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- 1. Games and Playfulness for Communities Dr. Kate Raynes-Goldie
- 2. Icebreaker game • What was fun? • What was not fun? • What would you change?
- 3. Who am I? now that you’ve all met each other first off, been car free since 2007 (hurrah!) and a living smart facilitator, so this is close ot my heart been making community focused games since 2007, gentrification, gaming privacy and also teach game design and run workshops
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- 7. Big games Locative games Street games Urban games Pervasive games Alternate Reality Games thinking beyond video games as games
- 8. exertion games and exergaming board games Phygital games social and casual games immersive and interactive theatre games for change
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- 22. Why? • Get attention for message or cause • Accessible • Intriguing, gets pass cynicism
- 23. No Pants Subway Ride • A social game of flouting conventions • viral spread of message • Agents, missions and an App
- 24. Train Mafia combination spectacle and simulation
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- 26. Gargoyles • Fun? • Not fun? • What to change?
- 27. Spaceteam • Fun? • Not fun? • What to change?
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- 29. Making our own games • A game like Gargoyles or Spaceteam, but for promoting public transport? • Simulation, rewards, spectacle?
- 30. Some tips to get you started • Start with experience, goal or story (rather than tech) • Work with stakeholders and communities
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- 32. Start making games • Game Design Workshop • Adapt existing games
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