Resources
A list of resources by and about Open Game Data, including technical documentation, reports, and conference papers.
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Open Game Data Code and API
Open Game Data code is available under an MIT open source license. We welcome module contributions for new game features, analyses, dashboard components and more.
Data and Games
Looking for a learning game? Want to test a new analytic approach with existing data? We provide games and data under a CC-BY 4.0 license — just acknowledge the source. We welcome game and data contributions, too.
Conference Papers
D. J. Gagnon and L. Swanson, “Open Game Data: A Technical Infrastructure for Open Science with Educational Games,” in Serious Games, M. Haahr, A. Rojas-Salazar, and S. Göbel, Eds., in Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol. 14309. Cham: Springer Nature Switzerland, Oct. 2023, pp. 3–19. doi: 10.1007/978-3-031-44751-8_1.
E. Harpstead, D. Gagnon, M. Seif El-Nasr, and L. Swanson, “Using Open Game Data to Understand Game-Based Learning,” in Companion Proceedings of the Annual Symposium on Computer-Human Interaction in Play, Stratford ON Canada: ACM, Oct. 2023, pp. 352–352. doi: 10.1145/3573382.3616028.
D. J. Gagnon, L. Swanson, and E. Harpstead, “Open Game Data: Defining a Pipeline and Standards for Educational Data Mining and Learning Analytics with Video Game Data,” in 2024 IEEE Conference on Games (CoG), Milan, Italy: IEEE, Aug. 2024, pp. 1–8. doi: 10.1109/CoG60054.2024.10645573.
L. Swanson and D. J. Gagnon, “An Architecture for Repeatable, Large-Scale Educational Game Data Analysis: Building on Open Game Data,” in Serious Games, Springer, Cham, 2025, pp. 41–55. doi: 10.1007/978-3-031-74138-8_4
Reports
L.L. Haak, J. Roberts, and D.J. Gagnon. Open Research Infrastructure for Education Research with Digital Games: Results of a Community Survey. Madison, WI: Play Story Press, 2025. doi: 10.17613/bmhwg-wxz66