Meet Sharon Goza

Sharon Goza is a gamification designer, developer, programmer, narrative designer, and project manager whose work sits at the intersection of learning, technology, and play. During more than 36 years at NASA’s Johnson Space Center, Sharon managed projects involving gamified training, specialized mission-support software, 3D computer graphics, animation, advanced visual technologies, and education and outreach applications.

Her unusual combination of technical depth, design skill, and project leadership allows her to see both the creative possibilities within an idea and the practical requirements for bringing it to life. She understands how narrative, mechanics, technology, and learner action must work together to create an experience that is more than an interesting concept.

Sharon has received more than eight NASA Exceptional Software Awards and earned the Best Narrative Design Award at GamiCon 2019. She is the owner and CEO of Game2Learn, LLC.

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Sharon Goza
Game Design and Development

Build Coach Areas of Expertise

• Gamification and Game-Based Learning: Designing meaningful gameful systems in which mechanics, decisions, feedback, and outcomes work together.

•  Narrative Design: Using story, character, context, conflict, and consequence to give an experience purpose and emotional weight.

•  Prototyping and Development: Turning an early idea into something participants can see, use, test, and improve.

•  Technical and Project Feasibility: Identifying what an idea will require in terms of technology, talent, time, workflow, and project management.

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Ask Sharon whether your mechanics support the intended behavior, how to strengthen the narrative, what your prototype needs next, whether the technology is feasible, or how to turn a promising idea into a functional learning experience.