hi.

Designing
Interactions
for Social
Change bram@brampitoyo.com

Making it
natural
to do the
right things

About

Video User
Gaming Experience
Architecture

Video Gaming User Experience Architecture
Age Fairly new Relatively old Oldest
Space usage Both Virtual Real
Story Always “Persona” Usually not
Uses Play Work Both
Interactivity Yes Yes Yes

An example:
Status/profile menu

http://Weeeble.me

Today,

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Environments and Places
Tutorials, Not Case Studies
Acknowledging Co-presence
Semi-consciousness
Making A Space An Interface

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Environments and Places
Tutorials, Not Case Studies
Acknowledging Co-presence
Semi-consciousness
Making A Space An Interface

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Environments and Places
Tutorials, Not Case Studies
Acknowledging Co-presence
Semi-consciousness
Making A Space An Interface

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Environments and Places
Tutorials, Not Case Studies
Acknowledging Co-presence
Semi-consciousness
Making A Space An Interface

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Environments and Places
Tutorials, Not Case Studies
Acknowledging Co-presence
Semi-consciousness
Making A Space An Interface

Introduction
to an interesting
(and potentially
useful) technique

Reversing the
classroom model

Onward

Environments and Places
Tutorials, Not Case Studies
Acknowledging Co-presence
Semi-consciousness
Making A Space An Interface

Environments and Places / Tutorials, Not Case Studies / Acknowledging Co-presence / Semi-consciousness / Making A Space An Interface
Interfaces should be
thought of as both
built and living
environments

Environments and Places / Tutorials, Not Case Studies / Acknowledging Co-presence / Semi-consciousness / Making A Space An Interface
Users feel
more comfortable
the more tangible
a space is

Environments and Places / Tutorials, Not Case Studies / Acknowledging Co-presence / Semi-consciousness / Making A Space An Interface
Metaphors
should extend
beyond wording
to behavior

Environments and Places / Tutorials, Not Case Studies / Acknowledging Co-presence / Semi-consciousness / Making A Space An Interface
“Players like
to feel clever.”

Environments and Places / Tutorials, Not Case Studies / Acknowledging Co-presence / Semi-consciousness / Making A Space An Interface
Provide visibility
of what’s to come

Environments and Places / Tutorials, Not Case Studies / Acknowledging Co-presence / Semi-consciousness / Making A Space An Interface
Dumbing down
or
have them
figure it out?

Environments and Places
Tutorials, Not Case Studies
Acknowledging Co-presence
Semi-consciousness
Making A Space An Interface

Environments and Places / Tutorials, Not Case Studies / Acknowledging Co-presence / Semi-consciousness / Making A Space An Interface
Case study doesn’t
work because
studying is
not feeling

Environments and Places / Tutorials, Not Case Studies / Acknowledging Co-presence / Semi-consciousness / Making A Space An Interface
Promoting
the perception
that ethics
is special

Environments and Places / Tutorials, Not Case Studies / Acknowledging Co-presence / Semi-consciousness / Making A Space An Interface
Allowing people
to reflect their
decisions on the
test subject’s

Environments and Places / Tutorials, Not Case Studies / Acknowledging Co-presence / Semi-consciousness / Making A Space An Interface
Design tutorial
areas, not faqs

Environments and Places / Tutorials, Not Case Studies / Acknowledging Co-presence / Semi-consciousness / Making A Space An Interface
The need for
narrative

Environments and Places
Tutorials, Not Case Studies
Acknowledging Co-presence
Semi-consciousness
Making A Space An Interface

Environments and Places / Tutorials, Not Case Studies / Acknowledging Co-presence / Semi-consciousness / Making A Space An Interface
Other users
are always there,
even if one
isn’t looking

Environments and Places / Tutorials, Not Case Studies / Acknowledging Co-presence / Semi-consciousness / Making A Space An Interface
Easy to achieve
in general-purpose,
catch all, publicly
accessible networks

Environments and Places / Tutorials, Not Case Studies / Acknowledging Co-presence / Semi-consciousness / Making A Space An Interface
But when you
design for
something niche,
privately owned
and ‘serious’…

