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Wonsook Kim College of Fine Arts

Simone Downie

Assistant Professor of Game Design and Animation
Wonsook Kim School of Art
Office
CVA Center For The Visual Arts 202a
Office Phone
(309) 438-7203office
phone
Email
asdowni@ilstu.eduemail
Website
https://www.simonedownie.com/website
  • About
  • Education
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Biography

Simone Downie teaches and researches at the epicenter of art, gameplay, and interactivity. She is interested in how these worlds can blend together to create hands-on experiences that foster motivation, storytelling, and social bonding.

Current Courses

217.001Animation: Drawing and Stop Motion

490.011Directed Projects In Creative Technology

390.008Directed Projects/Seminar In Arts Technology

351.001Game Design I

359.001Games and Society

287.003Independent Study

380.006Selected Topics In Arts Technology

481.006Selected Topics in Creative Technologies

217.002Animation: Drawing and Stop Motion

490.007Directed Projects In Creative Technology

390.004Directed Projects/Seminar In Arts Technology

351.001Game Design I

359.001Games and Society

380.004Selected Topics In Arts Technology

481.004Selected Topics in Creative Technologies

351.001Special Projects: Art

Teaching Interests & Areas


Game design, design thinking, traditional animation, 2D art

MFA Design

The Ohio State University
Columbus, Ohio

BA Film and Media Arts

University of Utah
Salt Lake City, Utah

BA English

University of Utah
Salt Lake City, Utah

Conference Proceeding

Downie, S. (2021). Murder on Mansion Hill: Encouraging Collaborative Group Storytelling to Improve Motivational Aspects of Literacy Using Gameplay and Arts-Based Techniques. In International Conference on Entertainment Computing (pp. 46-61). Springer, Cham.

Journal Article

Downie, S., & Proulx, S. (2022). Investigating the role of gamification in public libraries’ literacy-centered youth programming. International Journal of Play, 11(4), 382-404.

Presentations

Creative Technologies - The Keynote. High School Research Symposium. (2023)
Beyond the Text: Motivating Learners to Explore Multimodal Narrative Through Gameplay. Hayes Graduate Forum. Council of Graduate Students. (2022)
Murder on Mansion Hill, A Collaborative Storytelling Game. International Conference on Entertainment Computing. IFIP. (2021)