Hybrid Forms of Play

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

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

3. Digital Games ❖ Hardcore console ❖ Mobile, educational

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

5. Digital-Physical Hybrid Games

6. Sifteo Cubes

7. Osmo

8. Wii

9. Forms of Play ❖ Physical ❖ Digital ❖ Hybrid

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

18. Looking for Inspiration

19. State of the Art

20. Digital Board Games

21. Physical Video Games

22. State of the Old Art?

23. Maker Tools

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

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

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

27. CREATE NEW WAYS TO PLAY

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

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