Step inside an immersive experience where curriculum and instructional design make friends with fun! Our community leverages gamified and game-based strategies to make learning engaging, memorable, and impactful. Elevate your skills, boost your portfolio, and create exceptional learning experiences within our vibrant community.
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July 15
Build & Brew
EXPLORING GEMINI with Keith Lillico
10:00 a.m. - 12:00 Noon Central
Curious about Google's Gemini but not sure where to start? Join Gamification Master Craftsman Keith Lillico for an interactive Build & Brew as we explore what Gemini can do for learning and development professionals. Bring your questions, share your experiences, and discover practical ways this powerful AI tool can support your design, development, and day-to-day workflow.
July 22
Build & Brew
6:00 - 8:00 p.m. Central
What happens when AI starts writing code with you instead of for you? And how can digital avatars make your learning experiences more engaging and personal? Join Gamification Master Craftsman Jeffrey Riley for an interactive Build & Brew exploring the emerging world of vibe coding and RISE avatars. You'll discover how these innovative tools can accelerate development, spark creativity, and help you build richer learning experiences without needing to be a programmer. Bring your questions, your curiosity, and your favorite AI experiments to share with the group.
July 29
Build & Brew
Brain Brew Café
No slides. No presentation. Just conversation, questions, and building together.
Host and time announced soon.
August 5
Build & Brew
August 19
Build & Brew
FROM PROTOTYPE TO KICKSTARTER
Have a game idea you've always wanted to publish? Join Gamification Master Craftsman Sharon Goza as she shares what it takes to bring a game from concept to a successful Kickstarter campaign. Whether you're designing a training game, educational game, or tabletop experience, you'll gain practical insights into planning, funding, marketing, and launching your game with confidence. Bring your questions and discover what it really takes to get your game into the hands of players.
August 26
Build & Brew
Toolbox Tutorial:
Master of Wizards: Designing Motivation Through Play, Challenge, and Game-Based Dynamics
Postponed
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New Date and Time TBD
Winner of Best Use of Technology
GamiCon48V 2026 Throwdown Showcase
Thiago Barrinuevo
What if engagement was not something you added at the end of a learning program?
What if it was built directly into the experience itself?
In this interactive Toolbox Tutorial, Thiago Barrionuevo will show participants how game-based dynamics can be used to create meaningful engagement without relying on gimmicks or superficial rewards.
Through a fast-paced experiential game and guided reflection, participants will explore how motivation, challenge, feedback, and decision-making influence human behavior and participation.
This session is designed to move beyond theory and help participants translate motivational principles into practical workplace applications.
TOOLBOX TUTORIAL
July 22, 2026
9:00 am - 12:00 Noon CT
Tuition: $99
Included in your Game Garage Membership
Whether you design learning experiences, lead teams, facilitate workshops, or support organizational change, this session will give you practical tools for creating experiences people genuinely want to engage with.
Toolbox Tutorial:
COMING THIS SEPTEMBER TO THE GAME GARAGE
Build Immersive Learning Worlds with Johanne Doty
What happens when learning stops feeling like a course and starts feeling like a world learners actually inhabit?
This September, Johanne Doty, Gamification Master Craftsman and creator of the immersive learning worlds Operation Shieldport and The Solis Campaign, will lead a special Toolbox Tutorial exploring how to design long-form narrative learning experiences that sustain engagement over weeks and months.
Participants will explore how role progression, recurring characters, mission structures, worldbuilding, and AI-supported interactions can transform asynchronous learning into deeply immersive experiences.
If you design online learning, simulations, onboarding programs, leadership development, or game-based learning experiences, this upcoming session will expand how you think about narrative, motivation, and learner engagement.
Registration information coming soon.
New to Sententia? Most people start with the Game Garage to experience the work live.
It's a vibrant hub where learning, innovation, and connection converge.
Our Community Pledge:
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Generosity: We are generous with our knowledge, our energy, and each other
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Risk: We are willing to take risks and step playfully into the unknown, knowing that we cannot learn without failing
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Respect: We respect our shared purpose, our time, each other’s uniqueness, and ourselves
Your invitation to join our community of practice.
We are a community of Learning Development Professionals focused on eliminating dull, dry, boring learning experiences.
Here at Game Garage, it's all about rolling up your sleeves and getting into the nitty-gritty of creating, running, and reflecting on your own game-based learning adventures.
You're not just learning; you're joining a bunch of game-changers eager to innovate and share in the world of educational gaming.
Plus, you've got a whole community backing you up, ready to cheer on your successes and help you tackle any challenges. Let's make learning an adventure together!
Are you curious to leave the beaten tracks of education and grow beyond what has been done before, but don't know where to start? This community gives space to everyone to learn, share, connect, and explore. Will you join us?
Become a Member of the Sententia World Community
Monthly Membership
$29 per month
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$299 per year
Two months free when you commit to a year membership PLUS Team Resource Sharing.
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Sententia is here for you and your career.
We are recruiting, educating, and equipping an alliance of education professionals who will change the way learning and training happen using the most advanced science and techniques coming from gamification and game-based learning.
In this effort, we want to ensure price isn't what hinders your career or the cause of more dull, dry, boring learning experiences. Feel comfortable reaching out to Jonathan Peters (bighead@SententiaGames.com) to discuss options.
Welcome to Sententia World!
We are more than just another community—it's a vibrant hub where learning, innovation, and connection converge.