Giants Wizards and Robots - Building all camp games at summer camp

Giants, Wizards, and Robots

Building All Camp Games for Your CampBy Jack and LauraGo Camp Pro

Immersive games at camp

Immersive games at camp

Collect Share Test

Falling SkiesYMCA Camp Kern Natures WraithCamp AugustaOver the top theatricalproductions but rarely games. Camping Coast to Coast 2012, 2013, 2014Giants, Wiazrds, and Robots

The real difference was the game mechanicsYou can get natures wraith and falling skies for free online

Video of Natures Wraith

Camping Coast to Coast Meets James DavisVanderkamp Summer 2014


James an X Professional poker player and game mechanic offinado had never really seen the larger than life moments until Natures Wraith

In the past VK had experimented with some simple night games and Natures Wraith

We had never seen the in-depth mechanics

Our VisionAll camp games with a purpose

Big Ideas

Big Moments

Tall TalesOur Goal is to Create an Environment Where Campers, Encounter Big Ideas,Experience Big Moments,and Later Tell Tall Tales


Are These Games Worth It?Summer camp is a business

Big Ideas meet our mission.Big Moments boost retention.Tall Tales help with word of mouth marketing.

MissionRetentionMarketing


Gives the kids a shared experience at camp from this year after your first huge evening program no one is going to go back the cabin and pick on Jack, or make people feel excluded, etc.

Game CreationMore like game evolution

New games grow out of old games


Space Police Case study in game evolution

Tag

00 Frisbee

Capture the Flag

Space Police


00 FrisbeeJailHula HoopsFrisbees

The spy`

00 FrisbeeAdd a story.JailHula HoopsTennis Balls

dia gramm

Space Police

there are 4 colonies that aren't getting along or so the space police say. So the space police arrive to save the day but the space the police decide the only solution is marshall law! They aren't very nice

Space Police Hula HoopsArms DealerJailAlien pitFrisbeesTennis Balls

Diagram

What did he just say?

User OnboardingLowering the barrier of entryListening to rules is the worst, but being let in on a secret or discovering a hidden task is magic.


Space Police

INTROTeam Captains

MISSION

Arms Dealer

TWIST

User On Boarding for Space PoliceDiscovery and diversification


Space police introduce the idea of the aliens and the story

The Game Creation ProcessHow do we do this?

Develop Schema

Dream Up a Story

Fill in the Mechanics

Build Avatars

Game Time

Form a Team


Form a TeamDoing this alone sucksText Jack(585) 451-5141


Doing it alone is rough.Use Summer staffCamp Director Mastermind Groups

Camper AvatarsDefine your audience

BrandonToo CoolLoganWinnerChloeNot SureLiamStoryDanYes Man


CTF Sucks for slow kids that dont like to run You can attempt to solve that with the say a word mechanicThe idea of creating these avatars is to create games that many different types of kids will enjoyNot just the fast kids or the smart kids or the musical kidsOf course every person is different and isn't just the avatar

SchemaCreating a vocabulary and way to talk about games

Tag

00 Frisbee

Capture the Flag

Space Police


You have schema at your camp. Think about all the weird phrases new staff dont get at the start of summer but are fluent in at the end

SchemaLego Movie Game Case Study

FreezeTag

Boffo

Carnival

Easter Egg Hunt

Shaving Cream War

Lego MovieGame


BoffoStationsBoffers

Station

SchemaLego Movie Game Case Study

FreezeTag

Boffo

Carnival

Easter Egg Hunt

Shaving Cream War

Lego MovieGame


Easter Egg Hunt

Image of Shaving Cream War

Shaving Cream War

Image of Shaving Cream War

BoffoStationsBoffersAdd a story.

Station

Lego Movie Game`

Diagram of Lego Movie Game

Lego Movie Game`StationsLord BusinessSpace ShipCreativity StoreBad Cop and the GangThe LakeTennis BallsSpeaker System

Music, Master builders headquarters, benny

Lego Movie Game`

Presentation name goes here

Schema and MechanicsTag, Sword Fighting, RPS, etcGame mechanics are what campers actually do during games.

event resolution

Games are just the combination of mechanics and a story.

Once you unlock the different variations of each mechanic and visualize them, you can apply those different mechanics to different stories that will resonate with your campers.

Story BoardingWhat will your campers buy into?Start with a theme you think your avatars will buy into. Then add mechanics and choices.


Is the story simple enough to follow?Where would this story take place?

Time Warp

what if dinosaurs entered camp through a portal and robots tried to destroy them

How will the game end? How will the game start?Objective, Ending, BeginningGiants Wizards and Robots

Starting With a StoryWhat is the objective of the game?

Objective: buy in

Time WarpObjective: Close the portal

Why will the different avatars care?Because they want to win.Because they are bought in to the story.Because its just a ton of fun.Different kinds of buy-in:Story Preservationists, Space Police, Superium.Special task: LOTR bad guys, Casino NightProgressing, accomplishing things.Getting away with stuff.Being messy.

Time WarpObjective: Close the portalEnding: Defeat T-Rex

Games vs. staff, games vs. other kidsCollaborative or competitive

Time WarpObjective: Close the portalEnding: Defeat T-RexBeginning: Scientists memory was lost

Objective: Close the portalEnding: Defeat T-RexBeginning: Scientists memory was lostChoices: Preservationist or Robots

Time Warp

The whole Story of dinos and robots without mechanics

MechanicsWhat will actually happen?Why will the different avatars love or hate the game?


Time WarpThe Chase!

Run around and flags (safe zone of the town) Reuploader

Time WarpThe Variety!

V-Raptors and LITsOvi RaptorOld Bones, Stego, Tri, Brachi

Time WarpThe Money!

The items, the store, money, and dino cardsSign on the store

Time WarpThe Experiments!

Behavioral Scientist

Time WarpThe Upgrade!

Master Hunters and Leveling Up

Time Warp

The Finale!

How it endsDouble ending. 1 team kinda wins but everyone also wins

Time WarpRe-uploaderCyborg StorePreservationistPortalDinosaursTown

Do the introduction

StaffingWho is going to play all of these characters?

What about the Staff?

LIT/CITs

Costuming

Type Up Explanations

Linch Pin Roles


StaffingWho is going to play all of these characters?

Some other things to think about when building games?

What if campers opt out?

How are teams formed?

Setup and Resources


Education

Giants Wizards and Robots - Building all camp games at summer camp