Steven Boller writes, "One of the reasons serious games are hard to create successfully in-house is the lack of game design skill most organizations have on their teams."
Your instructional designers may be good, but have they played lots of games?
Have they designed games before?
Many instructional designers continue their education and earn masters degrees in instructional design.
Can you master game design by taking a one-day workshop?
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I have an education in the teaching adults and adult learning from Roskilde University, with Computer-Mediated Communication (CMC) and Human Resource Development (HRD) as specially studied subjects. I am the author of several articles and publications about the use of decision support tools, e-learning and computer-mediated communication. I am a member of The Danish Mathematical Society (DMF), The Danish Society for Theoretical Statistics (DSTS) and an individual member of the European Mathematical Society (EMS). Note: Comments published here are purely my own and do not reflect those of my current or future employers or other organizations.