Urban games & fictional worlds

Urban games & fictional worlds
Definitions and contemporary reflections

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1. Urban games & fictional worlds Definitions and contemporary reflections Ilaria Mariani Davide Spallazzo
2. Narrative
3. Game Narrative
4. Each game narrates something Chess Twe armies are facing on the battleground and you have to conquest the rival king Super Mario - Nintendo Mario has to save a friend fighting against enemies and overcoming obstacles September 12 - Newsgaming You have to fight terrorists and cope with civilian casualties in the war on terror
5. Tell Symbolise Suggest Describe ... Each game narrates something
6. Game Narrative
7. conflict
8. Each narration/game is clearly a system based on at least one artificial conflict Conflict
9. conflict fictional world
10. Each narration/game happens in a context with a specific setting Fictional world
11. conflict fictional world magic circle
12. A metaphore defined as a set of boundaries, namely space and time Magic circle + sociality considering games
13. conflict fictional world magic circle immersion
14. A deep immersion in an activity that leads to a momentary detachment from the real world Immersion
15. conflict fictional world magic circle immersion trust agreement
16. A ritualistic contract that asks the narratee/player to trust and believe in the narrator/game system and the fictional world Trust agreement
17. conflict fictional world magic circle immersion trust agreement coherency and consistency
18. The logical and consistent connection among the elments of the fictional world coherency and consistency
19. Two armies are facing on the battleground
20. conflict fictional world magic circle immersion trust agreement coherency and consistency Games and narratives’ common elements
21. conflict fictional world magic circle immersion trust agreement coherency and consistency Meaningful differences Games and narratives’ common elements
22. conflict fictional world magic circle immersion trust agreement coherency and consistency decisions Meaningful differences Games and narratives’ common elements
23. decisions
24. Narrative decisions desire
25. Games Narrative possibility decisions desire
26. conflict fictional world magic circle immersion trust agreement coherency and consistency decisions experience Meaningful differences Games and narratives’ common elements
27. Games Narrative possibility decisions experience desire
28. Games Narrative possibility decisions experience passive fruition desire
29. Games Narrative possibility decisions experience passive fruition active creation desire
30. Games Narrative possibility decisions experience passive fruition active creation Interact with the story desire
31. conflict fictional world magic circle immersion trust agreement coherency and consistency decisions experience social aspects Meaningful differences Games and narratives’ common elements
32. conflict fictional world magic circle immersion trust agreement coherency and consistency Games and narratives’ common elements
33. Fill a gap
34. Breaking Fill a gap
35. conflict fictional world magic circle immersion trust agreement coherency and consistency Game
36. conflict fictional world magic circle immersion trust agreement coherency and consistency Game
37. conflict fictional world magic circle immersion trust agreement coherency and consistency Accepted blurring Game
38. conflict fictional world magic circle immersion trust agreement coherency and consistency Accepted blurring Expansions allowed Game
39. Pervasive Game Accepted blurring Expansions allowed
40. Spatial expansion World as Playground Pervasive Game
41. Spatial expansion Temporal expansion World as Playground Uncertain Play session Pervasive Game
42. Spatial expansion Temporal expansion Social expansion World as Playground Uncertain Play session Ousiders are involved Pervasive Game
43. Spatial expansion Temporal expansion Social expansion Pervasive Game
44. Spatial expansion Temporal expansion Social expansion Pervasive Game
45. Pervasive Urban Game Spatial expansion Temporal expansion Social expansion
46. Spatial expansion Temporal expansion Social expansion Pervasive Urban Game
47. Pervasive Urban Game
48. They combine stories and puzzles with city spaces Pervasive Urban Game
49. They combine stories and puzzles with city spaces Pervasive Urban Game They put together a story from fragments
50. They combine stories and puzzles with city spaces M. Montola, J. Stenros, A. Waern, Pervasive Games, 2009, p. 42. Pervasive Urban Game They put together a story from fragments
51. A Hostile World
52. A Hostile World
53. A Hostile World
54. A Hostile World
55. A Hostile World
56. A Hostile World
57. ! Pervasive urban games usually involve outsiders Social Expansion
58. ! Bystanders can be unaware participants in the game Social Expansion
59. ! Players are scattered in the city/playground Social Expansion
60. How to identify players??
61. How to identify players?? Identity objects such as wearable profiles can be useful to distinguish players and their role
62. HTC urban game
63. ! How are players socially configured?
64. ! How are players socially configured? ! In urban games players can assume 4 main social configurations
65. ALONE TOGETHER Fusion experience Private experience
66. ALONE Separated experience NOT ALONE TOGETHER Fusion experience NOT TOGETHER Private experience
67. ALONE Separated experience NOT ALONE TOGETHER Fusion experience NOT TOGETHER Pursuit of social engagement Private experience
68. Gaming Mobile
69. Mobile urban games are well suited to pursue the four social configurations Gaming Mobile
70. Devices Mobile
71. contents on the go wireless communication context awareness Encompass three core technologies for urban gaming Devices Mobile
72. ! Mobile technologies enable several mechanics of interaction between players and with contents Mechanics of interaction
73. Bump
74. Chat Pac Manhattan!
75. Tracking Can you see me now? | Blast Theory!
76. Mobile gaming can stimulate di erent kind of social configuration and engagement
77. direct social engagement mediated social engagement individual interactions are networked individual interaction passive condition WE Adapted from N. Simon (2009) The participatory museum ME
78. Mobile devices are inherently contradictory
79. Mobile devices are inherently contradictory Personal Social Vs. and
80. Personal Social Vs. and ! A personal device, in a game setting, can foster social engagement and molecularisation
81. Mobile devices are inherently contradictory
82. Mobile devices are inherently contradictory Localized Globalized Vs. and
83. The most di used technological devices provide real time access to contextual contents and information Localized Globalized Vs. and
84. Mobile urban games can foster (informal) learning together with enjoyment
85. focused learning approach collaborative learning approach immersive learning approach Three main learning approaches:
86. Gaming is aimed at teaching something, usually clear and simple information Focused approach
87. Gaming is a means of socialisation and players build knowledge together Collaborative approach
88. The game heavily relies on a story and assign players a role Immersive approach
89. D.LEARN D. LEARN | Design adventure www.playdesign.polimi.it!
90. D.LEARN
91. D.LEARN
92. D.LEARN
93. Davide Spallazzo davide.spallazzo@polimi.it Ilaria Mariani ilaria2.mariani@polimi.it Thank you!