Mobile games often involve context outside clearly defined playing fields and technologies beyond traditional game tools. The document discusses how mobile games emphasize social aspects and asynchronous play with changing player pools. It also explores how hacking games and hardware can suggest new mechanics by playing with technologies like RFID in novel ways, creating convenient random number generators, tracking people, and gaming systems in new relationships with tools.

1. Mobile Games and Hardware Hacking Daniel Soltis Interaction Designer Tinker.it!

2. Mobile Games Activities and/or context outside of a clearly defined playing field Often involve technology

3. Some Examples

5. Foreground the social Always might be playing Game tools other than boards, screens, controllers, etc. Mobile Games:

6. Social many historical games stereotype of video games intention for mobile games

7. Always Might be Playing Asynchronous Changing pool of players Playing alongside non-players

8. Interfaces !!

9. Hacking Games

11. Playing with hardware can suggest different possibilities for game mechanics, or suggest new ways of using technology in conjunction with traditional game play.

12. Some examples from Tinker.it!

13. Playing with RFID

14. Ideas, Implications, Directions ‘ Touch in’ mechanic Convenient random number generator Easy way to track people through a system New relationship to non-playful tool Emotional response to action and result Possibilities for gaming the system

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