05/2024

You’re invited to the inaugural Amble Showcase! 🎉

We know you’ve been hanging out to play the games we’ve been working on this year. Now is your chance! 👀

Wednesday 12 June at 12pm AEST.

Register here:
https://us06web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZEudOyqrTgiH9Ren8cn6Bt3UNxOvBvT1qHZ

27/03/2024

Adaptations for the win!

26/03/2024

It's happening! TAG is being played in neighbourhood houses!

First step Sussex Neighbourhood House, next step the world 😉

20/03/2024

We had a truly generative and creative final session with cohealth, exploring what kinds of games and gameful experiences might improve the care that Culturally And Linguistically Diverse communities receive in the mental health system.

We had 3 giant posters to capture thoughts on what kind of experience these games should create - and participants completely filled all 3! There was such generous and engaged energy in the room. 🤩

What you see below is one of 3 prototype games the Amble troupe co-designed with participants on the day. Think Minimum Viable Product. Not bad for one day's work!

We are very grateful to cohealth for having us, and for the work they do toward culturally-responsive care for all.

This is the work we love doing - creating games that meet people where they are, just as they are, and encourage them to talk, share, and grow together in fun and caring ways. 💖

Here's to more like this! 🎉

20/03/2024

It was great to play TAG: Port Phillip with Council members and members of the community in the same room. There was such a breadth of expertise and experience being shared.

Can't wait to take it to the next level with even more players in April! If you live in Port Phillip, you won't want to miss this...