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FLEXIBLE
TIMES NEED
FLEXIBLE
GAME DESIGN
HOW DO
WE GAME?
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PLAY is older than culture,
for culture, however
inadequately defined, always
presupposes human society,
and animals have not waited
for man to teach them their
playing
Image: Johan Huizinga
Everyone plays, and we play
the games we are familiar
with, grew up with, or heard
stories
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Image: “Pallankuzhi Board”, South Indian Mankala style game
ANCIENT
GAMES
MODERN
GAMES
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THIS IS THE
FUTURE, KEN!
Games are imitating life, and
life is imitating games
HOW DO WE MAKE
GAMES?
*GAME POLICE assures us that All Gamers Look Like This
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WAYS WE MAKE
GAMES
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Image: The Art of Game Design by Jesse Schell
Techniques differ, but
priorities don’t
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Image: Dan Cook, Skill Atoms, Game Loops & Arcs
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Image: Dan Cook, Skill Atoms, Game Loops & Arcs
WHAT IS
MISSING?
CULTURE
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Our design methodologies account for
system, interaction, narrative, & aesthetic,
but are homogenous about both
play culture & player culture
DO
GAMES
AND
CULTURE
INTERACT
WITH
EACH
OTHER?
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IT’S LIKE I DON’T
EVEN KNOW
WHO YOU ARE...
WHY DO
WE
NEED
OTHER
WAYS
OF
DESIGN?
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DIFFERENT
BRANCHES FOR
DIFFERENT GOATS!
¡VIVA LA
REVOLUCION!
IMPERIALISM
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Forcing people to play games the way you
play games is cultural imperialism.
WHO ARE Y’
ALL AGAIN?
MEOW…?
CAN WE
MAKE
GAMES
FOR
PEOPLE
WE DON’T
KNOW?
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CULTURE
MEDIATES
PLAYERS
AND
THEIR
PLAY
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MY PLAY IS
MY UMWELT!
CAN
GAMES BE
DESIGNED
WITHOUT
SPECIFIC
TRAINING
& CRAFT?
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TWISTY LITTLE
BRANCHES!
COMBINATORICS!
DESIGNING FOR
UNIQUE &
VARIED
EXPECTATIONS
IS HARD!
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RAWR?
MOO!
HISS..
CHIRRP!
A Framework for Combating
Cultural Bias in Game Design
Methodologies
MINDFUL
PLAY
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Image: humanitariansoftinder.com
www.playistheantidote.com | @helloAntidote
FORGET YOUR
PLAY CULTURE
1
Image: Monopoly Image: Call Of Duty Black Ops 2
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Co-Design Workshop, Philippines 1ADAPT
USE
LOCAL OR
FAMILIAR
GAME
ASSETS
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Image:“Stick & Bottle Game”, Co-Design workshop, Indonesia
2
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Humans Vs. Mosquitoes (Kenya Version) 2IMPROVISE
DESIGN FOR THE
CONVERSATION
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Image: Lampat Banjir, Co-Design Session, Indonesia
3
The goal is
to create a
meaningful
dialogue
TWIST IN THE TALE
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Driving Force! 3
AVOID ON
THE NOSE
DESIGN
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4
The obvious is
rarely engaging
TRYING TOO
HARD, GOAT...
MISDIRECTION
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Broken Cities 4
WE ARE PART
OF A
CHANGING
LUDIC
LANDSCAPE
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Mohini Dutta + Ben Norskov
www.playistheantidote.com
@helloAntidote
GAMES!
GAMES!
GAMES!I SWEAR
I WILL
JUMP.

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