How games teach you to be a better loser | Aram Serobyan | TEDxAUA

What if losing wasn't an outcome to avoid, but a skill we could actually train? Drawing from his background in competitive chess and game development, Aram Serobyan reveals how our fear of losing shapes the way we see ourselves and the opportunities we avoid. He shows how games create safe spaces to build that skill, get comfortable with losing, and use it to grow. Aram Serobyan is a game designer and developer focused on educational and commercial games. He holds both a Bachelor’s and Master’s degree in Computer and Information Science from the American University of Armenia.
Throughout his career, he has worked on different small-scale games with different studios and co-founded an educational gaming startup. He currently leads a small team working on Chesstris, a puzzle game that combines chess and tetris.
Aram has taught game development at TUMO and, since Spring 2023, has been teaching as an Adjunct Lecturer in the CSE program at AUA, where he shares practical game design and development knowledge with students. He is also involved in organizing game development events such as Game Expo. This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at https://www.ted.com/tedx