GameOn! Residency: Promoting Peace, Inclusivity, and Sustainability Through Serious Games

The paper presents GameOn!, a serious game co-designed during a specialized workshop called residency, a format aimed at empowering interdisciplinary thinking, collaborator and knowledge exchange, through the use of the Minecraft Education Edition (MEE). Emphasizing themes of peace, inclusivity, and sustainability, participants engaged in collaborative, bottom-up design to create innovative educational content resulting in a MEE world with three distinct educational pathways.Grounded in the principles of serious games, GameOn! integrates educational content into interactive gameplay, promoting - among others - active citizenship initiatives. This study underscores the adaptability and significance of the GameOn! residency format in nurturing creativity and collaboration in serious game development, offering a promising framework for future educational projects. Despite this, challenges remain, such as managing the diverse expertise of participants and balancing the overall goals with each participant's agency.