Remixing Play into a GamePlan Reuse the mechanics of play for creative and strategic thinking Needs analysis Pick common games Strategy - mechanic s mapping Design a gameplan Pitch/ implemen t your gameplan
Remixing Play into a GamePlanReuse the mechanics of play for creative and strategic thinking
Needs analysis
Pick common
games
Strategy-mechanics mapping
Design a gameplan
Pitch/implement
your gameplan
Motivation
“Games are a particular manifestation of play, not
its totality…
They happen to be a good starting point for an
investigation of play…
…because the formality of their rules makes the
machinery of play easier to observe and analyse”
(Upton, 2015 p.11)
Remixing Play into a GamePlanReuse the mechanics of play for creative and strategic thinking
Needs analysis
Pick common
games
Strategy-mechanics mapping
Design a gameplan
Pitch/implement
your gameplan
• Goals (objectives, aspirations, winning conditions)• People (beneficiaries, users, etc.• Context (domain, industry, etc.)
Needs analysis
• Pick 1-3 games you know• Unpick the mechanics• Game strategies
Pick common games
• Reuse the mechanics to inform strategy• Test each strategy-mechanics mapping• Iterate the process
Strategy-mechanics mapping
• Describe your gameplan• Test the gameplan Design a
gameplan
Pitch your gameplan
• Goals (objectives, aspirations, winning conditions)
• People (beneficiaries, users, etc.
• Context (domain, industry, etc.)
Needs analysis
• Pick 1-3 games you know
• Unpick the mechanics/rules
• Game strategies
Pick common games
• Reuse the mechanics to inform strategy
• Test each strategy-mechanics mapping
• Iterate the process
Strategy-mechanics mapping
• Describe your gameplan
• Test the gameplan
Design a gameplan
Pitch/Implement your gameplan
Our GamePlan for today• Get into groups • Go through the Remix Plan process• Needs analysis (15 minutes)• Pick and unpick common games (20 minutes)• Strategy-Mechanics mapping (20 minutes)• Design your GamePlan (20 minutes)• Pitch your GamePlan (15 minutes)
• AddingPlay cards – for inspiration to enrich your gameplan
Use these cards to inspire and enhance your gameplan? (20
minutes)
New iterations? (10)