Towards a “Filipino” Video Game: Teaching Filipino Culture and Identity for Video Game Development

• Main Author: Cerda, Christoffer Mitch C
• Format: text
• Published: Archīum Ateneo 2021
• Subjects: Philippines; Filipino video games; Filipino culture and identity; teaching video games; Education; Game Design
• Online Access: https://archium.ateneo.edu/filipino-faculty-pubs/78; https://archium.ateneo.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1077&context=filipino-faculty-pubs
• Institution: Ateneo De Manila University

This paper uses the author’s experiences of teaching the Filipino module of a multidisciplinary video game development class as a case study in teaching Filipino culture and identity as an element of video game development. A preliminary definition of “Filipino video game” as having Filipino narrati...