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CSU East Bay Game Jam, Winter 2016
Hybrid Forms of Play
Josh Lee
Floor Is Lava
February 12, 2016

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Hi!
❖ Josh Lee
❖ Game Designer: independent, consulting

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Digital Games
❖ Hardcore console
❖ Mobile, educational

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Physical Games
❖ Mime Boxing
❖ Stepball
❖ Come Out & Play

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Digital-Physical Hybrid Games

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Sifteo Cubes

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Osmo

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Wii

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Forms of Play
❖ Physical
❖ Digital
❖ Hybrid

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Physical
❖ Haptic feedback
❖ External cognition
❖ Not just brains with fingers

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Digital
❖ Rich audio-visual experience
❖ Dynamic, adaptive
❖ Artificial Intelligence
❖ Online Communities

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Hybrids!
❖ Best of both worlds?
❖ Or mutant Frankenstein games?

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Designing for Humans
❖ Design for the Body
❖ Design for the Environment
❖ Design for Learning
❖ Design for Iteration

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Design for the Body
❖ What is the player doing?
❖ Where are the player's hands, eyes?
❖ Are they getting tired?

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Design for the Environment
❖ Where is the game being played?
❖ Is there an audience? What are they doing?
❖ Does the environment impact the game?

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Design for Learning
❖ How long does it take for the player to learn the game?
❖ Does the game ramp in difficulty or complexity?

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Design for Iteration
❖ Prototype quickly!
❖ Can you build it with paper & pencil?
❖ Can you playtest it without a computer?

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Looking for Inspiration

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State of the Art

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Digital Board Games

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Physical Video Games

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State of the Old Art?

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Maker Tools

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Other Types of Play
❖ Street Games
❖ Room Escape Games
❖ Folk games

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Other Arts
❖ Interactive music, theater, etc.
❖ Redefining the word “play”

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Basic Activities
❖ Eating, walking, conversation, sleeping
❖ Playing!

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CREATE NEW WAYS TO PLAY

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Thanks!
❖ Josh Lee
❖ http://floor.is/lava
❖ josh@floor.is
❖ @joshleejosh