Environments and Places / Tutorials, Not Case Studies / Acknowledging Co-presence / Semi-consciousness / Making A Space An Interface
Encourage
belonging and
co-ownership
of space

Environments and Places / Tutorials, Not Case Studies / Acknowledging Co-presence / Semi-consciousness / Making A Space An Interface
Engage users in
something bigger
than themselves

Environments and Places / Tutorials, Not Case Studies / Acknowledging Co-presence / Semi-consciousness / Making A Space An Interface
Demon’s Souls
(Demo)

Environments and Places / Tutorials, Not Case Studies / Acknowledging Co-presence / Semi-consciousness / Making A Space An Interface
Bloodstains,
messages and
invasions of game

Environments and Places
Tutorials, Not Case Studies
Acknowledging Co-presence
Semi-consciousness
Making A Space An Interface

Environments and Places / Tutorials, Not Case Studies / Acknowledging Co-presence / Semi-consciousness / Making A Space An Interface
The problem with
Google Wave

Environments and Places / Tutorials, Not Case Studies / Acknowledging Co-presence / Semi-consciousness / Making A Space An Interface
(& the problem
with IM)

Environments and Places / Tutorials, Not Case Studies / Acknowledging Co-presence / Semi-consciousness / Making A Space An Interface
A possible hybrid

Environments and Places / Tutorials, Not Case Studies / Acknowledging Co-presence / Semi-consciousness / Making A Space An Interface
Just enough privacy
to prevent torrent
of consciousness,
yet relax
self-censorship

Environments and Places
Tutorials, Not Case Studies
Acknowledging Co-presence
Semi-consciousness
Making A Space An Interface

Environments and Places / Tutorials, Not Case Studies / Acknowledging Co-presence / Semi-consciousness / Making A Space An Interface
“Changing
the alphabet”

Environments and Places / Tutorials, Not Case Studies / Acknowledging Co-presence / Semi-consciousness / Making A Space An Interface
Plot development
in game design
equals persona
in user experience

Environments and Places / Tutorials, Not Case Studies / Acknowledging Co-presence / Semi-consciousness / Making A Space An Interface
Character
development
equals what?

Environments and Places / Tutorials, Not Case Studies / Acknowledging Co-presence / Semi-consciousness / Making A Space An Interface
Why can’t
users level up
or gain
new abilities?

Environments and Places / Tutorials, Not Case Studies / Acknowledging Co-presence / Semi-consciousness / Making A Space An Interface
After enough
“level gains”…

Environments and Places / Tutorials, Not Case Studies / Acknowledging Co-presence / Semi-consciousness / Making A Space An Interface
(this is going to
be controversial)

Environments and Places / Tutorials, Not Case Studies / Acknowledging Co-presence / Semi-consciousness / Making A Space An Interface
Designers should
first design,
but over a period
of time—

Environments and Places / Tutorials, Not Case Studies / Acknowledging Co-presence / Semi-consciousness / Making A Space An Interface
relegate ability
to shape the
world to users

Environments and Places / Tutorials, Not Case Studies / Acknowledging Co-presence / Semi-consciousness / Making A Space An Interface
How this applies
in an individual
environment
v.
a shared one

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Environments and Places
Tutorials, Not Case Studies
Acknowledging Co-presence
Semi-consciousness
Making A Space An Interface

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Environments and Places
Tutorials, Not Case Studies
Acknowledging Co-presence
Semi-consciousness
Making A Space An Interface

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Environments and Places
Tutorials, Not Case Studies
Acknowledging Co-presence
Semi-consciousness
Making A Space An Interface

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Environments and Places
Tutorials, Not Case Studies
Acknowledging Co-presence
Semi-consciousness
Making A Space An Interface

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Environments and Places
Tutorials, Not Case Studies
Acknowledging Co-presence
Semi-consciousness
Making A Space An Interface

Environments and Places / Tutorials, Not Case Studies / Acknowledging Co-presence / Semi-consciousness / Making A Space An Interface
When user creates
her own experience,
doing the ethical
comes naturally.

thanks.
bram@brampitoyo.com